# XML Sitemap & Google News

> Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `xml-sitemap-feed`
- Author: Rolf Allard van Hagen
- Version: 5.7.7
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-06-10 (5 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.0.8 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.4, PHP 5.6
- Tags: google news, news, robots, sitemap, xml
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/xml-sitemap-feed/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 5 months ago.
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 7.0.8).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Heavy ↔ Light, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Clashes ↔ Plays well.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-05-07 HIGH: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (up to 5.4.8). CVE-2024-4441, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87888350-1230-4fec-9de2-c58fa24e6a05?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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