The plugin package is designed to send the URLs of Joomla sites to search engines for reindexing using the IndexNow. According to the documentation, the protocol is supported by all major search engines except Google. The protocol is used to receive URLs from sites that need to be reindexed or indexed for the first time as quickly as possible. Sending site addresses in this way will significantly speed up the indexing of new or modified content by search engines. Search engines use this protocol to exchange data with each other, so by sending a URL to one of them, you share it with everyone at once.

> Using the IndexNow protocol, no more than 10000 URLs can be sent per day. Keep this in mind when working with content.

Work modes of IndexNow plugins for Joomla

WT IndexNow System plugin

The WT IndexNow system plugin creates a key to identify site requests and sends addresses according to the settings. Go to its parameters and save them for automatic key generation. A file with the same name and content will appear in the root of the site. This is normal and necessary for using the IndexNow protocol.

Sending now
in this mode, the URL is sent when the item is saved/published.
Queue
URLs for reindexing are written to the database, and the task scheduler plugin sends them for reindexing according to a schedule (for example, once a minute, once every 5 minutes).
Manually
It is also possible to send the URL manually using the toolbar button in the list of items or on the item editing page.

Plugins providers

The IndexNow plugins are designed for different components. They add buttons to the toolbar of Joomla components and create links to send through the main plugin.

Supported components

At the moment, the package includes providers for the following components:
- Joomla articles and aritcles categories
- Joomla contacts and contacts categories
- SW JProjects
- JoomShopping Joomla Extensions Directory
- Phoca Download
- Phoca Cart
- RadicalMart