XML Sitemap & Google News vs Announce from the Dashboard (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
XML Sitemap & Google News
100K+ active installs
Free + Premium
Announce from the Dashboard
7.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, XML Sitemap & Google News has a higher user rating (4.4/5 from 83 reviews) and leads in active installations (100K+ vs 7.0K+). Both are free + premium WordPress plugins. XML Sitemap & Google News has accumulated 4.5M+ total downloads while Announce from the Dashboard has 24K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | XML Sitemap & Google News | Announce from the Dashboard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.4/5 | ◄ | 4.3/5 |
| Total Reviews | 83 | ◄ | 6 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 7.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.5M+ | ◄ | 24K+ |
| Support Resolution | 100% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ◄ | 2 years ago |
| First Released | 2009 | 2012 | |
| Age | 17 years | 14 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.4+ | 3.8+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.6+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free + Premium | Free | |
| Latest Version | 5.7.2 | 1.5.3 |
Rating Breakdown
XML Sitemap & Google News
Announce from the Dashboard
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, XML Sitemap & Google News averaged approximately 629 daily downloads while Announce from the Dashboard averaged 5.
Recent Reviews
XML Sitemap & Google News Reviews
perfect plugin with great support!
Didn’t work at first, the support offered to help and reinstalled it and it works. it has automatically submit to Google and Bing, that’s awesome feature. works perfectly now I guess. This top
Finally!
Finally! A sitemap plugin that allows me to edit my sitemap with ease. This is the 6th sitemap plugin I’ve tried and my favourite by far. Very easy to exclude certain pages, posts, tags or categories
Google Error, # Auffindbarkeit Sitemaps Vorübergehender Verarbeitungsfehler
Google Error, # vorübergehender Fehler bei der Verarbeitung Ihrer Sitemap.Dieser Fehler tritt leider erst seid kurzem auf.Meine Website wurde seid dem nicht mehr von Google crawling aktualisiert. V
Announce from the Dashboard Reviews
Simple, fast, intuitive.
Hello Your plugin is simple, fast, intuitive. I thought the plugin does not work, because I have turned off alerts for users. Rather to my surprise I saw appear the message done with your plugin. Fant
GREAT ! – BON !
Good plugin! But too simple. Suggestion: Add more options for the message text editing mode. FR : Bon plugin ! Mais trop simple. Suggestion : Ajouter plus d’options pour le mode édition de texte messa
Simple and straight forward
Very nice plugin, works as described. I run it along the other plugin of same author “WP Admin UI Customize” and works very nicely for Subscribers roles. Thanks for your work!
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