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BNS SMF Feeds vs GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 45 for BNS SMF Feeds, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

BNS SMF Feeds moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	BNS SMF Feeds	GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	60+ → 50+	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	1	29 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.6y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	153	11.5K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+20%	-48%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	2.5% ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

BNS SMF FeedsGN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.