RSS Includes Pages vs GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

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

RSS Includes Pages

by Marios Alexandrou

Health B83

GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

by GNPublisher

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

RSS Includes Pages GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	RSS Includes Pages	GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 83	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.89★	4.63★ ✓
Reviews	17	29 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago ✓	28d ago
Downloads · 30d	497	13.4K ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

RSS Includes Pages GN 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.