Best Google news plugins for WordPress
The most popular Google news plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. XML Sitemap & Google News leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google (20K+) and GN Publisher (20K+). All 30 plugins tagged “google news” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 Google news plugins
- 1.
XML Sitemap & Google NewsThe most installed Google news plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 85 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 2.
Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 47 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
GN Publisher20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 29 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.
Lana Sitemap400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 5.
WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
RSS Control300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 7.
Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 days ago.
- 8.
Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 9.
Google News Keywords from Tags70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 10.
XML News Sitemap70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago.
All 30 plugins tagged “google news”
XML Sitemap & Google News
#323by Rolf Allard van Hagen5 months ago
Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.4(85)
- Downloads
- 580/day
Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google
Up in the last 7 days:18#1,238by WP Grim20 days ago
Boost SEO 🚀 with powerful XML, HTML, Image, Video & Google News sitemaps for better search engine indexing.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(47)
- Downloads
- 155/day
GN Publisher
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,341by GNPublisher5 days ago
GN Publisher makes RSS feeds that comply with the Google News RSS Feed Technical Requirements for including your site in the Google News.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(29)
- Downloads
- 132/day
Lana Sitemap
#9,535by Lana Codes9 years ago
XML and Google News Sitemaps
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap
Up in the last 7 days:39#9,672by JS Morisset11 days ago
Extend the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate languages, news sitemaps, image sitemaps, and video sitemaps.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
RSS Control
Up in the last 7 days:71#10,954by Matt Pramschufer17 days ago
Control your sites RSS feeds with additional query param options.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News
Down in the last 7 days:134#13,372by Gunjan Jaswal5 days ago
Generates a Google News compatible XML sitemap for WordPress sites to be submitted to Google Search Console for better news content indexing.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support
Down in the last 7 days:201#15,118by timbrd16 years ago
Dynamically generates a Google News Sitemap. Multisite compatible.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google News Keywords from Tags
Up in the last 7 days:14#18,491by Slobodan Manić12 years ago
Google News Keywords from Tags uses your post tags to insert Google News keywords meta tag to your posts.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
XML News Sitemap
Up in the last 7 days:12#18,803by Justin Norton8 years ago
This plugin provides a highly-configurable Google News XML Sitemap for WordPress.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
XML News Sitemap Generator
Down in the last 7 days:119#19,027by Harshit Kumar5 months ago
News Sitemap Generator - Automatically generate a Google News sitemap with zero configuration.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trendly AI Post
Up in the last 7 days:560#19,507by Nitish Sharma3 months ago
Free AI content generator for WordPress. Auto-write SEO posts from trending Google News using ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude. No coding.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Google XML News Sitemap plugin
#20,344by Gary Illyes16 years ago
This is a Beta release. If you find a bug or you have a feature request, feel free to mail the developer.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google News Unique Permalink ID
Up in the last 7 days:160#24,869by brainsap-dev15 years ago
This Plugin automatically adds 5 Digit Unique IDs to Permalinks ready for use with Google News.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Meta News & Standout tag
Down in the last 7 days:134#26,018by Condence9 years ago
This tags are necessary if your blog or news website has been included to Google News.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sports News Headlines Widget Box In Any Language
#28,670by lswjohn11 years ago
Display the latest sports news (Up to 14+ Languages) from Google Web Elements or Daily Herald fast and easy using simple short codes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Working News Sitemap Generator For Google News (2015)
Down in the last 7 days:76#29,407by Oliver Krautscheid (oliversk)11 years ago
Liteweight sitemap generator for Google News that is actually working and easier to use than any of the existing plugins.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
XYZZY Basic SEO & Analytics
Down in the last 7 days:163#31,252by xyzzyestudioweb5 years ago
XYZZY Basic SEO & Analytics es un sencillo y ligero plugin con el que integrar Analytics y los metadatos SEO en nuestra web.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple News XML Sitemap Generator
Down in the last 7 days:1,653#32,776by Dave1 year ago
Generates an XML sitemap optimized for news services following official guidelines for advanced indexing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sitemap Google News
#33,715by Lucas Milanez10 years ago
Automatically generates a Google News Sitemap using the Google News Sitemap specification.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Standout Stories
#34,286by rsingel13 years ago
Google no longer seems to be using this as a signal. There's nothing to be gained by using this plugin. This plugin lets you tell Google News abo …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google News Widget
Down in the last 7 days:52#34,750by amoreno13 years ago
This plugin show a configurable widget for each post with news from Google News about post tags and post categories. Any article will be opened as new …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Google news poster
Up in the last 7 days:8,301#38,500by iFour Technolab Pvt. Ltd.9 years ago
"Auto Google news poster" posts news from Google news feed in one click.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google News Links
Up in the last 7 days:1,968#45,590by plumwd15 years ago
The Google News Links plugin, allows a user to enter a google news rss feed and import the articles from the feed as links.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bearius SEO Light
Up in the last 7 days:19,120#49,128by bearius11 days ago
SEO for publishers and multilingual sites: free Google News sitemap, Schema.org, AI crawler control and a fact based audit with one click fixes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Estasoft News Distribution
Up in the last 7 days:8,539#60,184by ESTASOFT TECHNOLOGIES7 days ago
News sitemaps, partner feeds and pushes for Google News, Microsoft Start, Yahoo News, Apple News and SmartNews, with a check on every article.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ShasTech SEO Synergy
Up in the last 7 days:2,965#67,517by Md Ariful Islam7 days ago
Lightweight SEO tools for news and blog sites: metadata, schema, sitemaps, Content Intelligence, Performance SEO, IndexNow, and audits.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SignalKit
Up in the last 7 days:801#69,999by N4nion4 months ago
Grow your Google News audience with smart follow banners, preferred source prompts, and lead generation forms. Increase subscribers, capture emails, a …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ada Fwp Link Decoder For Google News
#72,340by Adadaa2 years ago
The core functionality of the plugin is to decode and replace Google News links within syndicated content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Indexarix SEO
#73,061by bellicode2 months ago
Technical SEO for WordPress with metadata, Schema, sitemaps, redirects, 404 monitoring, Google News and safe migration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day