XML Sitemap & Google News vs Companion Sitemap Generator

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

XML Sitemap & Google News

by Rolf Allard van Hagen

Health A87

Companion Sitemap Generator

by Papin Schipper

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

XML Sitemap & Google News Companion Sitemap Generator

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 Sitemap & Google News	Companion Sitemap Generator
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K ✓	6K–7K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	A · 87	A · 87
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	95/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.37★	4.59★ ✓
Reviews	85 ✓	55
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	4mo ago
Downloads · 30d	19.2K ✓	780
Category	SEO	Multilingual

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

Release activity

XML Sitemap & Google News Companion Sitemap Generator

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.