Meta News & Standout tag
This tags are necessary if your blog or news website has been included to Google News.
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- Small user base (20+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 9 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.7 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Meta News & Standout tag stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| google news | >100 |
| metaname | #2 |
| seo | >100 |
| standout | #72 |
Version adoption
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Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Meta News & Standout tag
From the official readme · v1.4.1Description
This plugin helps you to easily install the meta news keywords and meta name standout tags.
This tags are necessary if your blog or news website has been included to Google News.
What’s meta news keywords tags?
Meta News Keywords tells google what’s your news article its about.
If you have a news website, Google news crawler will join to your site and then your site should be able to tells google whats your article it’s about.
And how can we do that?
Using Meta News Keywords.
Let’s see an example:
Let’s say we have a news website and we recently publish an article about the coming Olimpycs Games.
How could the google news bot knows that your article its about Olympics Games?
A simple line between “head” and “/head” tags.
“meta name=”news_keywords” content=”Olympic Games, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro”
You don’t know how to do it?
This plugin will do it for you.
At the end of every article, you just need to add the tags whats your post its about, and ¡voila! Meta News & Standout tag will do it for you.
You could read more directly from Google: https://support.google.com/news/publisher/answer/68297?hl=en
What is a meta name standout tag?
Let’s say you have a really great article to publish on your news website and you think that this article deserves a boost to reach more people.
Then you should use Meta Name Standout Tag.
Using this tag, Google will say: ‘Hey, this publisher says this article it’s special… hmm, let’s see’
And how can we add the meta name standout tag?
Just install this plugin, go to the end of your article at the backend of wordpress and check the ‘Standout’ field.
Remember: You should use standout tag just seven times at week.
*We strongly recommend read the Google criteria to use Standout Tag before start to use it.
https://support.google.com/news/publisher/answer/191283?hl=en
If this plugin has been useful to your website, we really appreciate your review.
Installation
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Upload the \”Meta News & Standout tag\” directory to the plugins directory.
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Go to the plugins setting page and activate \”Meta News & Standout tag\”
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When you create a post will appear a box where there shalt put the tags and will activate the standout.
Changelog
1.4.1
- Bug fidex style.css
- update 7.4.3
1.4
- Bugs fixed.
1.3
- He added language support (Spanish and English).
- Admin panel was repaired.
- He added donation button.
1.2
* Update support for WordPress 4.6.
1.1
* add panel admin.
1.0
* RELEASE: meta news and Standout tag.
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FAQ
Meta News & Standout tag: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 20, 2026
Is Meta News & Standout tag free?
Yes. Meta News & Standout tag is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Meta News & Standout tag safe to use in 2026?
Meta News & Standout tag shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Meta News & Standout tag?
Meta News & Standout tag is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,850 times since it launched in July 2016. It was downloaded 79 times in the last 30 days.
Does Meta News & Standout tag work with WordPress 7.1?
Meta News & Standout tag is officially tested up to WordPress 4.7.38, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Meta News & Standout tag last updated?
The latest version, 1.4.1, was released on March 9, 2017 (10 years ago).
Who makes Meta News & Standout tag?
Meta News & Standout tag is developed and maintained by Condence.
What are the best alternatives to Meta News & Standout tag?
The most popular alternatives to Meta News & Standout tag are XML Sitemap & Google News (100K+ installs), Dynamic XML Sitemaps Genera… (20K+ installs) and GN Publisher: Google News C… (20K+ installs).
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