XML/RSS Guardian
by webdev:JOHN · Content & Feeds
Safeguard your content by easily disabling XML/RSS feeds with XML/RSS Guardian.
51 health vs 60 average across 778 Content & Feeds plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 841 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 2024-05-14 · 840 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
47
now · peak 148
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
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2024-05-13 · 809 observations
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ canulo212.3y ago
Helpful Plugin!! This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by canulo21.
Read on wp.org ↗
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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Import XML and RSS Feeds 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B - J JP's Get RSS Feed 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C - D Disable Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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