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XML Sitemap & Google News · Version history

XML Sitemap & Google News changelog and version history

Latest version
5.7.7
Jun 10, 2026 (5 months ago)
Releases
49
since 2009
In the last year
13
about one every 17 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 5.6 or later

Releases each year

  • 20096 releases
  • 20105 releases
  • 20133 releases
  • 20152 releases
  • 20162 releases
  • 20183 releases
  • 20192 releases
  • 20211 release
  • 20221 release
  • 20231 release
  • 20242 releases
  • 202513 releases
  • 20268 releases

20268 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.7.7Latest

    • Date: 20260610 * FIX Rank Math admin warning

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.7.6

    • Date: 20260605 * Fix: invalid callback on news settings page

  3. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.7.5

    • Date: 20260519 * Fix: Bing report only returns sitemap number * Fix: Split by year no longer default after swichting server * Drop additional no-store for news sitemap nocache headers

  4. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.7.4

    • Date: 20260430 * Fix LPAD months, thanks @midwestdev * Fix settings fields: news notifier and stock tickers * Admin button styles

  5. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.7.3

  6. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.7.2

    • Date: 20260129 * Fix Google Connect instructions text * Fix transients upgrade routine

  7. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.7.1

  8. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.7

    • Date: 20260121 * Bing Webmaster Tools sitemap reports * Bing sitemap submission from admin * Priority tags dropped

202513 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.6.3

    • Date: 20251201 * Improved GSC connection instructions * Code and text strings cleanup * FIX: split by week DB query * FIX: XML Sitemap Advanced compatibility

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.6.2

  3. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.6.1

  4. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.6

    • Date: 20251126 * Google Search Console sitemap reports * Sitemap submission from admin * Knowledge base link in admin help sections

  5. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.9

    • Date: 20251118 * Prepare advanced sitemap notification feature.

  6. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.8

    • Date: 20251014 * Drop unused news tags & stylesheet columns * FIX: failing sanitize callbacks * FIX: Squirrly SEO incompatibility warnings

  7. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.7

    • Date: 20250915 * FIX: WPML Compatibility missing valid callback, thanks @linusbenknerkk

  8. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.6

    • Date: 20250717 * FIX: Possible excessively long URL on admin post search, thanks @leedxw * FIX: Notice dismiss failing

  9. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.5

    • Date: 20250625 * Polylang index lastmods per language in core sitemap * Resturcture admin notices * FIX: SEOPress notices * FIX: core sitemap index lastmods (post order) * FIX: Polylang Pro compatibility, thanks @followalter

  10. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.4

    • Date: 20250427 * Improved WPML compatibility * Load core sitemaps early to prevent unnecessary queries * FIX: dynamic property deprecated notices * FIX: unregister GN sitemap rewite rules on deactivation

  11. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.3

    • Date: 20250402 * FIX: missing exclude/priority meta box * FIX: error blocking deactivation * FIX: non-numeric value encountered in automatic priority calculations, thanks @i0n1ca * FIX: undefined function on Clear settings

  12. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.2

  13. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.5.1

20242 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.4.9

    • Date: 20240506 * FIX: Unauthenticated file inclusion – CVE-2024-4441 reported by Foxyyy

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.4.6

20231 release

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.3.6

    • Date: 20230810 * FIX: Work around get_users() fatal error in WP 6.3 * FIX: Wrong Nginx helper purge urls (backport from 5.4-beta)

20221 release

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.9.3

20211 release

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.2.7

    • Date: 20191111 * Ad Inserter compatibility check * xmlsf_urlset and xmlsf_news_urlset action hooks, thanks to Stanislav Khromov (@khromov) * Exclude hierarchical post types from news sitemap

20192 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.1.2

    • FIX: admin notice dismiss button failing
    • FIX: date archive redirect notice showing for inactive post types
    • Plugin support and rate links on plugins page

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 5.0.7

    • Date: 20181025 * Allowed domains back to Settings > Reading * FIX static files check on activation * NEW Admin warning on conflicting plugin settings * FIX Empty post priority saved as 0.0 * FIX Call to undefined function xmlsf_get_archives() * FIX force LC_NUMERIC locale to C * FIX Call to private…

20183 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.9.4

    • FIX: missing featured images, thanks @flyerua
    • FIX: double content type response header filtering

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.8.3

    • fix get_lastpostdate array/string
    • restore pre PHP 5.4 compatibility (popular request)

  3. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.7.5

    • Date: 20161207 * FIX: On cache_flush purge also the respective time_key cache entry, props @e2robert https://wordpress.org/support/topic/object-cache-issue-results-in-outdated-last-modified-values-on-index-sitemap/ * FIX: Variable variable php 7 compat * Detect if headers are already sent and print…

20162 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.6.3

    • filter xmlsf_custom_sitemaps
    • BUGFIX: empty custom urls sitemap

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.5.1

    • fix Persistent/Stored XSS vulnerability on admin page, thanks to Sneha Rajguru @Sneharajguru

20152 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.4.1

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.3.2

20133 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.0.1

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.2.3

  3. XML Sitemap & Google News 4.1.4

20105 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.8.8

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.7.4

  3. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.6.1

  4. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.5

  5. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.4

20096 releases

  1. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.3

  2. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.2

  3. XML Sitemap & Google News 3.0

  4. XML Sitemap & Google News 2.1

  5. XML Sitemap & Google News 2.0

  6. XML Sitemap & Google News 1.0

Questions about XML Sitemap & Google News’s releases

What is the latest version of XML Sitemap & Google News?

5.7.7, released on Jun 10, 2026 (4 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 5.6 or later.

How often is XML Sitemap & Google News updated?

13 releases in the last year, about one every 17 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from September 2009.

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