Simple Hierarchical Sitemap
by LordPretender · SEO
Simple Hierarchical Sitemap is the simple way to add an HTML sitemap to your wordpress blog...
45 health vs 62 average across 827 SEO 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4601 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 74
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-26 100+ → 90+ down after 1220 days in tier
- 2023-02-22 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-02-19 100+ → 200+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2023-02-02 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-01 100+ → 200+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2023-01-23 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-22 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-21 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Hierarchical HTML Sitemap 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D -
XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Sitemap Page 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C -
GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode) 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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