diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index db57edac..22b2e6ed 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,43 @@
-{{- $pctx := . -}}
-{{- if .IsHome -}}{{ $pctx = site }}{{- end -}}
-{{- $pages := slice -}}
-{{- if or $.IsHome $.IsSection -}}
-{{- $pages = $pctx.RegularPages -}}
-{{- else -}}
-{{- $pages = $pctx.Pages -}}
-{{- end -}}
-{{- $limit := site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit -}}
-{{- if ge $limit 1 -}}
-{{- $pages = $pages | first $limit -}}
-{{- end -}}
+{{- /* Deprecate site.Author.email in favor of site.Params.author.email */}}
+{{- $authorEmail := "" }}
+{{- with site.Params.author.email }}
+  {{- $authorEmail = . }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- with site.Author.email }}
+    {{- $authorEmail = . }}
+    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.email instead." }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- /* Deprecate site.Author.name in favor of site.Params.author.name */}}
+{{- $authorName := "" }}
+{{- with site.Params.author.name }}
+  {{- $authorName = . }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- with site.Author.name }}
+    {{- $authorName = . }}
+    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.name instead." }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- $pctx := . }}
+{{- if .IsHome }}{{ $pctx = .Site }}{{ end }}
+{{- $pages := slice }}
+{{- if or $.IsHome $.IsSection }}
+{{- $pages = $pctx.RegularPages }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $pages = $pctx.Pages }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- $limit := .Site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit }}
+{{- if ge $limit 1 }}
+{{- $pages = $pages | first $limit }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
-<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
-    <title>{{ if eq  .Title  site.Title }}{{ site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ with .Title }}{{.}} on {{ end }}{{ site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
+    <title>{{ if eq .Title .Site.Title }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ with .Title }}{{ . }} on {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
     <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
-    <description>Recent content {{ if ne  .Title  site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{.}} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ site.Title }}</description>
+    <description>Recent content {{ if ne .Title .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{ . }} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
     {{- with site.Params.images }}
     <image>
       <title>{{ site.Title }}</title>
@@ -24,21 +46,21 @@
     </image>
     {{- end }}
     <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>
-    <language>{{ site.Language.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with site.Author.email }}
-    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</managingEditor>{{end}}{{ with site.Author.email }}
-    <webMaster>{{.}}{{ with site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</webMaster>{{end}}{{ with site.Copyright }}
-    <copyright>{{.}}</copyright>{{end}}{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
+    <language>{{ site.Language.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with $authorEmail }}
+    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</managingEditor>{{ end }}{{ with $authorEmail }}
+    <webMaster>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</webMaster>{{ end }}{{ with .Site.Copyright }}
+    <copyright>{{ . }}</copyright>{{ end }}{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
     <lastBuildDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>{{ end }}
-    {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" -}}
+    {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" }}
     {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
-    {{- end -}}
-    {{ range $pages }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- range $pages }}
     {{- if and (ne .Layout `search`) (ne .Layout `archives`) }}
     <item>
       <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
       <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
       <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
-      {{ with site.Author.email }}<author>{{.}}{{ with site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</author>{{end}}
+      {{- with $authorEmail }}<author>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</author>{{ end }}
       <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
       <description>{{ with .Description | html }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{ .Summary | html }}{{ end -}}</description>
       {{- if site.Params.ShowFullTextinRSS }}