Plugin info

Total downloads: 10,058
Active installs: 50
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 4/4/2018 (2826 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 3/8/2011 (14 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: f
Tested up to WordPress version: f
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2826 days ago

20/100

Is Peadig’s Google News XML Sitemap Generator abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 2826 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: f
Tested up to: f
Requires PHP: f

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Description

Automatically generates a Google News XML sitemap for submission online via Webmaster Tools.

Follows Google guidelines:

  • 50,000 item limit
  • Posts from the last 2 days

Keywords for sitemap are generated from post category and post tags.

Optional categories can be excluded from Google News sitemap.

Updated to conform with new Google News Sitemap format.

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. Upload google-news-sitemap-generator directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Move the file “google-news-sitemap.xml” into your blog root directory and CHMOD to 777 so it is writable
  4. Save/publish/delete a post to generate the sitemap

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