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XML Sitemap & Google News

by Rolf Allard van Hagen

Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.

Version 5.7.7 4.4 / 5 rating

Active Installs: 100K+
Rating: 4.4 / 5
Requires PHP: 5.6
Tested Up To: 7.0.8
Last Updated: Jun 10, 2026

External Links

WordPress.org plugin page Plugin website

BenchWP Test Runs

8 total

PHP 8.2 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.2 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.3 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.3 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.4 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.4 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.5 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.5 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.2 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.2 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install: Pass
Activation: Pass
Score: 100
Duration: 6s
Runner: wp-cli-local
Note: WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status: 200
Homepage Time: 0.13s
Admin Status: 302
Admin Time: 0.06s
Completed: Jul 2, 2026 11:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Deprecated: 0
Notices: 0

Runner Log Counts

Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Deprecated: 0
Notices: 0

Raw JSON

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    "plugin_slug": "xml-sitemap-feed",
    "php_version": "8.2",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php82-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.131442,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.06099,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 0,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-02T23:00:07Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-02T23:00:11Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.932505,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.3 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.3 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install: Pass
Activation: Pass
Score: 100
Duration: 6s
Runner: wp-cli-local
Note: WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status: 200
Homepage Time: 0.14s
Admin Status: 302
Admin Time: 0.09s
Completed: Jul 2, 2026 11:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Deprecated: 0
Notices: 0

Runner Log Counts

Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Deprecated: 0
Notices: 0

Raw JSON

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    "plugin_slug": "xml-sitemap-feed",
    "php_version": "8.3",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php83-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.141526,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.092155,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
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    "runner_deprecated": 0,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-02T23:00:13Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-02T23:00:17Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.781376,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.4 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.4 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install: Pass
Activation: Pass
Score: 100
Duration: 6s
Runner: wp-cli-local
Note: WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status: 200
Homepage Time: 0.18s
Admin Status: 302
Admin Time: 0.08s
Completed: Jul 2, 2026 11:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Deprecated: 0
Notices: 0

Runner Log Counts

Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Deprecated: 212
Notices: 0

Raw JSON

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    "plugin_slug": "xml-sitemap-feed",
    "php_version": "8.4",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php84-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.182005,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.075888,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-02T23:00:19Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-02T23:00:23Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.6224229999999995,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.5 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.5 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install: Pass
Activation: Pass
Score: 100
Duration: 6s
Runner: wp-cli-local
Note: WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status: 200
Homepage Time: 0.16s
Admin Status: 302
Admin Time: 0.06s
Completed: Jul 2, 2026 11:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Deprecated: 0
Notices: 0

Runner Log Counts

Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Deprecated: 212
Notices: 0

Raw JSON

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    "plugin_slug": "xml-sitemap-feed",
    "php_version": "8.5",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php85-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.155712,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.058577,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-02T23:00:24Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-02T23:00:29Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.261228,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}