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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

GN Publisher makes RSS feeds that comply with the Google News RSS Feed Technical Requirements for including your site in the Google News.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.5.30
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.7 · PHP 5.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update9 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations20K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.9 / 5 from 29 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds version 1.5.30 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

GN Publisher makes RSS feeds that comply with the Google News RSS Feed Technical Requirements for including your site in the Google News Publisher Center.

The plugin addresses common RSS compatiblity issues publishers experience when using the Google News Publisher Center, including:

  • Incomplete articles
  • Duplicate images
  • Missing images or media
  • Missing content (usually social media/Instagram embeds)
  • Title errors (missing or repeated titles)
  • Cached RSS feeds causing slow updating
  • Delayed crawling by Google

After installing, click on the ‘Dashboard’ under GN Publisher on your plugins page for additional information about applying and troubleshooting issues related to the Google News Publisher Center.

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Reader Revenue Manager provides publisher solutions to deepen audience engagement and convert subscribers or contributors.

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GN Publisher now displays the time of the most recent ping and feed fetch from Google. This helps when troubleshooting the dreaded ’empty sections’ issue in the Google News Publisher Center.

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GN Publisher now pings Google when feeds are updated. This can help with faster updates in your Google News Publication.

Support

We try our best to provide support on WordPress GN Publisher plugin support forum forums. However, We have a special team support where you can ask us questions and get help. Delivering a good user experience means a lot to us and so we try our best to reply each and every question that gets asked.

Bug Reports

Bug reports for GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds are welcomed on GitHub. Please note GitHub is not a support forum, and issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.

PRO Version

Take you Google News Feed experience to next level by using our GN Publisher PRO plugin which contains the following features.

  • Content Scraping Protection
  • Exclude Categories From Main Feed
  • Google News Sitemap
  • Compatibility with Flipboard.com
  • Compatibility with PublishPress Authors
  • Compatibility with Translate Press
  • Compatibility with Yandex Turbo
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • google news
  • feed
  • feeds
  • rss
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.7 · PHP 5.4
Update activity9 Sept 20261mo ago

“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.

Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.5.291.5.30
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1
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