XML Sitemap & Google News

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Jimmy Ahyari

   2mo ago

   Thanks for making this cool XML Sitemap

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2. ★★★★★ Alex Oreshkin

   4mo ago

   This is probably the best sitemap plugin available.

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3. ★★★★★ momocamel

   7mo ago

   Didn’t work at first, the support offered to help and reinstalled it and it works. it has automatically submit to Google and Bing, that’s awesome feature. works perfectly now I guess. This topic was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by momocamel. This topic was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by momocamel.

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4. ★★★★★ kenfortune

   11mo ago

   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.

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5. ★★★★★ kolniu

   1.8y ago

   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 This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by kolniu. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by kolniu. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by kolniu.

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6. ★★★★★ ncaross

   2.0y ago

   I initially asked why it didn’t actually do Google News, but the prompt reply below shows that activating this feature was in a different place. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by ncaross. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by ncaross.

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7. ★★★★★ Krzysztof Busłowicz

   2.5y 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.

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8. ★★★★★ RaHa

   3.1y ago

   Editor?

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.7.7 Date: 20260610 * FIX Rank Math admin warning 5.7.7
2. — Version 5.7.6 Date: 20260605 * Fix: invalid callback on news settings page 5.7.6
3. — Version 5.7.5 Date: 20260519 * Fix: Bing report only returns sitemap number * Fix: Split by year no longer default after swichting server * Drop additional no-store for news sitemap nocache headers 5.7.5
4. — Version 5.7.4 Date: 20260430 * Fix LPAD months, thanks @midwestdev * Fix settings fields: news notifier and stock tickers * Admin button styles 5.7.4
5. — Version 5.7.2 Date: 20260129 * Fix Google Connect instructions text * Fix transients upgrade routine 5.7.2
6. — Version 5.7 Date: 20260121 * Bing Webmaster Tools sitemap reports * Bing sitemap submission from admin * Priority tags dropped 5.7

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.1 XML Sitemap & Google News <= 5.4.8 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion ↗
   2024-05-07 CVE-2024-4441 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') Affects <= 5.4.8 Patched in 5.4.9

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 30 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Plus 6 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Companion Sitemap Generator – Simple, Smart, and SEO-Ready 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B
• GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Simple XML Sitemap Generator 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• S Simple Google Sitemap XML 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D

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XML Sitemap & Google News: 100K+ active installs, 4.4★ (85 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/xml-sitemap-feed