Lightweight SEO tools for news and blog sites: metadata, schema, sitemaps, Content Intelligence, Performance SEO, IndexNow, and audits.
Alternatives to Google News Widget
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WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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Generates a Google News compatible XML sitemap for WordPress sites to be submitted to Google Search Console for better news content indexing.
News Sitemap Generator - Automatically generate a Google News sitemap with zero configuration.
SEO for publishers and multilingual sites: free Google News sitemap, Schema.org, AI crawler control and a fact based audit with one click fixes.
Technical SEO for WordPress with metadata, Schema, sitemaps, redirects, 404 monitoring, Google News and safe migration.
Boost SEO 🚀 with powerful XML, HTML, Image, Video & Google News sitemaps for better search engine indexing.
Free AI content generator for WordPress. Auto-write SEO posts from trending Google News using ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude. No coding.
News sitemaps, partner feeds and pushes for Google News, Microsoft Start, Yahoo News, Apple News and SmartNews, with a check on every article.
Extend the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate languages, news sitemaps, image sitemaps, and video sitemaps.
Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.