=== Google XML Sitemaps Generator ===
Contributors: wpgrim
Donate link: https://wpgrim.net/
Tags: google, xml sitemap, google sitemaps, seo, google news, sitemaps, xml, sitemap, yahoo, bing, ask.com, yandex, google publisher
Requires at least: 5.0
Requires PHP: 5.6
Tested up to: 6.1
Stable tag: 1.3.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Greatly improves your site's SEO 🚀 with special XML Sitemaps, HTML Sitemaps and Google News.

== Description ==

## Google XML Sitemaps Generator

Google XML Sitemaps Generator is a WordPress Sitemap plugin that improves your website's SEO by creating special XML Sitemaps for search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com, and Yandex to index your site faster.

This plugin creates a detailed Sitemap with all your Pages, Posts, Custom Posts and Taxonomies to improve your website's Search Engine Optimization score. You can also add External or Internal URLs to your sitemap under the plugin settings, making your XML Sitemap easy to customize.

## Google News

Dynamic Google News Sitemap will be created automatically without creating any static files after enabling "Google News" in the Settings. And fully supports multilingual plugins like WPML, Polylang and more.

Google News WordPress Sitemap includes required fields Publication Name, Language, Title, Publication Date and is fully compatible with Google Publisher Center sitemap protocol.

## Custom Sitemap URLs

You can easily add External or Internal URLs to your Sitemap under Plugin Settings. It makes your XML Sitemap easy customizable.

In addition, Google XML Sitemaps Generator plugin allows you to display a sitemap under a custom URL on your website.

## Sitemap Options

This plugin provides you with a very simple and clean UI to set Priority, Frequency options and easily Include/Exclude your Sitemap Pages, Posts, Custom Posts, Archives, Authors, Categories, Taxonomies and Tags.

Here is a short list of Google XML Sitemap plugin features.

**Features:**

* Custom XML Sitemap URL
* Automatically notifies Search Engines like Google, Bing, Ask and YAHOO about changes via ping
* Control Sitemap Options for all Pages, Posts, Custom Posts, Archives, Authors, Categories, Taxonomies and Tags
* Include/Exclude Taxonomies, Categories, Tags
* Add Custom URLs to your XML Sitemap
* Automatically add Sitemap entries to robots.txt
* WooCommerce compatible
* WPML compatible
* Polylang compatible
* User-Friendly Interface
* No Coding required

**Google News Features:**

* Sitemap Tags: Publication Name, Language, Title and Publication Date
* Custom Google News URL
* Custom News Publication Name
* WPML compatible
* Polylang compatible

## Upgrade to Pro Version

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**Premium Features**

* Exclude Pages, Posts, Custom Posts from Sitemap 🔥
* HTML Sitemap 🔥
* Posts Priority Automatic Calculation:
-- by Number of Comments
-- by Average Comments Count
* Premium Support
* HTML Sitemap shortcode for displaying Pages, Posts and CPTs on your pages:
**[html-sitemap post-types="page,post,.."]**

**Google News Premium Features**

* Include Custom Post Types
* Include Taxonomies
* Keywords 🔥
* Stock Tickers 🔥
* Exclude Posts and Custom Posts from Google News

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## More Powerful Plugins

[Classic Editor and Classic Widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor-and-classic-widgets/)

Developed with ❤️ by [WP Grim](https://wpgrim.net/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=direct&utm_campaign=xml_sitemap)

== Screenshots ==

1. General Settings
2. Sitemap Options
3. Google News Settings

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where can I find Plugin Settings? =

You can find plugin options under **Settings > XML Sitemaps**.

== Installation ==
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
3. Please find more details on Plugin Installation in documentation
4. Set Up Page in Settings -> XML Sitemaps.

== Changelog ==

= 1.3.2 =
* Scheduled posts removed from Sitemaps
* Additional URLs saving issue fixed

= 1.3.1 =
* Save Changes issue fixed
* Ping Google News issue fixed

= 1.3.0 =
* Help-bar with Tools, Previews, Tips, and Links added
* Automatically ping Google News feature added
* Ping Google News when Post Status changed feature added
* User-Friendly Interface improvements

= 1.2.8 =
* Plugin name changed

= 1.2.7 =
* Pro Features added

= 1.2.6 =
* Minor bug fixes

= 1.2.5 =
* Google News excluding Posts issue fixed

= 1.2.4 =
* Pro Features added

= 1.2.3 =
* Polylang displaying Home Page URL issue fixed

= 1.2.2 =
* Minor bug fixes

= 1.2.1 =
* Google News Sitemap added
* Google News custom Publication name feature added
* Google News custom Sitemap URL feature added

= 1.2.0 =
* Pro Version added

= 1.1.2 =
* WordPress 6.1 compatible

= 1.1.1 =
* Minimum PHP Version downgraded

= 1.1.0 =
* Front page last modified time issue fixed

= 1.0.7 =
* WordPress 6.0 compatible

= 1.0.6 =
* WordPress 5.9 compatible

= 1.0.5 =
* WordPress compatibility update

= 1.0.4 =
* Bug fixes.

= 1.0.3 =
* WordPress 5.8 compatible

= 1.0.2 =
* WordPress 5.7 compatible

= 1.0.1 =
* Bug fixes

= 1.0 =
* Release