---
title: Filter Google News XML sitemap query
url: "https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-google-news-xml-sitemap-query/"
lang: en-US
updated: 2021-09-29
hook_name: seopress_sitemaps_single_gnews_query
required_version: 2.4
---

# Filter Google News XML sitemap query

- **Hook name:** `seopress_sitemaps_single_gnews_query`
- **Required version:** 2.4

```php
function sp_sitemaps_single_gnews_query($args) {
	//Default Query 
	//$args = array( 'exclude' => '', 'posts_per_page' => 1000, 'order'=> 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'date', 'post_type' => $seopress_xml_sitemap_news_cpt_array, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'meta_query' => array( array( 'key' => '_seopress_robots_index', 'value' => 'yes', 'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS' ) ), 'date_query' => array(array('after' => '2 days ago')), 'post__not_in' => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ), 'lang' => ''); 
	$args['posts_per_page'] = '100'; 
	return $args; 
}
add_filter('seopress_sitemaps_single_gnews_query', 'sp_sitemaps_single_gnews_query');
```

Source: [https://gist.github.com/wp-seopress/94da61891bebc6c9f4e381dc72af7f20](https://gist.github.com/wp-seopress/94da61891bebc6c9f4e381dc72af7f20)