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<p>Simple News XML Sitemap Generator creates an XML sitemap optimized for news services like Google News, making it easier for your content to be indexed by news search engines.</p>
<p>The plugin is easy to use: once activated, the sitemap is automatically generated and updated every time you publish a new post.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Generates an XML sitemap compliant with news service specifications  </li>
<li>Automatically updates when new posts are published  </li>
<li>Full support for standard WordPress posts  </li>
<li>Automatically includes articles from the past 2 days  </li>
<li>Automatically pings Google and Bing when new content is published  </li>
<li>Optimized for performance and security  </li>
</ul>
<h4>How to use the plugin</h4>
<ol>
<li>Activate the plugin  </li>
<li>Go to the “News XML Sitemap” page in the dashboard menu  </li>
<li>Copy the sitemap URL  </li>
<li>Add the URL to your Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools panel  </li>
</ol>
<h4>Pro Tip</h4>
<p>After updating the plugin, it’s recommended to go to Settings > Permalinks and click “Save Changes” to ensure the sitemap works correctly.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin automatically notifies Google and Bing whenever a new News XML sitemap is generated or updated.</p>
<ul>
<li>Data sent: the URL of the News XML sitemap.  </li>
<li>Data is sent via HTTP GET requests to the following addresses:
<ul>
<li>https://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=  </li>
<li>https://www.bing.com/ping?sitemap=  </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>This helps search engines discover newly published news content more quickly.</li>
</ul>
<p>Service policies:<br />
– Google: https://policies.google.com/terms, https://policies.google.com/privacy<br />
– Microsoft Bing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement/, https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement</p>


Simple News XML Sitemap Generator

Generates an XML sitemap optimized for news services following official guidelines for advanced indexing.

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<p>This plugin dynamically creates a feed that comply with the <strong>Google News Sitemap</strong> protocol. There are no options to neither be set nor file or dir access rights to be tampered with and the sitemap become instantly available. Google News Sitemap will be reachable at example.com/sitemap-news.xml (or example.com/?feed=sitemap-news), ready for indexing by Google News.</p>
<p><strong>Compatible with WordPress MU</strong></p>
<p><strong>Compatible with caching plugins</strong> like Super Cache, W3 Total Cache and Quick Cache that cache feeds.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>The plugin is based on XML Sitemap & Google News Sitemap Feeds plugin by RavanH (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xml-sitemap-feed/).<br />
XML Sitemap Feed was originally based on the (discontinued?) plugin Standard XML Sitemap Generator by Patrick Chia.</p>


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