Disable WP Sitemaps
Healthy: Disable WP Sitemaps is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 85 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| plugin-master | 29 Jul 2020 to 29 Jul 2020, 1 commits |
|---|---|
| specialk | 29 Jul 2020 to 18 Jul 2026, 22 commits |
2 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 4 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 5
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 5.6.20 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 1 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 1 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | 1 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 1 |
| Q1 2026 | 1 |
| Q2 2026 | 1 |
| Q3 2026 | 1 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 18 Jul 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
| Q1 2024 | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 5.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 5.0 |
Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q1 2024 and Q4 2024.
| 5 star | 10 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Momentum
10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 250 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 450 |
| 18 May 2026 | 680 |
| 25 May 2026 | 433 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 366 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 404 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 359 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 376 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 313 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 295 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 2,068 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 1,117 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 634 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 792 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 520 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 583 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 399 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 414 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 343 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 401 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 427 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 353 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 333 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 329 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 425 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 356 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 74 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 41% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 1.8.9 |
|---|---|
| Author | Jeff Starr |
| Added | 29 Jul 2020 |
| Last updated | 18 Jul 2026 |
| Active installs | 10,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 5.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6.20 |
| Category | Site Administration & Utilities > URL Redirects & 301 Management |
| Tags | disable, sitemap, sitemaps |
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Questions
Is Disable WP Sitemaps still maintained?
Disable WP Sitemaps was last updated on 18 Jul 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Disable WP Sitemaps safe?
Disable WP Sitemaps has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Disable WP Sitemaps?
The wordpress.org author is Jeff Starr. Recent committers: specialk, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of Disable WP Sitemaps?
Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: ThinkRank SEO - AI SEO Plugin for SEO & Google Search Console, Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google, XML Sitemap Generator for Google, The SEO Framework - Fast, Automated, Effortless., CrawlWP SEO - Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance.