Sergii Bondarenko

Plugin needed for generating XML sitemap for sending it to Google News. It analyzes the publication by date and shows web-form with next options if it is appropriate:
<ul>
<li>add this post to sitemap or not;</li>
<li>access type for reading;</li>
<li>genres of publication;</li>
<li>language, in which the article is written;</li>
<li>stock tickers;</li>
<li>geolocation data.</li>
</ul>
Also, plugin having a small tutorial, in which described the information on how to fill the options fields.
In addition, this plugin have the defaults settings, which will be applyed for all new publications.

[Propeople] Google News Sitemap

Basic XML sitemap generator for submission to Google News.

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.

[Propeople] Google News Sitemap vs WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap