Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News for WordPress
- Category rank
- #411 in SEO
- Listing audit
- 48/100
Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Gunjan Jaswal. With a rating of 4.0★ from 1 reviews, it currently ranks #411 in the SEO category.
Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News is the #411 ranked SEO app on WordPress, with a 4.0 average rating from 1 review, as of Sep 11, 2026.
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Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News ranks #411 of 907 in SEO on WordPress. It holds a 4.0★ average from 1 review on WordPress.
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How Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News works
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Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News is a lightweight WordPress plugin that generates a Google News compatible XML sitemap for your website. This sitemap helps Google discover and index your news content more efficiently, potentially improving your visibility in Google News search results.
Key Features:
Google News Compatible: Generates XML sitemaps in the exact format required by Google News
SEO Plugin Compatible: Works seamlessly with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO
Respects “noindex”: Skips posts you have set to noindex in Rank Math or Yoast, so hidden content stays out of Google News
SEO Title Support: Uses your custom Rank Math or Yoast title as the article headline when one is set
Include and Exclude Control: Pick the categories to include, and exclude specific categories or tags such as Sponsored or Press Releases
Featured Images: Adds the post’s featured image via the Google Image sitemap extension
Automatic Updates: Sitemap updates automatically when you publish new content, with cached output for fast delivery
Sitemap Health Panel: See exactly which articles are in the sitemap, how old they are, and when the cache was last built
Dual URL Access: Available via pretty permalinks and query parameters
Performance Optimized: Lightweight code that doesn’t slow down your site
Translation Ready: Fully internationalized and ready for translation
