Dynamic HTML Sitemap
by Suraj Kumar Sinha · SEO
Also makes 2 other plugins · 120+ installs across the portfolio →
Generate a customizable, SEO-friendly HTML sitemap to improve your website’s navigation and visibility.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈61 estimated
Momentum
-19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “html sitemap”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
86 health vs 65 average across 2,217 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.8%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 2.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,193 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 34 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| customizable sitemap your tag | #6 | #9 | — |
| dynamic sitemap | #4 | #10 | 0 |
| html sitemap your tag | #12 | #15 | up 4 |
| html sitemap shortcode | #13 | #18 | 0 |
| html sitemap plugin | #19 | #19 | up 1 |
| dynamic visibility | #24 | #22 | — |
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sitemap your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “html sitemap”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “navigation”, “seo” and “sitemap” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 11 Jan 2025 · 659 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 233 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,100 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.8 · 27 Sep 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 60.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 154 days.
Install history since 10 Jan 2025
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Generate a customizable, SEO-friendly HTML sitemap to improve your website’s navigation and visibility."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "perfect for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,001 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "customizable sitemap" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-08 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-06 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-10-02 60+ → 50+ down after 32 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 50+ → 60+ up after 33 days in tier
- 2026-07-29 60+ → 50+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 50+ → 60+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- W WP Realtime Sitemap 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
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Hierarchical HTML Sitemap 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Sitemap Page 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
LuckyWP Table of Contents 90K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Sitemap – Responsive HTML Sitemap for WordPress 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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