XML Sitemap & Google News 5.2.3

Does XML Sitemap & Google News work with WordPress 5.2.3 and PHP 7.2.16? 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: 95.15 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.029 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version5.2.3
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
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=64233b63dc
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.991 s
Memory usage 3.64 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 0.249 s
Memory usage 3.68 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 0.266 s
Memory usage 3.66 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 0.184 s
Memory usage 3.65 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 0.178 s
Memory usage 3.26 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 1.212 s
Memory usage 5.43 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 1.254 s
Memory usage 5.41 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.310 s0.214 s-0.096 s3.6 MiB3.69 MiB+ 90.32 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.231 s0.296 s+0.065 s3.63 MiB3.71 MiB+ 84.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.212 s1.134 s-0.078 s5.27 MiB5.43 MiB+ 167.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.519 s0.777 s+0.258 s3.46 MiB3.54 MiB+ 82.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.176 s0.268 s+0.092 s3.55 MiB3.64 MiB+ 97.5 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.197 s0.282 s+0.085 s3.45 MiB3.53 MiB+ 83.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.369 s0.283 s-0.086 s3.49 MiB3.63 MiB+ 148.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.121 s1.136 s+0.015 s5.25 MiB5.41 MiB+ 160.07 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.526 s0.724 s+0.198 s3.45 MiB3.53 MiB+ 83.41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.345 s0.209 s-0.136 s3.55 MiB3.64 MiB+ 83.67 KiB
/0.336 s0.338 s+0.002 s3.3 MiB3.27 MiB- 35.49 KiB
Average 0.486 s0.515 s+0.029 s3.82 MiB3.91 MiB+ 95.15 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

[05-Sep-2019 04:06:36 UTC] XML Sitemap Feeds version 5.2.3 installed.
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide XML Sitemap & Google News Admin Menus and Meta Boxes