XML Sitemap & Google News vs Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl… (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
Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl…
6.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl… has a higher user rating (4.5/5 from 102 reviews) while XML Sitemap & Google News leads in active installations (100K+ vs 6.0K+). Both are free + premium WordPress plugins. XML Sitemap & Google News has accumulated 4.5M+ total downloads while Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl… has 308K+. Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl… has a higher support resolution rate (100% vs 100%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | XML Sitemap & Google News | Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.4/5 | ► | 4.5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 83 | ► | 102 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 6.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 4.5M+ | ◄ | 308K+ |
| Support Resolution | 100% | 100% | |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ► | 4 days ago |
| First Released | 2009 | 2018 | |
| Age | 17 years | 8 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.4+ | 5.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.6+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free + Premium | Free | |
| Latest Version | 5.7.2 | 3.0.1 |
Rating Breakdown
XML Sitemap & Google News
Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, XML Sitemap & Google News averaged approximately 629 daily downloads while Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl… averaged 224.
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
Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl… Reviews
ROBOTS.TXT Incredible product.
It is undeniably better that today was delivered to the market as an achievement. Thanks to everyone who worked on the creation of this incredibly useful product.
BETTER ROBOTS.TXT SETTINGS
BETTER ROBOTS.TXT SETTINGS хороший плагин, мне нравиться.
Not working
Probabil varianta premium e buna dar asta free este jale de ea
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