Baidu Ping Booster

Description

Baidu Ping Booster is a free WordPress toolkit for site owners who want to help Baidu discover public website URLs and manage Baidu-focused technical SEO settings from WordPress.

Version 2.1.0 adds Baidu API Push support, a submission queue, activity logging, dashboard statistics, crawler diagnostics, improved sitemap controls, WooCommerce/custom post type support, and a refreshed PingBooster resources page.

Baidu URL submission can help Baidu discover URLs faster, but submission does not guarantee crawling, indexing, ranking, or traffic.

Official website: PingBooster

Main Features

• Baidu API Push: Configure your verified Baidu site and API token and submit public URLs through Baidu’s URL submission endpoint.
• Automatic Submission Queue: Queue published and updated content for background processing through WP-Cron.
• Manual URL Submission: Submit a single URL immediately and see the result in the Activity Log.
• Bulk URL Queue: Paste up to 500 URLs and process them in small background batches.
• Posts, Pages, Products & Custom Post Types: Select which public content types should be automatically submitted.
• Smart Update Cooldown: Prevent repeated submissions while editing content several times in a short period.
• Legacy XML-RPC Fallback: Optional compatibility fallback when Baidu API credentials are not configured.
• Activity Log: Track URL, date, method, status, HTTP response code, attempts, and response message.
• Submission Statistics: View today’s submissions plus total successful, failed, and pending records.
• Retry Failed Submissions: Return failed requests to the queue for another attempt.
• Baidu XML Sitemap: Dedicated /baidu-sitemap.xml endpoint for posts, pages, WooCommerce products, categories, and tags.
• Baiduspider robots.txt Rules: Add Baidu-specific crawler rules to WordPress virtual robots.txt output.
• Crawler Diagnostics: Check search visibility, public URL accessibility, API configuration, sitemap status, HTTPS, and WP-Cron.
• Baidu SEO Fields: Optional SEO title, description, and canonical URL fields for posts, pages, and products.
• Baidu-Friendly Meta Output: Optional device/no-transform meta tags plus an opt-in Simplified Chinese language directive.
• Baidu Tongji Integration: Enter a Tongji tracking ID to load Baidu’s official hm.baidu.com analytics script, with an optional webmaster/property reference field.
• Import / Export: Back up and restore plugin configuration as JSON.
• PingBooster Resources: View PingBooster news, SEO/GEO services, web development, plugin development, service packages, and related WordPress plugins.

How to Use

1. Configure Baidu API Push

1. Sign in to the Baidu Search Resource Platform and verify your website.
2. Open the URL/resource submission area and obtain the API submission site URL and token for your verified property.
3. In WordPress, open Baidu Booster > Submission.
4. Enter the verified Baidu Site and API Token.
5. Enable Automatic Submission and choose the public post types you want to submit.
6. Save the settings.

If an API token is not configured, you can optionally keep the legacy XML-RPC fallback enabled.

2. Submit a URL Manually

1. Open Baidu Booster > Submission.
2. Enter a public URL from your verified site.
3. Click Submit URL Now.
4. Open Activity Log to review the recorded result.

3. Use the Bulk Queue

1. Paste one URL per line in the Bulk Queue field.
2. Add the URLs to the queue.
3. Baidu Ping Booster processes queued URLs in small batches through WP-Cron.
4. Failed submissions can be returned to the queue from the Activity Log.

4. Configure the Baidu Sitemap

Open Baidu Booster > Sitemap & SEO and choose which content groups should appear in the dedicated Baidu sitemap.

Default sitemap URL:
https://example.com/baidu-sitemap.xml

5. Review Diagnostics

Open Baidu Booster > Tools to check:

• WordPress search-engine visibility
• Public/private site address
• Baidu API credentials
• Baidu sitemap status
• WP-Cron availability
• HTTPS status
• WordPress, PHP, and plugin versions