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spacedmonkey/simple-google-news-sitemap
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Simple Google News Sitemap

1.1.2(9y ago)1766GPL-2.0+

Since Jan 7Compare

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Simple Google News Sitemap
==========================

[](#simple-google-news-sitemap)

Simple plugin that adds a Google New Sitemap. To use this plugin, simply use install and activate it. To view your sitemap, just go /sitemap\_news.xml.

If you wish to follow the development of this plugin follow me on twitter [@thespacedmonkey](https://twitter.com/thespacedmonkey).

Options
-------

[](#options)

In the general settings page, there is an option to show posts from one category in the news sitemap.

Filters
-------

[](#filters)

### sgns-url

[](#sgns-url)

Filter the url that is output in the new feed

### sgns-keywords

[](#sgns-keywords)

Filter the keywords that is output in the new feed

### sgns-lang

[](#sgns-lang)

Filter the publication language that is output in the new feed

### sgns-sitename

[](#sgns-sitename)

Filter the publication name that is output in the new feed

GitHub Updater
--------------

[](#github-updater)

The Simple Google News Sitemap includes native support for the [GitHub Updater](https://github.com/afragen/github-updater) which allows you to provide updates to your WordPress plugin from GitHub.

License
-------

[](#license)

The Simple Google News Sitemap is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.

> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

Contributions
-------------

[](#contributions)

Anyone is welcome to contribute to Simple Google News Sitemap

There are various ways you can contribute:

- Raise an issue on GitHub.
- Send us a Pull Request with your bug fixes and/or new features.
- Provide feedback and suggestions on enhancements.
- Add translations

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~122 days

Recently: every ~211 days

Total

8

Last Release

3337d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/237508?v=4)[Jonny Harris](/maintainers/spacedmonkey)[@spacedmonkey](https://github.com/spacedmonkey)

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Top Contributors

[![spacedmonkey](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/237508?v=4)](https://github.com/spacedmonkey "spacedmonkey (9 commits)")

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