Olav Kolbu

Google aggregates news from over 4500 news sources, updated 
continously. The results can be retrieved as a number of 
RSS feeds, where you can create your own specific feed by 
specifying one of more than 40 regions/languages, and an 
optional topic ranging from Domestic to Most Popular to 
Entertainment. Currently there are nine topics, including, 
of course, All. In addition to this, any feed can be filtered 
through a search query so that only news items matching your 
query will be shown. Note that not all combinations of 
region/language and topic has been enabled by Google but 
it should degrade gracefully.
This plugin works both as a widget, as inline content 
replacement and can be called from themes. Any number of 
inline replacements or theme calls allowed, but only one 
widget instance is supported in this release.
For widget use, simply use the widget as any other after 
selecting which feed it should display. For inline content 
replacement, insert the one or more of the following strings in 
your content and they will be replaced by the relevant news feed. 
For theme use, add the do_action function call described below.
<ol>
<li><code></code> for the default feed</li>
<li><code></code></li>
</ol>
Shortcodes can be used if you have WordPress 2.5 or above, 
in which case these replacement methods are also available.
<ol>
<li><code>[google-news]</code> for the default feed</li>
<li><code>[google-news name="feedname"]</code></li>
</ol>
Calling the plugin from a theme is done with the WP do_action() 
system. This will degrade gracefully and not produce errors 
or output if plugin is disabled or removed.
<ol>
<li><code><?php do_action('google_news'); ?></code> for the default feed</li>
<li><code><?php do_action('google_news', 'feedname'); ?></code></li>
</ol>
Enable plugin, go to the Google News page under 
Dashboard->Settings and read the initial information. Then 
go to the Google News page under Dashboard->Manage and 
configure one or more feeds. Then use a widget or insert 
relevant strings in your content or theme.
Additional information:
The available options are as follows.
Name: Optional feed name, that can be used in the 
widget or the inline replacement string to reference 
a specific feed. Any feed without a name is considered 
“default” and will be used if the replacement strings do 
not reference a specific feed. If there are more than 
one feed with the same name, a random of these is picked 
every time it is used. This also applies to the default 
feed(s).
Title: Optional, which when set will be used in the 
widget title or as a header above the news items when 
inline. If the title is empty, then a default title 
of “Google News : <region> : <feed type>” is used. Note 
that as per Google Terms of Service it is a requirement 
to state that the news come from Google.
News region: A dropdown list of 40 choices, determining 
the region/language of the feed.
News type: Another dropdown list, determining what type of 
news you are after. Sci/Tech, Business, Health etc.
Output type: Some Google feeds come with just text, 
some pictures or pictures on nearly every news item. Chose 
which one you want here.
News item length: Short or long. The short version is really just 
the news item title as a one liner but probably the one most 
WP admins will use. The long version is a 3-4 line teaser that 
has been severely stripped of useless markup that Google insists 
on passing along, including tables, links, colour/font/style 
settings etc. I’ve tried to clean it up so it won’t mess up your 
theme. For the short version, the long text without html tags is 
available as a mouse rollover/tooltip.
Max items to show: As the title says, if the feed has 
sufficient entries to fulfil the request.
Optional query filter: One of the most important parts of 
the Google News RSS Feed is the ability to filter the news 
with your very own search query. Get relevant, up to date 
news on the exact topic you want. Note that if you add a 
search query, then the short item length will include an 
“all N news articles” link curtesy Google. If you choose 
to add a query, then you most likely want to set a title 
as well. To explain to the viewer what kind of news you have 
selected for them to see. The News Query isn’t like a standard 
Google Query, so you can’t use || between words to search 
for one or the other. So IFF you start your query with 
the word OR then the rest of the words will be or’ed 
together. I.e. a query string of ‘OR this that’ will look 
for news containing either this or that. This is really 
just a test, so the actual query language used here may change in 
future versions.
Cache time: The feeds are now fetched using WordPress 
builtin MagpieRSS system, which allows for caching of feeds 
a specific number of seconds. Cached feeds are stored in 
the backend database.
Clicking on a news item will of course take you via Google to 
the news site with the relevant article, as per Google Terms of Use.
If you want to change the look&feel, the inline table is 
wrapped in a div with the id “google-news-inline” and the 
widget is wrapped in an li with id “google-news”. Let me 
know if you need more to properly skin it.
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Google News

Displays news items from selectable Google News RSS feeds, inline, as a widget or in a theme. Multiple feeds allowed. Query filters and caching.

