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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds

by GNPublisher · Content & Feeds

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GN Publisher makes RSS feeds that comply with the Google News RSS Feed Technical Requirements for including your site in the Google News.

⚠ Declining
How scoring works →
79 Health · B
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 92
Support 70
Momentum 25

Active installs

20K+

Total downloads

742.3K

Rating (adjusted)

4.63★

4.9★ raw · 29 reviews

Downloads · 30d

3.8K -75%

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,377 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-75%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

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 “20K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
20K–30K ≈29K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1377 daily snapshots

Ratings · 29 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
28 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.5.28
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2020-03-13
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
5.4
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Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-01-29 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1 days in band
  2. 2025-01-28 20K+ → 30K+ up after 2 days in band
  3. 2025-01-26 30K+ → 20K+ down after 267 days in band
  4. 2024-05-04 40K+ → 30K+ down after 257 days in band
  5. 2023-08-21 30K+ → 40K+ up after 114 days in band
  6. 2023-04-29 40K+ → 30K+ down after 46 days in band
  7. 2023-03-14 30K+ → 40K+ up after 2 days in band
  8. 2023-03-12 40K+ → 30K+ down after 1 days in band