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SmartFormat feed for SmartNews

by smartnewsdev · Content & Feeds

This plugin will generate a valid SmartFormat Feed. SmartFormat is an extension of the RSS spec that provides feed elements to specify a publisher&#03 …

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 47/100
Rating quality 72/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 60 average across 779 Content & Feeds plugins

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.

71 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 55/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 50/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 491 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+3% vs prior 30d
119Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.8K

now · peak 2.1K

1.8K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

SmartFormat feed for · #5673 you RSS Importer · #1084 GN Publisher: Google · #1305 RSS for Yandex Turbo · #1148

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.

1.8Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 56% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 56%
v1.3 35%
Older / other versions 8.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

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

Install history · since 2021-09-24 · 1,422 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.4.0
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2019-08-20 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0.26
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
5.2.4

Recent reviews

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  1. alexhlr
    5.1y ago

    Great plugin! Thanks! But I would love to add option for dark mode logo in the future!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-08-31 2K+ → 1K+ down after 5 days in tier
  2. 2025-08-26 1K+ → 2K+ up after 11 days in tier
  3. 2025-08-15 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2025-08-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
  5. 2025-08-10 2K+ → 1K+ down after 8 days in tier
  6. 2025-08-02 1K+ → 2K+ up after 21 days in tier
  7. 2025-07-12 2K+ → 1K+ down after 25 days in tier
  8. 2025-06-17 1K+ → 2K+ up after 4 days in tier

Competes with

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SmartFormat feed for SmartNews: 1K+ active installs, 4.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/smartformat