How do I add an image to an item in RSS 2.0?

Question

Is there a way to send only an Image with a link and some alt text for each item in an RSS feed?

I looked at the enclosure tag but this is only for videos

Answer 1

You should use the enclosure tag within item to include the image. You can use it for images by setting the correct Mime Type (for example: image/jpeg) and including the image size as the "length" attribute. The length attribute doesn't need to be completely accurate but it's required for the RSS to be considered valid.

Here's a helpful article that discusses this and other options.