Simple Site Map Page
by Jb Audras · SEO
Also makes 24 other plugins · 53.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Build your HTML site map page easily and manually with WordPress native menus.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
6K+
≈6.9K estimated
Momentum
+26%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “site structure”, “map” and “manually” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #14 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
84 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →10%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 57.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,193 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 64 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
34%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| html site map your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| site map page your tag | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| site map your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| site structure | #7 | #20 | down 1 |
| page map | #4 | #13 | 0 |
| simple map | #4 | #12 | 0 |
| simple map plugin | #5 | #17 | 0 |
| map | #14 | #23 | up 1 |
| simple sitemap | #15 | #18 | up 2 |
| manually | #23 | #23 | down 2 |
| simple html sitemap | #11 | #16 | 0 |
| add map | #12 | #22 | up 3 |
| custom map | #16 | #23 | up 4 |
| wordpress map | #16 | #23 | down 1 |
| add new map | #17 | #24 | down 1 |
| page menus | #18 | #23 | down 2 |
| map plugin | #19 | #23 | down 2 |
| sitemap your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
49 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 32 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “site structure”, “map” and “manually” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #14 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 716 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 27 Nov 2025
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 7K.
At the current install trend, crossing 7K+ in roughly 64 days.
Install history since 1 Sep 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Emielb2.9y ago
Simple and effective plugin. Thanks! An interesting improvement would be to offer a shortcode that would allow you to list the sitemap wherever you like (that would replace or not the function in Settings > Reading which is not ideal in my opinion).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ flashpass4.0y ago
I followed the instructions and couldn’t get it to work. It seems like you have to add all your links on the editor which is pretty useless This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by flashpass.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Uwe Jacobs4.6y ago
All my websites have a link to a sitemap in the footer for a better user experience. This plugin makes it very easy to create the content for that sitemap page.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ adrianbakar6.5y ago
Really easy to set up and use. Creates a functional sitemap which is easy to maintain.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ybrm6.6y ago
Hey, I can see you only have one review and I thought I’d actually go to the effort of creating a WordPress account just so I can thank you Jean-Baptiste! It is a nice, light and easy to set up plugin. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gilbert Cattoire7.1y ago
Very good, super, bravo … The site map does not update automatically – of course – but you get the advantage of being able to organize your site map as you wish. A bonus for a better user experience : an html site map that doesn’t suck. Quelle bonne idée – What a good idea Merci 🙂 This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by Gilbert Cattoire.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.2 Fix hook priority order. Props to Virginie Garnier for spotting the issue 1.2.2
- — Version 1.2.1 Small fix on Polylang compatibility. Props @bastienmartinent. 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2 Polylang compatibility 1.2
- — Version 1.1.1 Gutenberg compatibility 1.1.1
- — Version 1.1 Internationalization bug fix. 1.1
- — Version 1.0 Plugin initial commit. Works fine 🙂 1.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Build your HTML site map page easily and manually with WordPress native menus."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML, Polylang, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 825 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-09 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-08 7K+ → 6K+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-10-04 6K+ → 7K+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2026-09-17 5K+ → 6K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-09-13 6K+ → 5K+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-09-05 5K+ → 6K+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-08-06 4K+ → 5K+ up after 16 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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WP Sitemap Page 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - I iRobots.txt SEO 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Lightweight Sitemap Generator 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - W WP Sitemap 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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BP XML Sitemap Generator for Buddypress by SHIFT1 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - S SW Video SiteMap 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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