Description
Yandex News Feed is a WordPress plugin that automatically generates an RSS feed for the Yandex “Latest and most important news” program. The plugin creates a valid RSS 2.0 feed with the necessary Yandex extensions and guarantees compliance with all of the search engine’s requirements.
Key Features
- Automatic Generation: RSS feed created at
/feed/yandex-news - Full Compliance: Meets all Yandex requirements for news feeds
- Easy Setup: Simple configuration interface in the WordPress admin panel
- Flexible Content: Select specific categories and tags to include
- Customization: Settings for post limits, language, and genre
- Content Cleaning: Automatic removal of ads and scripts
- Validation: Built-in feed validation and compliance checking
- Media Support: Includes images and media content via
media:group - Exclusions: Option to exclude specific posts manually
- Performance: Caching enabled for optimization
Yandex Requirements
The plugin automatically ensures compliance with the following requirements:
- RSS 2.0 format with Yandex extensions
- Mandatory fields: title, link, pubDate, yandex:full-text
- Feed size no larger than 10 MB
- UTF-8 encoding
- No advertising in the content
- Accessible without authorization
Integration with Yandex Webmaster
- Log in to Yandex Webmaster.
- Go to Publisher Center Latest and most important news.
- Click Upload feed and paste your feed URL.
- Wait for the feed validation (this may take several days).
Supported Languages
- Russian (ru)
- English (en)
- Turkish (tr)
Compatibility
The plugin is compatible with:
* WordPress 5.0+
* PHP 7.4+
* Popular caching plugins
* Multilingual sites
* Any WordPress theme
Support
For support:
* Create an issue in the GitHub repository
* Contact Yandex Webmaster
Privacy Policy
The plugin does not collect or transmit user personal data. All settings are stored locally in the WordPress database.
Credits
Developed by the Yandex team to simplify the integration of news sites with the Yandex search engine.
Installation
Automatic Installation
- Log in to your WordPress admin panel.
- Go to Plugins Add New.
- Search for “Yandex News Feed”.
- Click Install Now and then Activate.
Manual Installation
- Download the plugin archive.
- Unzip it into the
/wp-content/plugins/folder. - Activate the plugin in the admin panel.
Configuration
- Go to Settings Yandex News Feed.
- Select categories to include in the feed.
- Configure the feed parameters.
- Copy the feed URL to add to Yandex Webmaster.
FAQ
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What is my RSS feed URL?
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After activating the plugin, your feed will be available at:
https://example.com/feed/yandex-news -
How do I add the feed to Yandex Webmaster?
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- Log in to Yandex Webmaster.
- Add your site and verify ownership rights.
- Go to Publisher Center Latest and most important news.
- Click Upload feed and paste the URL.
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Can I exclude individual posts?
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Yes, there is an option labeled “Exclude from Yandex News Feed” inside the post editor.
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How often is the feed updated?
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The feed updates automatically when new posts are published. The cache is automatically cleared every 5 minutes.
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Does the plugin support images?
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Yes, the plugin automatically includes post images in the feed using
media:grouptags.
Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
Contributors & Developers
“Yandex News Feed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Yandex News Feed” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Yandex News Feed” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.2
- Fixed error with category counter display
- Removed automatic addition of “- News” to the site title
- Improved media content handling (images, video, audio)
- Restored genre detection logic from post tags
- Added support for automatic “lenta” genre for short posts
- Added admin interface language selection (Russian, English, Turkish)
- Fixed issues with rewrite rules upon activation/deactivation
- Improved localization of all interface elements
- Removed redundant functions (help tooltips, preview)
- Code optimization
1.0.0
- First release
- RSS feed generation for Yandex News
- Admin settings interface
- Feed validation
- Image and media support
- Post exclusion from feed
- Caching for performance