Comparison · generated on request
Better Datelines vs Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Better Datelines | Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Lightweight plugin for better dateline management for news sites. Store dateline as a custom meta field instead of putting it in the post content. | Generates a Google News compatible XML sitemap for WordPress sites to be submitted to Google Search Console for better news content indexing. |
| Active installs | fewer than 10 | 100+ |
| Rating | 5.0★ (1) | 4.0★ (1) |
| Last release | 12 years ago | 2 days ago |
| Current owner | Rinat | Gunjan Jaswal |
| Added to directory | 19 Feb 2014 | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Tested up to | WP 3.7.41 | WP 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | false | 7.4 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: Better Datelines · Lightweight Newscast XML Sitemap For Google News