Harshit Kumar

News Sitemap Generator creates a real-time, Google News-compatible XML sitemap for WordPress posts in 1 click.
Key Features: 
* Generates sitemap only for posts published within the last 48 hours. 
* Fully automated: zero user setup required after activation. 
* Real-time caching for performance and scalability (30-minute cache by default). 
* Handles all 6 WordPress permalink structures. 
* Compatible with Google News, Search Console, Bing Webmaster, and other search engines. 
* Includes <code><news:news></code> tags with publication name, language, publication date, and post title. 
* Scales to thousands of posts without server overload. 
* Automatically removes posts older than 48 hours from the sitemap. 
* Easy access via “📄 View News Sitemap” link in the Plugins page. 
* SEO-friendly and Google News compliant.
Ideal for news websites and blogs publishing time-sensitive content who want immediate indexing in search engines.

XML News Sitemap Generator

News Sitemap Generator - Automatically generate a Google News sitemap with zero configuration.

JS Morisset

Extends the WordPress Sitemaps XML:
Improve the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate language URLs, news sitemaps, images sitemaps, video sitemaps (requires WPSSO Core Premium for video details) and more.

Include Alternate Languages:
Include <a href="https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/localized-versions#sitemap" rel="nofollow ugc">localized pages for Google</a> (ie. alternate language URLs) from PolyLang and WMPL.
Include Images and Videos:
Optionally include images and videos in the WordPress sitemaps XML. Note that video information requires the WPSSO Core Premium plugin for video details.
Include Post Type Archives:
Include missing post type archive pages in WordPress sitemaps (like the WooCommerce shop page and The Events Calendar events page).
Select Post Types and Taxonomies:
Optionally include or exclude post types and taxonomies from the WordPress sitemaps XML.
Exclude Noindex and Redirected URLs:
Exclude noindex and redirected posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies (categories, tags, etc.), and user profiles pages from the WordPress sitemaps XML.
<h3>WPSSO Core Required</h3>
WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML is an add-on for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso/" rel="ugc">WPSSO Core plugin</a>, which creates extensive and complete structured data to present your content at its best for social sites and search results – no matter how URLs are shared, reshared, messaged, posted, embedded, or crawled.

WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap

Extend the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate languages, news sitemaps, image sitemaps, and video sitemaps.

XML News Sitemap Generator vs WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap