XML Sitemap & Google News
Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.
4.4(83 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, XML Sitemap & Google News is a WordPress xml plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 83 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.5M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 11% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: WP All Import – Drag & Drop Import for….
4.4/583 reviews
100K+active installs
100%resolved
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap. Compatible with WordPress Multisite, Polylang and WPML and most caching plugins. There are no static files created.
NEW: Connect your site to your Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools to keep an eye on sitemap performance and possible errors.
NEW: Submit your sitemaps right from the WordPress admin. Yes, you read that correctly: Sitemap Pings are back!
Features
- Control the WordPress core XML Sitemaps.
- Add a Google News Sitemap.
- Connect your site to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools to keep an eye on sitemap performance and possible errors.
- Submit/ping sitemaps to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools for fast reindexation.
- Add custom robots.txt rules.
XML Sitemap
- Option to dis…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
perfect plugin with great support!
by momocamel·2 months ago·8 replies
Finally!
by kenfortune·5 months ago·1 reply
Finally! A sitemap plugin that allows me to edit my sitemap with ease. This is the 6th sitemap plugin I’ve tried and my favourite by far. Very easy to exclude certain pages, posts, tags or categories from my sitemap.
Google Error, # Auffindbarkeit Sitemaps Vorübergehender Verarbeitungsfehler
by kolniu·1 year ago·1 reply
Google Error, # vorübergehender Fehler bei der Verarbeitung Ihrer Sitemap.
Dieser Fehler tritt leider erst seid kurzem auf.
Meine Website wurde seid dem nicht mehr von Google crawling aktualisiert.
Verwendung:
Webiste | WordPress (vers. 6.6.2)
Verwendung:
Plugin | XML Sitemap & Google News (vers. 5.4.9)
◉my Optionen: Enable XML sitemaps |> XML Sitemap Index |> Server: (“Plugin”)
Verwendung (Google Search Console)
(1) Eingereichte Sitemaps:
|> zuletzt gelesen, vor 3 Wochen (??)
(2) Seitenindexierung: Seite ist indexiert (??)
jedoch unter der Auffindbarkeit heißt es:
|> Sitemaps: Keine verweisenden Sitemaps gefunden
|> Sitemaps: Vorübergehender Verarbeitungsfehler
my Sitemap:
https://www.hausmeister-service-keuneke.de/sitemap.xml
Worth sticking with
by ncaross·1 year ago·3 replies
Really works with custom post types
by Krzysztof Busłowicz·2 years ago
I’ve been trying several plugins to generate a proper sitemap on our site. This one has a simple yet effective setup and really works like a charm with my CPT’s.
Download Trends
Today: 491Yesterday: 796This week: 4KPeriod total: 1.1M
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.7
47.0%
v5.5
14.9%
v5.4
13.0%
v5.3
12.9%
v5.6
7.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
5.7.2
Date: 202629
* Fix Google Connect instructions text
* Fix transients upgrade routine
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