GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

About GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

GN Publisher is a plugin that helps publishers create RSS feeds that comply with Google News requirements. It addresses common issues such as incomplete articles, duplicate images, and missing content, and provides additional features like support for Google Reader Revenue Manager. There is also a PRO version available with additional features like content scraping protection and compatibility with other platforms.

Screenshots

GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds screenshot

Frequently asked questions

What does GN Publisher do?

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.

What are the common issues addressed by GN Publisher?

GN Publisher addresses common RSS compatibility 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, cached RSS feeds causing slow updating, and delayed crawling by Google.

What are the new features in version 1.0.9 of GN Publisher?

In version 1.0.9, GN Publisher now displays the time of the most recent ping and feed fetch from Google, which helps when troubleshooting the 'empty sections' issue in the Google News Publisher Center.

What are the new features in version 1.0.6 of GN Publisher?

In version 1.0.6, GN Publisher now pings Google when feeds are updated, which can help with faster updates in your Google News Publication.

Where can I get support for GN Publisher?

You can get support for GN Publisher on the WordPress GN Publisher plugin support forum or through the team support where you can ask questions and get help.

Changelog

1.5.20 – (05 February 2025)

Fixed : Description Broken After Latest Update – Missing Content in Feed #117

1.5.19 – (30 January 2025)

Feature : Added caption tag in image #108
Feature : Added relavent schema for news #109
Feature : Immediate notification of news publish #110
Feature : Google news follow #111
Improved : Sitemap improvement #113
Feature : Added boarding checklist #114
Improvement : New changes for Google News 2025 #112

1.5.18 – (08 November 2024)

Fixed : Sitemap is not working for multilingual translatepress #105
Test : Tested with WordPress 6.7 #106

1.5.17 – (12 September 2024)

Fixed : Ping Functionality Not Working. #102
Fixed : On multisite, When plugin activated, It goes to not found page #103
Improved : Few improvements required #100

1.5.16 – (09 August 2024)

Fixed : Reload issue on tab click #96
Fixed : PHP fatal error on feed #98
Tested with WordPress v6.6 and updated readme.txt #99

1.5.15 – (10 June 2024)

Remove ad tags from feed #88

1.5.14 – (23 April 2024)

Test with WordPress v6.5 and update readme #92

1.5.13 – (19 February 2024)

Fixed : Guid is not being changed based on language feed in translatpress #89
Improved : Code improvement #90

1.5.12 – (26 December 2023)

Feature : Added option to include pages in google news Feed (pro) #76
Fixed : Issue with the sitemap date formatting #82
Tweak : Fixed PHP warnings #83
Tweak : Enclosure Tag is getting duplicated in feed #85
Fixed : Error message with Version 1.5.11.1 #86

1.5.11.1 – (24 November 2023)

Fixed : Warning after recent update Version 1.5.11 #79

1.5.11 – (23 November 2023)

Added : Reader Revenue Manager support #73
Feature : Add ‘rss2_item’ Action Hook to Feed Template for Media Content #67
Fixed : The network deactivate button is not working on the wp-multisite #75

Full changelog available at changelog.txt