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Disable WP Sitemaps
One kilobyte of code to silence the default WordPress sitemaps.
HealthyGrowing
88/100
This lightweight tool effectively disables WordPress sitemaps without requiring any code edits.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
5.0★
10 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+13%
Growing
58 → 66 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +13% in the last year
58/day a year ago→66/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayDisable WP Sitemaps is praised for its simplicity and effectiveness in turning off WordPress sitemaps without adding code.
What people like
- +Performs exactly as described with no extra bloat or unnecessary features×2
- +Provides a simple, code-free way to disable sitemaps, avoiding edits to functions.php
- +Allows disabling the sitemap via the ‘Search engine visibility’ setting in the UI
Common complaints
Review trustMostly organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
- 100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 10 reviews — not yet a proven track record
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 10 total
Latest reviews · 10 analyzed
- 2024-10-07★★★★★Simple. Easy. Just Works.nyxmidnight
- 2024-06-05★★★★★I use my own sitemap, disable Yoast sitemap, and use this to disable WP sitemapsJJulien
- 2024-03-02★★★★★Works Really Well!caroltheo
- 2023-10-25★★★★★Easy Solution for a bad DesignLSBK
- 2022-02-13★★★★★Thank you!wardencenter
- 2021-06-30★★★★★Thankshsbkader
- 2020-08-13★★★★★Works perfect!pgmachtweb
- 2020-08-12★★★★★Отличная работа!Oleh
- 2020-08-12★★★★★Works as expected!alenright
- 2020-08-12★★★★★Works a treat!!tgrblogger
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
58
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
67
Prior 7-day baseline
47
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
210
Mean release-day peak (30d)
58
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-13.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.65
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered