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.