Yoast News SEO Premium 13.3
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Yoast News SEO Premium is a WordPress plugin built specifically for publishers who want their articles to appear in Google News. The plugin expands on the standard Yoast SEO experience by adding a dedicated set of tools designed around newsroom workflows. Rather than treating news posts like ordinary blog posts, it gives you a way to signal to Google that your content is timely, relevant, and structured properly. This is not a standalone SEO plugin; it works alongside Yoast SEO, so you need that base plugin installed first. It is designed for online newspapers, magazines, and niche news sites that publish time-sensitive stories. The premium version adds news-specific capabilities that the free version of Yoast SEO does not include. Everything is managed from the WordPress dashboard, so you do not need to touch code.
The core feature is the XML News Sitemap. This sitemap is formatted specifically for Google News, listing only the articles that you want considered for inclusion. It respects the guidelines Google uses for news content, such as publication date and language. You get a separate sitemap that Google’s crawler can recognize as a news source. The news sitemap is separate from your normal sitemap, so it won't interfere with your regular site structure. Along with the sitemap, the plugin generates Editor’s Picks RSS feeds. These are feed formats that let you highlight specific articles as editor favorites, making it easier for Google News reviewers to see which stories you consider most important or exclusive. The plugin handles both outputs through the WordPress admin, so you can see exactly what is being delivered to Google without having to modify your theme or server configuration. You can view both the sitemap and the feed in a browser to confirm they are formatted the way Google expects.
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Another key feature is the Standout Tag. This is an HTML tag that you can add to select articles to mark them as standout journalism or exclusive reporting. Google News uses this tag to identify articles that might deserve special treatment in its rankings. The premium version lets you control when and how this tag appears. For example, you can enable it only on posts you explicitly mark as exclusive, rather than applying it sitewide. That gives you editorial control. You also get Meta News Keyword Tags, which allow you to specify keywords for each article. These keywords are inserted into the page metadata, giving news editors and search engines another signal about the topic and relevance of your story. This can help with the indexing and classification of your content. The meta tags are added per post, so you can tailor them to each story's specific subject. You can also adjust these values manually per post.
The plugin also includes advanced news SEO settings, such as the ability to exclude specific categories from the news sitemap. If you publish opinion pieces, press releases, or evergreen content that should not appear in Google News, you can keep those out with one toggle. You can set this up once and let it run quietly in the background. That direct control helps prevent irrelevant content from diluting the news sitemap. Schedules and aging settings give you control over when articles stop being considered news. All of these options integrate directly into the WordPress admin panel and the Yoast SEO sidebar. Because it is built by the Yoast team, its configuration panels look and behave like the rest of the Yoast ecosystem. That means if you already have experience with Yoast SEO, you will know exactly where to find the new settings. These tools are designed for real editorial workflows, not just for ticking boxes.
- Last updated
- August 11, 2026
- Delivery
- Digital
- Availability
- In stock
- Version
- 4.13.0
- Category
- Wordpress Plugins
- Item type
- plugin
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