Gunjan Jaswaal

<p>Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News is a lightweight WordPress plugin that generates a Google News compatible XML sitemap for your website. This sitemap helps Google discover and index your news content more efficiently, potentially improving your visibility in Google News search results.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Google News Compatible</strong>: Generates XML sitemaps in the exact format required by Google News</li>
<li><strong>SEO Plugin Compatible</strong>: Works seamlessly with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Updates</strong>: Sitemap updates automatically when you publish new content</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Settings</strong>: Configure post types, categories, publication details, and more</li>
<li><strong>Dual URL Access</strong>: Available via pretty permalinks and query parameters</li>
<li><strong>Performance Optimized</strong>: Lightweight code that doesn’t slow down your site</li>
<li><strong>Translation Ready</strong>: Fully internationalized and ready for translation</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Perfect for:</strong><br />
* News websites and blogs<br />
* Magazine and publication sites<br />
* Content creators who want better Google News visibility<br />
* SEO professionals managing news content</p>
<p>This plugin is compatible with:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Yoast SEO</strong>: Works alongside Yoast’s XML sitemaps</li>
<li><strong>Rank Math</strong>: Compatible with Rank Math’s SEO features</li>
<li><strong>All in One SEO</strong>: Works with AIOSEO sitemaps</li>
<li><strong>Other SEO plugins</strong>: Designed to avoid conflicts</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the <a href="https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Google-News-Sitemap-Wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin’s GitHub repository</a>.</p>
<h3>Author</h3>
<p>This plugin is developed and maintained by <a href="https://gunjanjaswal.me" rel="nofollow ugc">Gunjan Jaswaal</a>.</p>
<p>If this plugin has been helpful, consider <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gunjanjaswal" rel="nofollow ugc">buying me a coffee</a> to support development!</p>


Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News

Generates a Google News compatible XML sitemap for WordPress sites to be submitted to Google Search Console for better news content indexing.

Webmaster Net

Oliver Krautscheid (oliversk)

<p>I looked for a plugin the other day to generate a proper Google News sitemap. Unfortunately, most of them were either not working, premium plugins or too bloated.<br />
After looking for a good while and testing a handful of plugins, I set out to make a plugin that is compatible with recent Google News additions, including the possibility to specify many parameters manually.</p>
<p>I hope to maintain this plugin throughout 2014 and 2015 and add a few more features. If there are any bugs please report them so they can be fixed with the next release.</p>
<h4>Some of the new features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Provide publication name manually – if you don’t want it to be your Homepage name</li>
<li>Provide site language using Google’s language codes</li>
<li>Provide related stock tickers manually</li>
<li>Rather than excluding categories, this plugin allows you to include categories only</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why You Should Include Only A Few Categories</h4>
<p>Google is very picky about what sites they include. If you create a sitemap that is fetching content from your entire site, you won’t get accepted.</p>
<p>It is a far better idea to create a “News” and “Opinion Piece” category</p>
<h4>What features will you add in the next version</h4>
<p>Next on the list are additional genres: Opinion Piece, Op/Ed and other genres accepted by Google.</p>
<h4>How do I avoid my blog from dropping out of Google News</h4>
<p>For more info, check out the following article:</p>
<ul>
<li>[Avoiding Google News Pitfalls] (https://www.webmaster.net/one-surefire-way-of-blocking-your-news-posts-from-getting-indexed-into-google-news-from-your-wp-blog/). </li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/news/publisher/answer/74288?hl=en" rel="nofollow ugc">Google News Sitemap Guidelines</a>.</li>
</ul>


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