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Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support

Name: Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support
Author: timbrd

Dynamically generates a Google News Sitemap. Multisite compatible.

Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support ranks #14,765 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #92 of 628 in the Multisite category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Jan 26, 2011. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.1 (Current: 7.1.2)

v3.3 Current Version v3.3

Updated 15 years ago Last Update on 26 Jan, 2011

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#92 of 628 in Multisite Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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33.6K

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.3
Last Updated: Jan 26, 2011
Requires WP: 2.6+
Tested Up To: 3.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: timbrd

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress and WordPress MU site owners who want their content indexed by Google News. It automatically generates a Google News-compliant XML sitemap feed without requiring configuration or file permission changes.

Dynamic Google News Sitemap generation
Multisite support
No configuration options needed
No file or dir access rights needed
Compatible with WordPress MU
Compatible with Super Cache
Compatible with W3 Total Cache
Compatible with Quick Cache

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support

Not at all. Google News will be fetching your blog sitemap just several times per day. The plugin sends titles and dates for the latest posts and it is a very quick transaction.

Yes. In fact, it has been designed for it. Tested on WPMU 2.9.2 and WPMS 3.0.4 both with normal activation and with Network Activate / Site Wide Activate.

Yes.

Yes. Please make sure to properly set Rss Language in Site options. It should be an ISO 639 Language Code (2 letters). Exception: For Chinese, please use zh-cn for Simplified Chinese or zh-tw for Traditional Chinese.

Yes. Upload the complete /xml-sitemap-feed/ directory to /wp-content/mu-plugins/ and move the file xml-sitemap.php one dir up. My Google News Sitemap is empty! A News Sitemap lists news articles which have been published on your site within the past two days.

You can tell Google News about your Sitemap by adding the following line to your robots.txt file (updating the sample URL with the complete path to your own Sitemap): Sitemap: http://example.com/sitemap-news.xml The best option is to submit the sitemap via Google Webmaster Tools. Please read News Sitemaps: Submitting a News Sitemap.

It is not the requirement but highly recommended by Google. Please read News Sitemaps.

Technical Requirements / Submitting Your Content / Additional Tips / Troubleshooting / Search Google News Help articles

Go to Suggest News Content for Google News and submit your website. You will also want to add the sitemap to your Google Webmasters Tools account to check its validity and performance.

Open news.google.com Then type site:example.com and click ?Search News? button. (Replace example.com will your blog or website URL) If results are displayed, implies blog is included in Google News index otherwise you can apply for inclusion.