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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. alleyinteractive/wp-news-sitemap Abandoned → [alleyinteractive/news-sitemap-for-publishers](/?search=alleyinteractive%2Fnews-sitemap-for-publishers)Wordpress-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) alleyinteractive/wp-news-sitemap ================================ Extends WordPress' XML sitemaps feature to add a news sitemap 1.2.2(4mo ago)00[1 PRs](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/news-sitemap-for-publishers/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.2CI failing Since Dec 30Pushed 3mo agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/news-sitemap-for-publishers)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/alleyinteractive/wp-news-sitemap)[ Docs](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/news-sitemap-for-publishers)[ RSS](/packages/alleyinteractive-wp-news-sitemap/feed)WikiDiscussions develop Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (4)Versions (12)Used By (0) News Sitemap for Publishers =========================== [](#news-sitemap-for-publishers) Contributors: mboynes, alleyinteractive Tags: news, sitemap, seo, publishers, google Stable tag: 1.2.2 Requires at least: 5.5 Tested up to: 6.9 Requires PHP: 8.2 License: GPL v2 or later Extends WordPress's XML sitemaps feature to add a news sitemap for Google, Yahoo, Bing, et al. Description ----------- [](#description) Extends [WordPress's XML sitemaps feature](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/) to add a [news sitemap](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/news-sitemap). News sitemaps are used by Google and others to surface recent news articles by publishers. Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can install the package via Composer: ``` composer require alleyinteractive/news-sitemap-for-publishers ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) Activate the plugin in WordPress and flush your rewrite rules (simply navigate to Settings → Permalinks in the WordPress admin to do so). You can verify that the plugin is working by navigating to `/wp-news-sitemap.xml` on your site. You should also find a new sitemap entry in your site's robots.txt file for this URL. Development ----------- [](#development) To set up a WordPress installation and run the plugin in a local environment, you can use `wp-env` via the `composer dev` command: ``` composer dev ``` The command will start a local WordPress environment with the plugin activated. Testing ------- [](#testing) [![Testing Suite](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/news-sitemap-for-publishers/actions/workflows/all-pr-tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=develop)](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/news-sitemap-for-publishers/actions/workflows/all-pr-tests.yml) Run `composer test` to run tests against PHPUnit and the PHP code in the plugin. Unit testing code is written in PSR-4 format and can be found in the `tests`directory. Releasing the Plugin -------------------- [](#releasing-the-plugin) The plugin uses [action-release](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/action-release) via a [built release workflow](./.github/workflows/built-release.yml) to compile and tag releases. Whenever a new version is detected in the root plugin's headers in the `news-sitemap-for-publishers.php` file or in the `composer.json` file, the workflow will automatically build the plugin and tag it with a new version. The built tag will contain all the required front-end assets the plugin may require. This works well for publishing to WordPress.org or for submodule-ing. When you are ready to release a new version of the plugin, you can run `composer release` to start the process of setting up a new release. If you want to do this manually you can follow these steps: 1. Change the `Version` in the `news-sitemap-for-publishers.php` file to a new higher-level version. ``` - * Version: 0.0.0 + * Version: 0.0.1 ``` 2. Commit your changes and push to the repository. 3. Check the actions tab in the repository to see the progress of the release. The action will automatically create a new tag and release for the plugin. You are done! Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently. Credits ------- [](#credits) This project is actively maintained by [Alley Interactive](https://github.com/alleyinteractive). Like what you see? [Come work with us](https://alley.com/careers/). - [Matthew Boynes](https://github.com/mboynes) License ------- [](#license) The GNU General Public License (GPL) license. Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information. ### Health Score 37 — LowBetter than 83% of packages Maintenance78 Regular maintenance activity Popularity0 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity54 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 86.7% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~0 days Total 6 Last Release 130d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d2679da8ee30c4d7eae16ffd2271484027b3b27be6d7fb8202d5e4c6d210881d?d=identicon)[alleyinteractive](/maintainers/alleyinteractive) --- Top Contributors [![mboynes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/465154?v=4)](https://github.com/mboynes "mboynes (13 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (1 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (1 commits)") --- Tags alleyinteractivenews-sitemap-for-publishers ### Code Quality Static AnalysisRector ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/alleyinteractive-wp-news-sitemap/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/alleyinteractive-wp-news-sitemap/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/alleyinteractive-wp-news-sitemap) ``` ### Alternatives [alleyinteractive/wp-block-converter Convert HTML into Gutenberg Blocks with PHP 62321.0k1](/packages/alleyinteractive-wp-block-converter)[alleyinteractive/wp-curate Plugin to curate homepages and other landing pages 10154.3k](/packages/alleyinteractive-wp-curate)[alleyinteractive/feed-consumer Ingest external feeds and other data sources into WordPress 114.8k](/packages/alleyinteractive-feed-consumer) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)