XML Sitemap & Google News 5.1.2

Does XML Sitemap & Google News work with WordPress 5.1.1 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: 117.52 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 version5.1.1
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?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=171957ad61
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.830 s
Memory usage 3.36 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
Load time 0.985 s
Memory usage 3.43 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
Load time 0.721 s
Memory usage 3.48 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
Load time 0.160 s
Memory usage 3.39 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
Load time 0.229 s
Memory usage 3.01 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
Load time 1.561 s
Memory usage 5.07 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
Load time 2.591 s
Memory usage 5.05 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.391 s0.194 s-0.197 s3.29 MiB3.37 MiB+ 86.89 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.166 s2.163 s+1.997 s3.32 MiB3.4 MiB+ 81.53 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.410 s1.235 s-0.175 s4.92 MiB5.08 MiB+ 156.27 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.734 s0.545 s-0.189 s3.15 MiB3.29 MiB+ 143.46 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.481 s0.156 s-0.325 s3.23 MiB3.39 MiB+ 157.91 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.259 s0.179 s-0.080 s3.13 MiB3.27 MiB+ 143.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.189 s0.175 s-0.014 s3.17 MiB3.32 MiB+ 145.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.447 s1.075 s-0.372 s4.91 MiB5.05 MiB+ 148.58 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.310 s0.235 s-0.075 s3.14 MiB3.28 MiB+ 143.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.235 s0.205 s-0.030 s3.24 MiB3.32 MiB+ 80.18 KiB
/0.669 s0.251 s-0.418 s3.01 MiB3.01 MiB+ 5.13 KiB
Average 0.572 s0.583 s+0.011 s3.5 MiB3.62 MiB+ 117.52 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 10

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[09-Apr-2019 22:05:38 UTC] XML Sitemap Feeds version 5.1.2 installed.
[09-Apr-2019 22:05:39 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