{"id":231908,"date":"2025-05-08T09:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/news-xml-sitemap-generator\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:22:39","slug":"news-xml-sitemap-generator","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/news-xml-sitemap-generator\/","author":7408655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"1.2","stable_tag":"1.2","tested":"6.8.5","requires":"5.0","requires_php":"7.0","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Simple News XML Sitemap Generator","header_author":"airdaveit","header_description":"Genera una sitemap XML ottimizzata per servizi di notizie seguendo le linee guida ufficiali per l'indicizzazione avanzata.","assets_banners_color":"454e59","last_updated":"2025-05-09 10:22:39","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"","rating":5,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":10,"downloads":631,"num_ratings":1,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.1":{"tag":"1.1","author":"airdaveit","date":"2025-05-08 09:31:19"},"1.2":{"tag":"1.2","author":"airdaveit","date":"2025-05-09 10:22:39"}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.1":"<p>Added automatic Bing ping and security improvements. 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You should see an XML page with your recent posts.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='how%20many%20articles%20are%20included%20in%20the%20sitemap%3F'><h3>How many articles are included in the sitemap?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The sitemap includes only articles published within the last 2 days, as required by Google News guidelines.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='my%20sitemap%20is%20empty.%20what%20should%20i%20do%3F'><h3>My sitemap is empty. What should I do?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Make sure you\u2019ve published posts within the last 2 days. If the problem persists, go to Settings &gt; Permalinks and click \"Save Changes\".<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='does%20the%20plugin%20support%20custom%20post%20types%3F'><h3>Does the plugin support custom post types?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>In the current version, the plugin only supports standard WordPress posts. Support for custom post types may be added in future releases.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='can%20i%20change%20the%20time%20range%20of%20the%20articles%20included%20in%20the%20sitemap%3F'><h3>Can I change the time range of the articles included in the sitemap?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>In the current version, the period is fixed at 2 days, as required by Google News guidelines.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='how%20can%20i%20check%20if%20my%20sitemap%20has%20been%20successfully%20submitted%20to%20search%20engines%3F'><h3>How can I check if my sitemap has been successfully submitted to search engines?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin automatically pings Google and Bing when you publish or update a post. You can check the status in your Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='does%20the%20plugin%20slow%20down%20my%20site%3F'><h3>Does the plugin slow down my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No, the plugin is designed to be lightweight and efficient. The sitemap is generated dynamically only when requested, and search engine pings are non-blocking.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.2<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Set English as default language<\/li>\n<li>Added Italian <code>.pot<\/code> translation file<\/li>\n<li>Updated readme.txt structure and service documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.1<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Security and performance improvements  <\/li>\n<li>Added automatic ping to Bing  <\/li>\n<li>Minor fixes  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>First public release  <\/li>\n<li>Automatic sitemap generation for news services  <\/li>\n<li>Automatic ping to Google<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Generates an XML sitemap optimized for news services following official guidelines for advanced indexing.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/231908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231908"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/airdaveit"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=231908"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=231908"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=231908"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=231908"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=231908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}