Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News
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:
- Google News Compatible: Generates XML sitemaps in the exact format required by Google News
- SEO Plugin Compatible: Works seamlessly with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO
- Respects “noindex”: Skips posts you have set to noindex in Rank Math or Yoast, so hidden content stays out of Google News
- SEO Title Support: Uses your custom Rank Math or Yoast title as the article headline when one is set
- Include and Exclude Control: Pick the categories to include, and exclude specific categories or tags such as Sponsored or Press Releases
- Featured Images: Adds the post’s featured image via the Google Image sitemap extension
- Automatic Updates: Sitemap updates automatically when you publish new content, with cached output for fast delivery
- Sitemap Health Panel: See exactly which articles are in the sitemap, how old they are, and when the cache was last built
- Dual URL Access: Available via pretty permalinks and query parameters
- Performance Optimized: Lightweight code that doesn’t slow down your site
- Translation Ready: Fully internationalized and ready for translation
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:
- Yoast SEO: Works alongside Yoast’s XML sitemaps
- Rank Math: Compatible with Rank Math’s SEO features
- All in One SEO: Works with AIOSEO sitemaps
- Other SEO plugins: Designed to avoid conflicts
Support
For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the plugin’s GitHub repository or the WordPress.org support forum.
Author
This plugin is developed and maintained by Gunjan Jaswal.
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