MDT Google News
by jtroynousky · Uncategorized
Generate a standard Google News feed as well as feeds for categories and post tags using the /feed/google-news/ endpoint.
41 health vs 56 average across 11,322 Uncategorized 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2270 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
1.0K
now · peak 1.5K
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-21 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B - W WP No Base Permalink 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for MDT Google News into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/mdt-google-news" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="MDT Google News — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> MDT Google News: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mdt-google-news