XML News Sitemap
by Justin Norton · SEO
This plugin provides a highly-configurable Google News XML Sitemap for WordPress.
41 health vs 67 average across 367 SEO plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 3053 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
56
now · peak 158
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 256 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-21 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in band
- 2026-03-02 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-02-27 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-02-24 80+ → 70+ down after 16 days in band
- 2026-02-08 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-02-04 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-03 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-01-29 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
XML Sitemap & Google News 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
RSS Control 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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