XML Sitemap & Google News 5.0.1

Does XML Sitemap & Google News work with WordPress 4.9.8 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 72.67 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version4.9.8
PHP version7.0.16
MySQL version5.7.17
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/xml-sitemap-feed/
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Pages 7

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=xml-sitemap-feed%2Fxml-sitemap.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=65b61514c2
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.182 s
Memory usage 3.17 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → XML Sitemap

Page screenshot: Settings  → XML Sitemap
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=xmlsf
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.089 s
Memory usage 3.17 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → XML Sitemap → Taxonomies

Page screenshot: Settings  → XML Sitemap → Taxonomies
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=xmlsf&tab=taxonomies
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.076 s
Memory usage 3.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → XML Sitemap → Advanced

Page screenshot: Settings  → XML Sitemap → Advanced
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=xmlsf&tab=advanced
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.078 s
Memory usage 3.14 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.081 s
Memory usage 2.77 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.185 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.181 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.163 s0.115 s-0.048 s3.12 MiB3.18 MiB+ 65.42 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.111 s0.103 s-0.008 s3.14 MiB3.2 MiB+ 63.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.201 s0.196 s-0.005 s3.21 MiB3.36 MiB+ 154.93 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.111 s0.107 s-0.004 s2.98 MiB3.04 MiB+ 60.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.082 s0.089 s+0.007 s3.06 MiB3.13 MiB+ 74.7 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.056 s0.079 s+0.023 s2.97 MiB3.03 MiB+ 61.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.096 s0.080 s-0.016 s3.01 MiB3.13 MiB+ 126.8 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.185 s0.155 s-0.030 s3.22 MiB3.28 MiB+ 67.18 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.100 s0.079 s-0.021 s2.97 MiB3.03 MiB+ 61.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.085 s0.106 s+0.021 s3.01 MiB3.13 MiB+ 125.7 KiB
/0.120 s0.129 s+0.009 s2.83 MiB2.77 MiB- 61.97 KiB
Average 0.119 s0.113 s-0.007 s3.05 MiB3.12 MiB+ 72.67 KiB

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 11

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "xmlsf_section": {
            "title": "XML Sitemap",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "xmlsf_section": {
            "title": "XML Sitemap",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[08-Sep-2018 17:52:03 UTC] XML Sitemap Feeds version 5.0.1 installed.
[08-Sep-2018 17:52:03 UTC] Rewrite rules flushed by XML Sitemap Feeds.
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide XML Sitemap & Google News Admin Menus and Meta Boxes