Baidu Ping Booster is a free WordPress toolkit for site owners who want to help Baidu discover public website URLs and manage Baidu-focused technical SEO settings from WordPress.
Version 2.1.0 adds Baidu API Push support, a submission queue, activity logging, dashboard statistics, crawler diagnostics, improved sitemap controls, WooCommerce/custom post type support, and a refreshed PingBooster resources page.
Baidu URL submission can help Baidu discover URLs faster, but submission does not guarantee crawling, indexing, ranking, or traffic.
Official website: PingBooster
Main Features
- Baidu API Push: Configure your verified Baidu site and API token and submit public URLs through Baidu’s URL submission endpoint.
- Automatic Submission Queue: Queue published and updated content for background processing through WP-Cron.
- Manual URL Submission: Submit a single URL immediately and see the result in the Activity Log.
- Bulk URL Queue: Paste up to 500 URLs and process them in small background batches.
- Posts, Pages, Products & Custom Post Types: Select which public content types should be automatically submitted.
- Smart Update Cooldown: Prevent repeated submissions while editing content several times in a short period.
- Legacy XML-RPC Fallback: Optional compatibility fallback when Baidu API credentials are not configured.
- Activity Log: Track URL, date, method, status, HTTP response code, attempts, and response message.
- Submission Statistics: View today’s submissions plus total successful, failed, and pending records.
- Retry Failed Submissions: Return failed requests to the queue for another attempt.
- Baidu XML Sitemap: Dedicated
/baidu-sitemap.xml endpoint for posts, pages, WooCommerce products, categories, and tags.
- Baiduspider robots.txt Rules: Add Baidu-specific crawler rules to WordPress virtual robots.txt output.
- Crawler Diagnostics: Check search visibility, public URL accessibility, API configuration, sitemap status, HTTPS, and WP-Cron.
- Baidu SEO Fields: Optional SEO title, description, and canonical URL fields for posts, pages, and products.
- Baidu-Friendly Meta Output: Optional device/no-transform meta tags plus an opt-in Simplified Chinese language directive.
- Baidu Tongji Integration: Enter a Tongji tracking ID to load Baidu’s official
hm.baidu.com analytics script, with an optional webmaster/property reference field.
- Import / Export: Back up and restore plugin configuration as JSON.
- PingBooster Resources: View PingBooster news, SEO/GEO services, web development, plugin development, service packages, and related WordPress plugins.
How to Use
1. Configure Baidu API Push
- Sign in to the Baidu Search Resource Platform and verify your website.
- Open the URL/resource submission area and obtain the API submission site URL and token for your verified property.
- In WordPress, open Baidu Booster > Submission.
- Enter the verified Baidu Site and API Token.
- Enable Automatic Submission and choose the public post types you want to submit.
- Save the settings.
If an API token is not configured, you can optionally keep the legacy XML-RPC fallback enabled.
2. Submit a URL Manually
- Open Baidu Booster > Submission.
- Enter a public URL from your verified site.
- Click Submit URL Now.
- Open Activity Log to review the recorded result.
3. Use the Bulk Queue
- Paste one URL per line in the Bulk Queue field.
- Add the URLs to the queue.
- Baidu Ping Booster processes queued URLs in small batches through WP-Cron.
- Failed submissions can be returned to the queue from the Activity Log.
4. Configure the Baidu Sitemap
Open Baidu Booster > Sitemap & SEO and choose which content groups should appear in the dedicated Baidu sitemap.
Default sitemap URL:
https://example.com/baidu-sitemap.xml
5. Review Diagnostics
Open Baidu Booster > Tools to check:
- WordPress search-engine visibility
- Public/private site address
- Baidu API credentials
- Baidu sitemap status
- WP-Cron availability
- HTTPS status
- WordPress, PHP, and plugin versions