Polylang Dynamic Sitemap Generator
by Zafer Onay · Multilingual
Polylang Dynamic Sitemap Generator is a powerful WordPress plugin that automatically generates SEO-friendly sitemaps for all active languages and post …
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “multilingual”, “post types” and “seo” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 67 average across 496 Multilingual plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 7.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Multilingual plugin keeps 0.9%, across 280 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Multilingual plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1172 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 6.8
3.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1172 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| multilingual your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post types your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sitemap your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| xml your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “multilingual”, “post types” and “seo” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 22 Jun 2023 · 1,227 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 279 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
3.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 16 Aug 2023
2
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
Install history since 21 Jun 2023
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Polylang Dynamic Sitemap Generator is a powerful WordPress plugin that automatically generates SEO-friendly..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Polylang.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,656 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-24 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-22 70+ → 60+ down after 275 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-17 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-16 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-01-07 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-04 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-01 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in tier
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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Companion Sitemap Generator – Simple, Smart, and SEO-Ready 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A - S Simple Google Sitemap XML 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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XML Sitemap & Google News 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP Realtime Sitemap 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hreflang Manager – Hreflang Implementation for International SEO 8K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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