diff --git a/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
index 26dd8d58c..ee57c5b39 100644
--- a/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ class ArticlesController < ApplicationController
   def feed
     skip_authorization
 
-    @articles = Article.published.
-      select(:published_at, :processed_html, :user_id, :organization_id, :title, :path).
-      order(published_at: :desc).
-      page(params[:page].to_i).per(12)
-
+    @articles = Article.feed.order(published_at: :desc).page(params[:page].to_i).per(12)
     @articles = if params[:username]
                   handle_user_or_organization_feed
                 elsif params[:tag]
@@ -213,11 +209,9 @@ class ArticlesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def handle_tag_feed
-    tag = Tag.find_by(name: params[:tag].downcase)
+    @tag = Tag.aliased_name(params[:tag])
+    return unless @tag
 
-    return unless tag
-
-    @tag = tag.alias_for.presence || tag
     @articles = @articles.cached_tagged_with(@tag)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 30b6ad334..d07935c9e 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
     order(column => dir.to_sym)
   }
 
+  scope :feed, -> { published.select(:id, :published_at, :processed_html, :user_id, :organization_id, :title, :path) }
+
   algoliasearch per_environment: true, auto_remove: false, enqueue: :trigger_index do
     attribute :title
     add_index "searchables", id: :index_id, per_environment: true, enqueue: :trigger_index do
diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index e67445ae4..88f0d0993 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ class Tag < ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag
     ALLOWED_CATEGORIES
   end
 
+  def self.aliased_name(word)
+    tag = find_by(name: word.downcase)
+    return unless tag
+
+    tag.alias_for.presence || tag.name
+  end
+
   private
 
   def evaluate_markdown
diff --git a/spec/models/article_spec.rb b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
index 96f2f8fba..2bd956ff9 100644
--- a/spec/models/article_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
@@ -611,5 +611,15 @@ RSpec.describe Article, type: :model do
     end
   end
 
+  describe ".feed" do
+    it "returns records with a subset of attributes" do
+      create(:article, published: true, published_at: 2.hours.ago)
+
+      feed_article = described_class.feed.first
+
+      expect(feed_article.attributes.keys).to match_array(%w[id tag_list published_at processed_html user_id organization_id title path])
+    end
+  end
+
   include_examples "#sync_reactions_count", :article
 end