Google News Advanced for XML Sitemap & Google News

1.5

2026-05-
* Admin notice after sitemap submission error

1.4.6

2026-01-21
* Fix ping log success color
* Code cleanup and optimizations

1.4.5

2025-12-01
* Fix clear settings
* Prepare xmlsf_news_advanced_enabled filter

1.4.4

2025-11-26
* XML Sitemap & Google News 5.6 compatibility
* FIX: possible fatal error in admin on expired license tab

1.4.2

2025-11-22
* Admin improvements
* Link to detailed instructions in KB
* FIX: possible wrong siteUrl property in API endpoint
* FIX: automatic submission on post with pubdate older than 48h
* FIX: client secret double encryption on first save

1.4

2025-11-18
* Google Search Console news sitemap submission
* Google Search Console data in admin
* Sitemap Notifier log

1.3.8

2025-10-17
* Namespacing, classes and autoloading
* Drop $xmlsf global variable
* Compatibility with 5.5.8
* FIX: stylesheet replacement
* FIX: repeating updates

1.3.5

2024-01-21
* Dropping pings to Google (no longer supported)
* Partial GTranslate support
* Scheduled license checks
* FIX: Property plugin does not exist
* FIX: invalid license key status not saving

1.3.4

2022-03
* Dedicated updater class
* Plugin license reverification after (auto)update

1.3.3

2022-01-31
* FIX: Ping log date-time format
* FIX: Ping log showing “Skipped” on failure
* Help links updated

1.3.2

2021-12
* Prevent auto-updates for beta versions
* FIX: license expiration date
* FIX: taxonomies for multiple news post types
* Help links updated

1.3.1

2021-10
* NEW: beta channel option
* FIX: admin slowdown
* Allow update check without license
* Drop weekly license check

1.3

2021-09-30
* Automatic update support
* FIX comment dates
* FIX ping log
* FIX expiration date

1.2

2019-11-11
* Allow hierarchical post types (pages)
* Support link on plugins page
* New admin messages for plugin activation
* Log timestamp in local time

1.1

2019-03-30
* FIX translation text domain
* FIX license admin page expired notice

1.0

2019-03-14
* NEW: Multiple post types in one Google News sitemap
* NEW: Keywords tags
* NEW: Stock tickers tags
* NEW: Ping log