Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News
by Gunjan Jaswal · SEO
Generates a Google News compatible XML sitemap for WordPress sites to be submitted to Google Search Console for better news content indexing.
83 health vs 65 average across 502 SEO plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-10-10 · 280 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
183
now · peak 238
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 100+ in roughly 23 days.
Install history · since 2025-10-25 · 265 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-14 90+ → 100+ up after 19 days in band
- 2026-06-25 80+ → 90+ up after 31 days in band
- 2026-05-25 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-21 60+ → 70+ up after 26 days in band
- 2026-04-25 50+ → 60+ up after 19 days in band
- 2026-04-06 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-04 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
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