XML Sitemap & Google News 5.2.1

Does XML Sitemap & Google News work with WordPress 5.1.1 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 132.94 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=2236d815d0
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.539 s
Memory usage 3.34 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 0.538 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 0.532 s
Memory usage 3.4 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 0.215 s
Memory usage 3.4 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 0.347 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 1.315 s
Memory usage 5.08 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 1.230 s
Memory usage 5.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.337 s0.326 s-0.011 s3.29 MiB3.38 MiB+ 91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.327 s0.315 s-0.012 s3.32 MiB3.4 MiB+ 85.84 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.780 s1.569 s-0.211 s4.92 MiB5.08 MiB+ 160.38 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.606 s0.542 s-0.064 s3.15 MiB3.3 MiB+ 148.65 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.292 s0.215 s-0.077 s3.14 MiB3.39 MiB+ 256.31 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.322 s0.302 s-0.020 s3.13 MiB3.28 MiB+ 148.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.223 s0.264 s+0.041 s3.17 MiB3.32 MiB+ 149.38 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.954 s1.351 s-0.603 s4.91 MiB5.06 MiB+ 152.69 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.373 s0.310 s-0.063 s3.14 MiB3.28 MiB+ 148.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.355 s0.260 s-0.095 s3.24 MiB3.33 MiB+ 85.38 KiB
/0.496 s0.371 s-0.125 s2.98 MiB3.02 MiB+ 35.48 KiB
Average 0.642 s0.530 s-0.113 s3.49 MiB3.62 MiB+ 132.94 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 1 lines

[30-Apr-2019 22:48:34 UTC] XML Sitemap Feeds version 5.2.1 installed.
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide XML Sitemap & Google News Admin Menus and Meta Boxes