MDT Google News
by jtroynousky · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
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 16,378 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 5.3.23, 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 2315 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
843
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
6.3y ago
latest release · v1.0.0
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,385 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier 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. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Pages with category and tag 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Filter 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
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 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mdt-google-news