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XML Sitemap & Google News 5.6-alpha20

Does XML Sitemap & Google News work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
44PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 152.93 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 version6.8.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/xml-sitemap-feed/
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Pages 9

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=aa6b36309e
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.309 s
Memory usage 3.69 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 0.236 s
Memory usage 3.69 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → XML Sitemap → Post types

Page screenshot: Settings → XML Sitemap → Post types
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=xmlsf&tab=post_types
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.164 s
Memory usage 3.67 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 0.159 s
Memory usage 3.67 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → XML Sitemap → Authors

Page screenshot: Settings → XML Sitemap → Authors
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=xmlsf&tab=authors
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.160 s
Memory usage 3.67 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 0.195 s
Memory usage 3.67 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 0.266 s
Memory usage 3.51 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.836 s
Memory usage 6.23 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.099 s
Memory usage 6.22 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.534 s0.452 s-0.082 s3.51 MiB3.68 MiB+ 174.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.217 s0.181 s-0.036 s3.57 MiB3.74 MiB+ 172.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.871 s1.317 s+0.446 s6.06 MiB6.23 MiB+ 176.25 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.812 s0.567 s-0.245 s3.52 MiB3.68 MiB+ 159.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.235 s0.198 s-0.037 s3.5 MiB3.66 MiB+ 158.34 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.271 s0.204 s-0.067 s3.49 MiB3.65 MiB+ 166.53 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.197 s0.187 s-0.010 s3.5 MiB3.68 MiB+ 177.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.187 s0.714 s-0.473 s6.05 MiB6.22 MiB+ 171.78 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.353 s0.430 s+0.077 s3.5 MiB3.65 MiB+ 154.84 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.441 s0.254 s-0.187 s3.52 MiB3.68 MiB+ 159.84 KiB
/0.318 s0.237 s-0.081 s3.5 MiB3.51 MiB+ 10.97 KiB
Average 0.494 s0.431 s-0.063 s3.98 MiB4.13 MiB+ 152.93 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP95.9%7,1873,496108
XSLT3.6%26906
CSS0.3%1901
JavaScript0.2%1601
Total 7,491 3,496 116

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 5,274
Total complexity 1,142
Median class complexity 15.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class XMLSF\Sitemap
Most complex function xmlsf_upgrade()
Classes 33
Methods 255
Functions 21

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 14

Meta Boxes 

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

PHP Error Log 44 lines

[26-Nov-2025 15:14:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:14:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:14:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:14:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:14:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:14:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:00 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:00 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:01 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:01 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:03 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:03 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:08 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:08 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:11 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:11 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:13 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:13 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:16 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:16 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:19 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:19 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:19 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[26-Nov-2025 15:15:19 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide XML Sitemap & Google News Admin Menus and Meta Boxes