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Simple News XML Sitemap Generator

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Generates an XML sitemap optimized for news services following official guidelines for advanced indexing.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

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62 Health · C

Maintenance 54/100

Rating quality 65/100

Support 70/100

62 health vs 63 average across 1,089 SEO plugins

10+

Active installs

≈18 estimated

786

Total downloads

since 2025

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

-28%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 61/100

WP compatibility 100/100

Rating quality 49/100

Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2025-05-08 · 435 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-28% vs prior 30d

May 25

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 120

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

Simple News XML Site · #28232 Lightweight Newscast · #16889 XML Sitemap & Google · #309 Dynamic XML Sitemaps · #1382

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.

tracked estimate

10–20 ≈18

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

Install history · since 2025-05-09 · 433 observations

Ratings · 0 reviews

Details

Version: 1.2
Last updated: 1.2y ago
Added: 2025-05-08 · 1 yr on WP
Requires WP: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.8.6
Requires PHP: 7.0

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Growth timeline

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

2025-10-12 — → 10+ up

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Simple News XML Sitemap Generator: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/news-xml-sitemap-generator