Google News Links
by plumwd · Content & Feeds
The Google News Links plugin, allows a user to enter a google news rss feed and import the articles from the feed as links.
41 health vs 59 average across 613 Content & Feeds plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, well behind 6.8.
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 5429 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
49
now · peak 143
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 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier 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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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - S Subscribe Button by AddToAny 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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RSS Control 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - R Remove Amazon Links from RSS Feed 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Broken Link Checker 500K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
XML Sitemap & Google News 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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