Sitemap Google News
by Lucas Milanez · SEO
Also makes 1 other plugin · 310+ installs across the portfolio →
Automatically generates a Google News Sitemap using the Google News Sitemap specification.
41 health vs 64 average across 1,225 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3839 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
153
now · peak 170
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
10.5y ago
latest release · v1.3
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,386 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.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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SEO Friendly Images 20K+ installs · 3.2★ · 3 shared tags F -
XML Sitemap & Google News 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
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SEO Ultimate 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
AF Companion – Starter Sites, Speed Booster & Growth Suite for Professional Publishing 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
ReCrawler 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/sitemap-google-news" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Sitemap Google News — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Sitemap Google News: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/sitemap-google-news