XML News Sitemap vs Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support

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

XML News Sitemap

by Justin Norton

Health D41

Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support

by timbrd

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

XML News Sitemap Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support

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	XML News Sitemap	Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	100–200 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.60★
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100 ✓	35/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	8.5y ago ✓	15.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	73 ✓	50
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

XML News Sitemap Google News Sitemap Feed With Multisite Support

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.