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The Google News XML Sitemap plugin automatically generates a Google News XML sitemap (yourdomain.com/google-news-sitemap.xml) whenever a post is created, updated or deleted. This sitemap needs to be submitted once to Google via Google Webmaster's Tools.

This plugin allows you to include/exclude posts, pages and categories in the Google News sitemap, as well as includes post tags as news keywords.

This plugin also follows Google News' latest (non-deprecated) format and guidelines:

• 50,000 post limit
• Only includes posts from last 2 days
• Includes PUBLICATION_NAME and other Google News-specific formatting

Unlike other sitemap generators, this plugin does not require any coding expertise and can be easily configured with just a couple of clicks.

More info:

• More info on [Google News XML Sitemap Plugin] @ (http://chicagopressrelease.com/about/google-news-xml-sitemap-plugin-for-wordpress)
• Example of generated sitemap @ Chicago Press Release Services

Changelog

1.0.3

• fixed issues some users reported with plugin not automatically generating with some publishing processes.
• plugin now allows webmasters to include/exclude pages and post categories in sitemap.
• simplified unecessary code, plugin now uses fewer server processes when generating sitemap.

1.0.2

• sitemap populates post tags as news article keywords.
• fixed coding inconsistencies, improved plugin stability.

1.0.0

• htmlspecialchars added in title tag.
• graphic upgrade of admin interface.
• news sitemap automatically pings Google Webmaster tools.

1.0.0

• Fixed genres select option bug.
• graphic upgrade of admin interface.