Title: Google News Unique Permalink ID
Author: brainsap-dev
Published: <strong>July 1, 2011</strong>
Last modified: November 7, 2011

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# Google News Unique Permalink ID

 By [brainsap-dev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brainsap-dev/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/google-news-unique-permalink-id.1.0.4.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-news-unique-permalink-id/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-news-unique-permalink-id/#developers)

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## Description

For a more detailed description please visit the [Google News Unique Permalink ID Plugin Homepage](http://www.brainsap-development.com/plugins-resources/wordpress-plugin-google-news-unique-permalink-id/).
Note that there is also a [German description for Google News Unique Permalink ID](http://www.brainsap-development.com/de/plugins-resources/wordpress-plugin-google-news-unique-permalink-id/)

This Plugin will generate Permalinks formatted for Google News, i.e. `myblog.org/
this-is-a-very-interesting-post-12345` or `myblog.org/this-is-a-very-interesting-
post-for-real-45678`

_Requirements – **Important**:_

 * Settings > Permalinks has to be set to “Custom Structure” **/%postname%** (do
   not forget the leading slash!)

_Features:_

 * Adds a unique 5-digit ID to all Permalinks on your Blog to make it work properly
   with Google News

_Example:_

 * You add a Post with the name “This is a very Interesting Post”
    -> The Permalink
   will look like this: `myblog.org/this-is-a-very-interesting-post-12345` where
   12345 is a randomly generated unique ID

This Plugin is powered by Brainsap Development – [Web Development Services](http://www.brainsap-development.com/)

## Installation

 1. Upload `google-news-unique-permalink-id.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Settings > Permalinks has to be set to “Custom Structure” **/%postname%** (don’t
    forget the leading slash)

## FAQ

Checkout the [Google News Unique Permalink ID FAQ](http://www.brainsap-development.com/plugins-resources/wordpress-plugin-google-news-unique-permalink-id/#faq)
for further information.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Google News Unique Permalink ID” is open source software. The following people 
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ brainsap-dev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brainsap-dev/)

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## Changelog

#### 1.0.4

 * Fixed a bug which did not properly change the slug on editing scheduled posts.

#### 1.0.3

 * Unique IDs will now be appended to scheduled/planned posts.

#### 1.0.2

 * Prevent function from being created when it already exists, Changed Plugin URLs
   and Readme.

#### 1.0.1

 * Fixed a bug which added Unique IDs to Pages. Unique IDs should be only added 
   to Posts now properly.

#### 1.0

 * Plugin Created

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.4**
 *  Last updated **15 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.1**
 * Tags
 * [google news](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google-news/)[permalink](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permalink/)
   [unique id](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/unique-id/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-news-unique-permalink-id/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ brainsap-dev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brainsap-dev/)

## Support

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