Gunjan Jaswaal

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.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Google News Compatible: Generates XML sitemaps in the exact format required by Google News</li>
<li>SEO Plugin Compatible: Works seamlessly with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO</li>
<li>Automatic Updates: Sitemap updates automatically when you publish new content</li>
<li>Customizable Settings: Configure post types, categories, publication details, and more</li>
<li>Dual URL Access: Available via pretty permalinks and query parameters</li>
<li>Performance Optimized: Lightweight code that doesn’t slow down your site</li>
<li>Translation Ready: Fully internationalized and ready for translation</li>
</ul>
Perfect for: 
* News websites and blogs 
* Magazine and publication sites 
* Content creators who want better Google News visibility 
* SEO professionals managing news content
This plugin is compatible with:
<ul>
<li>Yoast SEO: Works alongside Yoast’s XML sitemaps</li>
<li>Rank Math: Compatible with Rank Math’s SEO features</li>
<li>All in One SEO: Works with AIOSEO sitemaps</li>
<li>Other SEO plugins: Designed to avoid conflicts</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
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>.
<h3>Author</h3>
This plugin is developed and maintained by <a href="https://gunjanjaswal.me" rel="nofollow ugc">Gunjan Jaswaal</a>.
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!

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.

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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.

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