Hello @captain1975
Video Sitemap is not fake feature. It’s one of the most popular features of our plugin. Video Sitemap includes videos from your Post/Page contents. Here you can read more about this feature – https://wpgrim.com/docs/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/media-sitemaps/video-sitemap/.
If you are trying to include YouTube, Vimeo, or other videos, it needs to install Pro version – https://wpgrim.com/docs/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/pro-features/video-sitemap/.
If you have any issues with the overall Video Sitemap generation, please check the debug errors (https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/) and let us know if there are any errors. We will fix any errors promptly.
Hope our plugin will be helpful for you.
Yes, that’s the point. So it is a Pro feature.
So why don’t you clearly mention it at the start of your plugin description that youtube video sitemap is a Pro feature, just like any other SEO plugin.
In that case why would anyone want to use your plugin, we can simply use Rank Math plugin.
@captain1975 We understand your frustration, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. But we listed YouTube, Vimeo, and other third-party embeds separately under “Media Sitemaps Premium Features” section here – https://wordpress.org/plugins/xml-sitemap-generator-for-google/.
We recognize your point — and you’re absolutely right that this could be communicated more clearly upfront in the plugin description. We’ve taken note of this and will update the description to avoid any confusion for future users.
We’re also considering adding YouTube and Vimeo features in the free version in the future. However, offering these features in the Pro version helps us cover ongoing development and support costs for both free and pro versions. We appreciate your understanding.
Thank you for your understanding, I appreciate it very much.
If you can make the video sitemap feature free, that would make your plugin the only plugin offering this feature, and make it extremely popular.
By the way, i would want to inform all the users reading this post, that now you can simply instruct Chatgpt to create a versatile video sitemap generator plugin for wordpress with a “manual scanning” feature, and it will do it for you instantly, for all your youtube videos embedded on your wordpress posts.
I have done it for my site, and it is working amazingly well.
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This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by
captain1975.
We are glad that you were able to integrate this feature into your website. Hope our plugin will be helpful for you in future.
