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XML Sitemap & Google News

Connect your site to Google Search Console

RavanH 1 December 20251 December 2025

Both for Google Search Console reports on your sitemap status and for manual or automatic Sitemap Notification, a connection between your site and the Google Search Console API needs to be created. This is a…

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XML Sitemap & Google News
How to

[Advanced] Automatically notify Google on news sitemap updates

Rolf 20 November 20251 December 2025

The Google News Advanced plugin for WordPress offers, since version 1.4, the option to send automatic notifications to Google on each news publication. This feature can be compared to Sitemap Pings, which was abandoned by…

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XML Sitemap & Google News
How to

Google Search Console connection errors

Rolf 20 November 202513 December 2025

Possible errors at stage II, entering client data When entering your client data, you may run into these warnings. Possible errors at stage III, authorization You may encounter the following error messages during your setup…

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XML Sitemap & Google News
Troubleshooting

xmlsf_news_stock_tickers

RavanH 9 October 20259 October 2025

Filters the news stock tickers array in Google News Advanced. Passes the stock tickers array and $post_id; must return an array. Used in xml-sitemap-feed-advanced-news/inc/class-main.php Parameters (2) Return The filter should return an array with stock tickers…

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Filter Hooks

FAQ’s and Troubleshooting the XML Sitemap

RavanH 26 March 20254 December 2025

Frequently asked questions Troubleshooting

XML Sitemap & Google News
Troubleshooting

xmlsf_index_archive_data

RavanH 15 March 202415 March 2024

Filters the post type sitemaps in XML Sitemap Index context when the sitemaps Server is set to Plugin. Used in xml-sitemap-feed/views/feed-sitemap.php Parameters (3) Return Must return an array of URL and lastmod date pairs. When…

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Filter Hooks

xmlsf_entry_url

RavanH 12 March 202415 March 2024

Filters the entry URL in XML Sitemap context when the sitemaps Server is set to Plugin. Used in xml-sitemap-feed/views/feed-sitemap-taxonomy.php Parameters (3) Return Must return a URL or false. Returning false will exclude the entry from…

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Filter Hooks

Conditional tags

RavanH 21 January 202421 November 2025

The XML Sitemap & Google News plugin adds two conditional checks that can be useful for theme or plugin developers. is_sitemap() Returns true when the current query is for any XML sitemap, including index and…

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XML Sitemap & Google News
Developers

[Advanced] Keywords for your Google News sitemap

RavanH 4 January 202421 November 2025

With the Google News Advanced plugin you can add keywords to your news sitemap. A. Configure the plugin: B. Give your news posts relevant keywords: If you have chosen Categories or Tags above, then assign…

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XML Sitemap & Google News
How to

xmlsf_skip_user

RavanH 29 November 20231 December 2023

Filters the response when checking the author for exclusion flags in XML Sitemap context. Passes the user’s exclusion flag and $user; must return true or false. Used in xml-sitemap-feed/views/feed-sitemap-author.php Parameters (2) Return The filter should return…

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Filter Hooks

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