Simple Google News Sitemap

Simple Google News Sitemap A simple Google News sitemap is generated on-the-fly for articles that were published in the last two days. Output is saved in cache or as a transient for fast reading and displaying on the front end. Overview - By default, the plugin supports all post types (inc. custom ones). To filter out supported post types, the simplegooglenewssitemapposttypes hook can be used. The example is shown down below. - Cached sitemap data is set to expire after 2 days. Also, the data gets purged whenever a new post is published so that it can be included in the sitemap instantly. - No sitemap file is stored on disk. Data is served either from the cache or from the DB if caching is not enabled. - The plugin also pings the Google service whenever a new post is published. This behaviour can be toggled using the simplegooglenewssitemapping filter hook. - Utilise the simplegooglenewssitemapstart and simplegooglenewssitemapend hooks to add data to the beginning and end of the sitemap, respectively. - Once the sitemap is generated, add it to the Google Search Console. Requirements - PHP 7.4+ - WordPress 6.8+ Usage 1. Install the plugin. You can upload and i