Title: keywords do not appear
Last modified: April 7, 2023

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# keywords do not appear

 *  Resolved [rickfrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfrj/)
 * (@rickfrj)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keywords-do-not-appear/)
 * Hello! When I access my site’s sitemap-news.xml. The keyword(s) that used to 
   appear, now they don’t appear anymore.
 * Example: [https://meuvalordigital.com.br/sitemap-news.xml](https://meuvalordigital.com.br/sitemap-news.xml)
 * It turns out that when I go to other sites that use the same plugin, the keyword(
   s) are appearing normally, example: [https://fdr.com.br/sitemap-news.xml](https://fdr.com.br/sitemap-news.xml)
 * Could you help me to solve this problem?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fkeywords-do-not-appear%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * (@ravanh)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keywords-do-not-appear/#post-16636601)
 * Hi, keywords are not officially supported by Google News anymore.
 * They are still in the Advanced plugin but only on popular demand by our Pro users,
   not because they are proven to (still) be beneficial… They might be, but it’s
   not officially acknowledged by Google.
 *  Thread Starter [rickfrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfrj/)
 * (@rickfrj)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keywords-do-not-appear/#post-16636611)
 * Got it, thanks for the explanation.
 * Please, how do I become a pro user?
 *  Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * (@ravanh)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keywords-do-not-appear/#post-16636645)
 * But there is still the xmlsf_news_keywords filter. You can use it like this, 
   to add post_tag terms as keywords:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       function my_custom_keywords( $keywords ) {
       	global $post;
   
       	$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'post_tag' );
       	$names = array();
   
       	if ( $terms && ! is_wp_error( $terms ) ) {
       		foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
       			if ( is_object($term) && !empty($term->name) )
       				$names[] = $term->name;
       		}
       	}
       	$keywords = array_merge( (array) $keywords, $names );
   
       	return $keywords;
       }
       add_filter( 'xmlsf_news_keywords', 'my_custom_keywords' );
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * (@ravanh)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keywords-do-not-appear/#post-16636651)
 * To get the Pro version (no need for custom code) you can find the links on the
   admin page in the Advanced tab…

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 * Last reply from: [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keywords-do-not-appear/#post-16636651)
 * Status: resolved