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APG Google Video Sitemap Feed dynamically generates a video sitemap for Google by creating a virtual sitemap-video.xml file.
Features
- It needs virtually no configuration, so it works on its own from the moment you activate it.
- Automatically adds every YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion video.
- Supports every custom post type.
- Also detects videos hosted on your own website: the video block, the
[video]shortcode and the media library. - Finds videos even when they live in custom fields belonging to your theme or to a page builder.
- Publishes the duration, the publication date and the uploader of each video.
- Groups every video of the same page into a single sitemap entry, the way Google’s specification expects.
- Automatically caches the external data of each video to speed up building
sitemap-video.xml. - Emails the site administrator when a video has been deleted or made private, so you can edit the post and remove the URL that is no longer valid.
- Fully compatible with WordPress Multisite installations.
- Automatically generates several sitemaps, with a maximum of 50,000 pages in each one.
- Refreshes the sitemap as soon as a post is published, edited or deleted.
- Announces itself in
robots.txtand in the WordPress sitemap index, so search engines can find it. - Warns you if Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO or SEOPress is already publishing a video sitemap, so you do not end up with two.
Translations
- English (Art Project Group).
- Spanish (Art Project Group).
Support
Art Project Group offers paid technical support to help you install or configure APG Google Video Sitemap Feed.
Origin
APG Google Video Sitemap Feed was built on top of Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support by Tim Brandon and Google XML Sitemap for Videos by Amit Agarwal. Both are excellent plugins that did not offer everything we needed, but their work was essential to build this one.
Since version 1.0 it has also been improved thanks to the code contributed by Ludo Bonnet and his idea of adding Vimeo and Dailymotion support.
Companion plugins
We recommend using APG Google Video Sitemap Feed together with APG Google Image Sitemap Feed, which generates sitemap-image.xml, and Google Mobile Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support, which generates sitemap-mobile.xml.
Important
Problems have been reported when using it alongside the latest version of Google XML Sitemaps with WordPress Multisite support. They are described in How to fix the incompatibility between Google XML Sitemaps and our plugins, where you will find everything you need to solve it.
More information
You can read more about APG Google Video Sitemap Feed on our official website. The Spanish version of this documentation ships with the plugin in readme.md.
Feedback
Do not forget to leave us your comments on:
- APG Google Video Sitemap Feed at Art Project Group.
- Art Project Group on Facebook.
- @artprojectgroup on Twitter.
More plugins
Remember that you can find more WordPress plugins at Art Project Group and on our WordPress profile.
GitHub
You can follow the development of this plugin on GitHub.
Translations
- English: by Art Project Group (default language).
- Spanish: by Art Project Group.
Technical support
Since APG Google Video Sitemap Feed is completely free, Art Project Group only offers paid technical support. Art Project Group does not provide free technical support of any kind.
Donation
Did you like APG Google Video Sitemap Feed and find it useful on your website? We would appreciate a small donation to help us keep improving this plugin and building more completely free plugins for the whole WordPress community.
Thanks
- To Tim Brandon and Amit Agarwal for their great plugins, which inspired APG Google Video Sitemap Feed.
- To Ludo Bonnet for his contributions to the code and his idea of adding Vimeo and Dailymotion support.
- To everyone who uses it.
- To everyone who helps to improve it.
- To everyone who donates.
- To everyone who encourages us with their comments.
Thank you all very much!
Screenshots
sitemap-video.xml file.Installation
- You can:
- Upload the
google-video-sitemap-feed-with-multisite-supportfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory over FTP. - Upload the whole ZIP file from Plugins -> Add New -> Upload in your WordPress admin panel.
- Search for APG Google Video Sitemap Feed in Plugins -> Add New and click Install Now.
- Upload the
- Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu in your WordPress admin panel.
- That is all. Enjoy it, and if you find it useful please consider making a donation.
FAQ
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Does it need any configuration?
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No, the plugin works entirely on its own.
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Where is my video sitemap?
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At
sitemap-video.xml, in the root of your website. If your site has more than 50,000 pages with videos, that address becomes an index pointing tositemap-video-1.xml,sitemap-video-2.xmland so on. -
Is it compatible with WordPress Multisite installations?
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Yes, it is fully compatible.
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Which videos does it find?
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Videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion embedded anywhere in the post content, the excerpt or a custom field, plus videos hosted on your own website through the video block, the
[video]shortcode or the media library. -
My videos are in the sitemap but Google does not index them. Why?
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Since 2023 Google only indexes a video when it is the main content of the page it lives on. A long article with a video embedded halfway through will show up in Search Console as “Video is not the main content of the page”. That is a Google policy, not a problem with the sitemap.
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Are there any known incompatibilities?
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Yes, problems have been reported when using it together with Google XML Sitemaps. They are caused by the wrong order of the WordPress rewrite rules, because Google XML Sitemaps handles every possible kind of sitemap. You will find the full explanation and the solution in How to fix the incompatibility between Google XML Sitemaps and our plugins.
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The plugin tells me another plugin already publishes a video sitemap. What should I do?
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Whatever you prefer. Having two video sitemaps is not penalized by search engines, but keeping only one is easier to maintain. The notice lets you deactivate this plugin in one click, or hide the message and keep both.