Nitish Sharma

Trendly AI Post is a free AI content generator for WordPress. It picks up real trending topics from Google News and writes a full blog post for you in one click, with the title, headings, featured image, internal links, FAQ section and schema already in place.
You bring your own API key from any one of these three AI services:
<ul>
<li>Google Gemini (free tier available)</li>
<li>OpenAI ChatGPT (GPT-4o mini, GPT-4o, GPT-4.1)</li>
<li>Anthropic Claude (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus)</li>
</ul>
And pick how you want the images:
<ul>
<li>Pexels stock photos (free)</li>
<li>DALL-E 3 by OpenAI</li>
<li>Google Imagen 3</li>
</ul>
That is it. No subscription, no premium tier, no hidden upsells. The whole plugin is GPL and stays free forever.
Built and maintained by Nitish Sharma (WordPress Developer). See my <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/nitishsharma6/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress.org profile</a> for other plugins and support.
<h4>What you get</h4>
<ul>
<li>One-click SEO post. The plugin writes the full article with title, intro, H2 and H3 headings, FAQ, internal links, featured image and JSON-LD schema. Ready to publish.</li>
<li>Trending topics from 25+ regions (India, US, UK, AU, DE, FR, IT, ES, BR, JP and more). Fetched live from Google News every cron run and deduped so you never write the same story twice.</li>
<li>Three AI brains. Gemini for free and fast. GPT-4o or Claude Sonnet for premium long-form. Claude Opus for the most nuanced output. Configure all three at once and switch per post if you want.</li>
<li>Automatic featured images. Free Pexels stock photos, or AI-generated images using DALL-E 3 or Imagen 3 with smart prompt rewriting so they look editorial.</li>
<li>Auto schedule or manual. Set 1 or 2 posts per day on autopilot, or generate manually from the Generate page. Drafts can go to a Review Queue so you stay in control.</li>
<li>SEO built in. Article and FAQPage JSON-LD schema, OpenGraph and Twitter Card meta, auto Table of Contents, reading-time badge, internal linking automation and a Related Articles grid. No extra SEO plugin needed.</li>
<li>Brand Voice trainer. Paste 3 paragraphs of your own writing, click Analyze and every new post will sound like you.</li>
<li>Custom prompt templates. News, How-to, Listicle and Opinion ship built-in. Clone any one of them and tweak the tone, length and structure.</li>
<li>Analytics page. See exactly how many posts you have generated, which AI wrote them, how features are landing and what your top source topics are.</li>
<li>Privacy first. No telemetry, no tracking pixels, no third-party CDN, no OAuth. Your API keys live in your own database and never leave your server.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How it works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Pick your AI provider (Gemini, OpenAI or Claude) and paste your API key. Free tiers are available for all three.</li>
<li>Pick your image source (Pexels, DALL-E 3 or Imagen 3).</li>
<li>Choose a region and a writing style (News, How-to, Listicle, Opinion or your own template).</li>
<li>Turn on auto-schedule, or generate manually from a trending topic or your own idea.</li>
<li>Each post comes out with a featured image, internal links, FAQ accordion, JSON-LD schema and social captions. Fully SEO-ready.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Who is this for</h4>
Bloggers, niche site owners, news publishers, affiliate marketers, agencies, SaaS founders and ecommerce store owners. Basically anyone who wants a steady content schedule without spending hours every day brainstorming and writing.
If you run a tech blog, a sports news site, a finance affiliate site or a lifestyle niche site, this plugin will keep your archive fresh and Google happy.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the following external services:
<ol>
<li>
Google News RSS – to fetch trending news data 
Data sent: region parameter for news feed 
Terms: https://news.google.com/
</li>
<li>
Gemini API (by Google AI) – to generate AI-based post content (when Gemini is the selected text provider) and optionally AI-generated featured images via Imagen 
Data sent: text prompts; image prompts derived from your post topic 
Terms: https://ai.google.dev/terms 
Privacy: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms
</li>
<li>
OpenAI API – to generate AI-based post content (when OpenAI is the selected text provider) and optionally AI-generated featured images via DALL-E 
Data sent: text prompts; image prompts derived from your post topic 
Terms: https://openai.com/policies/row-terms-of-use/ 
Privacy: https://openai.com/policies/row-privacy-policy/
</li>
<li>
Anthropic Claude API – to generate AI-based post content (when Claude is the selected provider) 
Data sent: text prompts 
Terms: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms 
Privacy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy
</li>
<li>
Pexels API – to fetch and download stock images 
Data sent: search keywords 
Terms: https://www.pexels.com/api/terms/
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Features</h4>
AI writers (pick any): 
* Google Gemini (2.5 Flash / 2.5 Pro) – free tier, fast, recommended for most users 
* OpenAI ChatGPT (GPT-4o mini, GPT-4o, GPT-4.1) – paid, best for long-form quality 
* Anthropic Claude (Haiku 4.5 / Sonnet 4.6 / Opus 4.7) – paid, best for nuanced writing
Image sources (pick any): 
* Pexels – free stock photos, no usage cost 
* OpenAI DALL-E 3 / gpt-image-1 – AI-generated images 
* Google Imagen 3 (via Gemini) – AI-generated images
Content automation: 
* Trending topic discovery from Google News across 25+ regions 
* Custom prompt templates – News, How-to, Listicle, Opinion ship built-in, plus your own with variable substitution 
* Brand Voice trainer – paste 3 writing samples and every new post mimics your style 
* Auto-schedule 1-2 posts per day, or generate manually 
* Auto-publish or send to a Review Queue with bulk approve / discard 
* Duplicate prevention – recognizes the same trending topic even when worded differently
On-page SEO (built-in, no extra plugin needed): 
* JSON-LD Article / NewsArticle schema in <code><head></code> 
* JSON-LD FAQPage schema for Google rich results 
* OpenGraph + Twitter Card meta (og:image, og:type, article:published_time, etc.) 
* Auto Table of Contents from H2/H3 headings with jump-link IDs 
* Reading-time badge (“X min read”) 
* AI-generated FAQ accordion (3-8 Q&A pairs per post) 
* Related Articles grid using internal-linking matches 
* Internal linking automation – Dice-coefficient relevance scoring + word-boundary anchor placement
Social: 
* AI-generated captions for X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook 
* Optional frontend share buttons (X, LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit) – privacy-first, no OAuth, no auto-posting
Analytics: 
* All-time / 30-day / 7-day / today generation counts 
* 14-day generation timeline bar chart 
* AI provider mix + image source mix 
* Feature adoption rings (featured image / internal links / social captions) 
* Status distribution + top source topics
Privacy & compliance: 
* No telemetry, no tracking, no external CDN 
* API keys stored encrypted in your wp_options 
* Per-user hourly rate limit prevents runaway AI calls 
* Fully GPL-compatible – no premium tier, no upsells

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