WordPress RSS news search
Input URL
https://news.google.com/search?q=wordpress%20rss&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:enExpected feed
https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=wordpress%20rss&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:enTest in finderRSS by platform
How to Get the RSS Feed for Google News
Search and topic URLs expose RSS by inserting /rss after the hostname.
Quick answer
Does Google News have RSS?
- Does Google News have RSS?
- Yes. Search and topic URLs expose RSS by inserting /rss after the hostname.
- Feed URL format
https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=[query]&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en- Key limitation
- Feed scope depends entirely on query quality
Context
What this means for Google News
Google News has quietly supported RSS on most of its search and topic pages for over a decade, even though the feature has never been documented in its UI. The /rss segment is inserted right after news.google.com, before the existing path. Topic and search feeds are both available. Publisher-specific feeds are not.
- Feed URL format
https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=[query]&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en- Working example
https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=wordpress%20rss&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en
Supported patterns
- Search pages (?q= query string)
- Topic pages (/topics/[encoded-id])
- Section pages (/section/[id])
- Custom locale through hl, gl, and ceid parameters
Limitations
- Feed scope depends entirely on query quality
- Results change frequently. The same query returns different items across polls
- Publisher-specific feeds are not exposed through this pattern
- Link URLs in the feed are encoded news.google.com URLs, not direct publisher links. Resolving them to the original publisher URL is non-trivial since Google's 2024 URL-encoding change
RSS finder
Find and preview a Google News feed
Test a Google News URL here to get the same feed analysis, import verdict, and live Aggregator-style preview as the main Feed Finder.
Gotchas
Common mistakes
- Watch for this: Omitting locale parameters (hl, gl, ceid), the feed may return empty or default to a different region
- Watch for this: Using overly broad queries like "news", the result is unusable for editorial imports
- Watch for this: Expecting the feed links to go directly to publishers, they route through a Google redirector first
Examples
Try real Google News feed patterns
Technology topic page
Input URL
https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGRqTVhZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:enExpected feed
https://news.google.com/rss/topics/CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGRqTVhZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:enTest in finder
FAQ
Google News RSS questions
Does Google News still have RSS?
Yes. Google News exposes RSS versions of search and topic URLs by inserting /rss between the hostname and the existing path. The feature is not advertised in the UI but has been stable for years.
How do I build a Google News RSS search URL?
Use https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=[query]&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en. Replace the query with URL-encoded search terms and adjust the locale parameters for non-US editions.
Can I get a Google News RSS feed for a specific publisher?
Not directly. Google News does not expose per-publisher RSS. Use a search query with a site: operator, or subscribe to the publisher's own RSS feed instead.
Why are the links in the Google News RSS feed so long?
Links go through Google's encoded news.google.com URLs that resolve to the publisher in the browser. Since 2024 Google has used a JavaScript-based encoding that older RSS clients cannot dereference programmatically. Some aggregators have updated resolvers, others surface the encoded URL as-is.
Can I import Google News into WordPress?
Yes. Use the RSS URL as a source in Aggregator. Add keyword filters so broad searches don't flood your imported content.