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Technical support
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If you need help installing or configuring APG Google Video Sitemap Feed, Art Project Group offers its technical support service.
Art Project Group does not provide free technical support of any kind.
समीक्षा
Contributors & Developers
“APG Google Video Sitemap Feed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“APG Google Video Sitemap Feed” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “APG Google Video Sitemap Feed” into your language.
Interested in development?
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Changelog
3.0.0
- Every video on the same page is now grouped into a single sitemap entry.
- Added support for videos hosted on your own website.
- Added video detection inside the custom fields of themes and page builders.
- Added the duration, the publication date and the uploader of each video, and the modification date of each page.
- The sitemap is now announced in robots.txt and in the WordPress sitemap index.
- New notice when Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO or SEOPress already publishes a video sitemap, with one click deactivation.
- YouTube data is now requested from its own oEmbed endpoint, with no middleman.
- Fixed a query bug that let videos from unpublished posts into the sitemap.
- Fixed saving the settings, which corrupted the identifiers of the videos already processed.
- Restored the email notice for deleted or private videos, which was never actually sent.
- Fixed the XML to match Google’s current specification: namespace, a maximum of 32 tags and a 2048 character description.
- Fixed the numbering of the partial sitemaps, which could serve the wrong one.
- Removed the automatic ping to Google and Bing, as both retired their ping services.
- Hardened security: prepared statements, escaping on every output and capability checks.
- Improved performance: fewer permalink rebuilds and fewer queries per page.
- Updated translations.
- The cache and the permalinks are now also rebuilt when the plugin is updated over FTP.
- Fixed every Plugin Check error and warning.
- Updated compatibility up to WordPress 7.1.
2.1
- Action Scheduler update.
- Performance improvements.
- Header update.
- Stylesheet update.
- Screenshot update.
2.0.1.3
- Minor fixes.
2.0.1.2
- Minor fixes.
2.0.1.1
- Minor fixes.
2.0.1
- Minor fixes.
2.0
- Adapted to the new data structure.
- Generates several sitemaps, one per 50,000 videos.
- Bug fixes.
- Support for websites with a large number of videos.
1.8.1.1
- Header update.
- Stylesheet update.
- Screenshot update.
1.8.1
- Removed the extra processing of short descriptions and excerpts.
1.8
- Added video search inside short descriptions and excerpts.
1.7.3.3
- SQL query fix.
1.7.3.2
- SQL query fix.
1.7.3.1
- Fixed a bug that prevented the settings from being updated.
1.7.3
- Supports every custom post type.
1.7.2.2
- Updated support links and minor updates.
1.7.2.1
- Updated the font package. New Google+ icon.
- Updated translations.
1.7.2
- Fixed the YouTube player URL.
1.7.1
- Adjusted the responsive design of the XSL template.
1.7
- Fixed a bug in the notification and processing of deleted or private videos.
- Responsive redesign of the XSL template.
- Removed unnecessary functions.
- Screenshot update.
1.6
- Updated the YouTube API.
- Fixed the regular expressions. Both problems reported on WordPress.org.
- Updated the URLs of the external players.
- Updated translations.
- Improved the XSL file that renders the XML template.
1.5
- Updated translations.
- New responsive stylesheet.
- Reworked the internal structure of the plugin to follow the WordPress standards.
- Screenshot update.
1.4.1
- Added cache clearing when new content is published.
1.4
- Fixed a bug that raised an error message on PHP versions above 5.2.
1.3.1
- Fixed a bug that wiped the whole configuration when the plugin was deactivated.
- Minor fix that avoided an error code while gathering information about the plugin.
1.3
- Added a new settings screen to choose whether to receive email notifications.
- Improved the code that sends the email.
- Changed the donation link.
1.2
- Improved and optimized the code.
- Added a cache for the external data.
- Added a function that clears the cache when the plugin is deleted.
- Changed the donation button and link.
1.1.7
- Minor bug fixes.
1.1.6
- Improved and optimized the code.
- Minor bug fixes.
- Used the WordPress Transients API to improve the queries.
- Improved the Vimeo video search.
1.1.5
- Fixed a variable name bug that left blank data in the email.
1.1.4
- Fixed several bugs when sending emails.
- Fixed several bugs when storing data in the cache.
1.1.3
- Simplified duplicated code.
1.1.2
- Fixed a bug that did not reset the variable controlling the email notifications.
1.1.1
- Fixed the code that sends the emails.
1.1
- Cache management for the external data of the videos.
- Sends email notifications when a video no longer exists.
- Code optimization.
- Minor bug fixes.
1.0
- Added support for the https://youtu.be shortener.
- Added Vimeo support.
- Added Dailymotion support.
0.9
- Added a new function that cleans the database when the plugin is uninstalled.
0.8
- Fixed the encoding of the RSS entities.
0.7
- Minor code fixes.
0.6
- Improved the code to make sitemap-video.xml validate better.
0.5
- Updated the stylesheets to match the new WordPress 8.
- Minor code fixes.
0.4
- Added new buttons and links.
0.3
- Minor code fixes.
- Minor translation fix.
0.2
- Minor changes and code fixes.
- Added links.
- Updated the information texts.
0.1
- Initial release.