<h1>WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap</h1>

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<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Plugin Name</th><td>WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML</td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Summary</th><td>Extend the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate languages, news sitemaps, image sitemaps, and video sitemaps.</td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Stable Version</th><td>8.4.0</td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Requires PHP</th><td>7.4.33 or newer</td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Requires WordPress</th><td>6.0 or newer</td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Tested Up To WordPress</th><td>6.9.4</td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Tested Up To WooCommerce</th><td>10.6.2</td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Contributors</th><td>jsmoriss</td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>License</th><td><a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt">GPLv3</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Tags / Keywords</th><td>google news, image sitemap, news sitemap, video sitemap, woocommerce</td></tr>
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<h2>Description</h2>

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<p><strong>Extends the WordPress Sitemaps XML:</strong></p>

<p>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.</p>

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<p><strong>Include Alternate Languages:</strong></p>

<p>Include <a href="https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/localized-versions#sitemap">localized pages for Google</a> (ie. alternate language URLs) from PolyLang and WMPL.</p>

<p><strong>Include Images and Videos:</strong></p>

<p>Optionally include images and videos in the WordPress sitemaps XML. Note that video information requires the WPSSO Core Premium plugin for video details.</p>

<p><strong>Include Post Type Archives:</strong></p>

<p>Include missing post type archive pages in WordPress sitemaps (like the WooCommerce shop page and The Events Calendar events page).</p>

<p><strong>Select Post Types and Taxonomies:</strong></p>

<p>Optionally include or exclude post types and taxonomies from the WordPress sitemaps XML.</p>

<p><strong>Exclude Noindex and Redirected URLs:</strong></p>

<p>Exclude noindex and redirected posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies (categories, tags, etc.), and user profiles pages from the WordPress sitemaps XML.</p>

<h3>WPSSO Core Required</h3>

<p>WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML is an add-on for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso/">WPSSO Core plugin</a>, 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.</p>

<h2>Installation</h2>

<h3 class="top">Install and Uninstall</h3>

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<li><a href="https://wpsso.com/docs/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/installation/install-the-plugin/">Install the WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML add-on</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpsso.com/docs/plugins/wpsso-wp-sitemaps/installation/uninstall-the-plugin/">Uninstall the WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML add-on</a>.</li>
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