Best news sitemap plugins for WordPress
The most popular news sitemap plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. XML Sitemap Generator for Google leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap (400+) and Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support (100+). All 8 plugins tagged “news sitemap” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 news sitemap plugins
- 1.
XML Sitemap Generator for GoogleThe most installed news sitemap plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 2,233 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
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.
- 4.
XML News Sitemap70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago.
- 5.
Working News Sitemap Generator For Google News (2015)10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 6.
CultDevOps XML Sitemap GeneratorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Estasoft News DistributionFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
AljiSitemapFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “news sitemap”
XML Sitemap Generator for Google
#57by Auctollo1 month ago
Generate multiple types of sitemaps to improve SEO and get your website indexed quickly.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.8(2.2K)
- Downloads
- 4K/day
WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap
Up in the last 7 days:2#9,705by 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
Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support
Down in the last 7 days:191#15,144by timbrd16 years ago
Dynamically generates a Google News Sitemap. Multisite compatible.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
XML News Sitemap
Up in the last 7 days:115#18,727by Justin Norton8 years ago
This plugin provides a highly-configurable Google News XML Sitemap for WordPress.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Working News Sitemap Generator For Google News (2015)
#29,659by 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
CultDevOps XML Sitemap Generator
Up in the last 7 days:2,941#52,647by Samet AKIN9 days ago
XML sitemaps for posts, pages, images, videos and Google News, and a WooCommerce product feed for Google Merchant Center. Every sitemap type is free.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Estasoft News Distribution
Down in the last 7 days:18,911#68,803by ESTASOFT TECHNOLOGIES8 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
AljiSitemap
Down in the last 7 days:2,829#70,504by kimjihoonstudio1 month ago
검색엔진 호환성을 최우선으로 설계한 XML 사이트맵 전문 플러그인입니다.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day