Yandex News Feed
Yandex News Feed is a WordPress plugin that automatically generates an RSS feed for the Yandex „Latest and most important news“ program. The plugin creates a valid RSS 2.0 feed with the necessary Yandex extensions and guarantees compliance with all of the search engine’s requirements.
Key Features
- Automatic Generation: RSS feed created at
/feed/yandex-news - Full Compliance: Meets all Yandex requirements for news feeds
- Easy Setup: Simple configuration interface in the WordPress admin panel
- Flexible Content: Select specific categories and tags to include
- Customization: Settings for post limits, language, and genre
- Content Cleaning: Automatic removal of ads and scripts
- Validation: Built-in feed validation and compliance checking
- Media Support: Includes images and media content via
media:group - Exclusions: Option to exclude specific posts manually
- Performance: Caching enabled for optimization
Yandex Requirements
The plugin automatically ensures compliance with the following requirements:
- RSS 2.0 format with Yandex extensions
- Mandatory fields: title, link, pubDate, yandex:full-text
- Feed size no larger than 10 MB
- UTF-8 encoding
- No advertising in the content
- Accessible without authorization
Integration with Yandex Webmaster
- Log in to Yandex Webmaster.
- Go to Publisher Center → Latest and most important news.
- Click Upload feed and paste your feed URL.
- Wait for the feed validation (this may take several days).
Supported Languages
- Russian (ru)
- English (en)
- Turkish (tr)
Compatibility
The plugin is compatible with: * WordPress 5.0+ * PHP 7.4+ * Popular caching plugins * Multilingual sites * Any WordPress theme
Support
For support: * Create an issue in the GitHub repository * Contact Yandex Webmaster
Privacy Policy
The plugin does not collect or transmit user personal data. All settings are stored locally in the WordPress database.
Credits
Developed by the Yandex team to simplify the integration of news sites with the Yandex search engine.