Disable Sitemap
by saeedshabani · SEO
Disable wordpress 5.5 default sitemap completely.
41 health vs 64 average across 556 SEO plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.18.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2163 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 62
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Disable WP Sitemaps 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP Realtime Sitemap 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Wppao Sitemap 9K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Search Atlas SEO – Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization 8K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Companion Sitemap Generator – Simple, Smart, and SEO-Ready 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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