Title: WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap Author: JS Morisset Published: 16 Unbir 2021 Last modified: 8 Ibrir 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3167674) ![](https://ps.w.org/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3167723) # WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap By [JS Morisset](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jsmoriss/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps.8.4.0.zip) * [Details](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/#description) * [Reviews](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/#installation) * [Development](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/) ## Description **Extends the WordPress Sitemaps XML:** Improve the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate language URLs, news sitemaps, images sitemaps, video sitemaps (requires WPSSO Core Premium for video details) and more. **Include Alternate Languages:** Include [localized pages for Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/localized-versions#sitemap)( ie. alternate language URLs) from PolyLang and WMPL. **Include Images and Videos:** Optionally include images and videos in the WordPress sitemaps XML. Note that video information requires the WPSSO Core Premium plugin for video details. **Include Post Type Archives:** Include missing post type archive pages in WordPress sitemaps (like the WooCommerce shop page and The Events Calendar events page). **Select Post Types and Taxonomies:** Optionally include or exclude post types and taxonomies from the WordPress sitemaps XML. **Exclude Noindex and Redirected URLs:** Exclude noindex and redirected posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies (categories, tags, etc.), and user profiles pages from the WordPress sitemaps XML. ### WPSSO Core Required WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML is an add-on for the [WPSSO Core plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso/), which creates extensive and complete structured data to present your content at its best for social sites and search results – no matter how URLs are shared, reshared, messaged, posted, embedded, or crawled. ## Installation ### Install and Uninstall * [Install the WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML add-on](https://wpsso.com/docs/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/installation/install-the-plugin/). * [Uninstall the WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML add-on](https://wpsso.com/docs/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/installation/uninstall-the-plugin/). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30efc797ecc85791332433a8913f24b053d3b16811ac57f6081d56e641e670f1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very valid markup code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-valid-markup-code/)󠁿 [Vladimir Bender](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vovastik/) 23 Ibrir 2024 But frequent error checking is very annoying. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/91aba823fe479f235f042c56683db0b980b5145c0dd7e7ce6986f75b47a0716d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Highly Recommended](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/highly-recommended-582/)󠁿 [AaronDeee](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aarondeee/) 17 Ctember 2022 Thanks for continuing to expand and improve this excellent plugin ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/03d6e24871ec44fd4dcf4d9445232caf9b7ceb2e5b4d56db5281cd7eae83e0ba? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very Helpful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpful-1221/)󠁿 [sprayandall](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sprayandall/) 15 Yunyu 2022 Very efficient, great component ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a2d7fffdbd4a77fae9b4a2c516ca05d9f0d63e0044bad4602e2fe62e52b83700? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Another AWESOME component](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-awesome-component/)󠁿 [jamessheen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamessheen/) 12 Furar 2022 love everything about these components… i have now ditched Yoast… [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ JS Morisset ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jsmoriss/) “WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog ### Version Numbering Version components: `{major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]` * {major} = Major structural code changes and/or incompatible API changes (ie. breaking changes). * {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner. * {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements. * {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate). ### Standard Edition Repositories * [GitHub](https://surniaulula.github.io/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/) * [WordPress.org](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/) ### Development Version Updates **WPSSO Core Premium edition customers have access to development, alpha, beta, and release candidate version updates:** Under the SSO > Update Manager settings page, select the « Development and Up » ( for example) version filter for the WPSSO Core plugin and/or its add-ons. When new development versions are available, they will automatically appear under your WordPress Dashboard > Updates page. You can reselect the « Stable / Production » version filter at any time to reinstall the latest stable version. **WPSSO Core Standard edition users (ie. the plugin hosted on WordPress.org) have access to [the latest development version under the Advanced Options section](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/advanced/).** ### Changelog / Release Notes **Version 8.4.0 (2024/08/25)** * **New Features** - None. * **Improvements** - None. * **Bugfixes** - None. * **Developer Notes** - Changed the main instantiation action hook from ‘init_objects’ to ‘init_objects_preloader’. * **Requires At Least** - PHP v7.4.33. - WordPress v6.0. - WPSSO Core v18.20.0. ## Meta * Version **8.4.0** * Last updated **2 n imalasen ago** * Active installations **400+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4.33 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/), [French (Canada)](https://fr-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/), akked [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps) * Tags * [google news](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google-news/)[image sitemap](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-sitemap/) [news sitemap](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/news-sitemap/)[video sitemap](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/video-sitemap/) [woocommerce](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ JS Morisset ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jsmoriss/) ## Support Got something to say? 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