Grade B

RSS Includes Pages

Name: RSS Includes Pages
Rating: 3.9 (17 reviews)
Author: Marios Alexandrou

⤓ Download v3.8 on WordPress.org ↗

by Marios Alexandrouupdated 2025-12-29🌟The Rising Star

A simple fix that quickly demands your credit card for more control.

HealthyGrowingPoor rating

66/100

It performs its basic task well but many users feel frustrated by the heavy paywall for essential features.

Loved18/40

Trustworthy11/15

Fair & Honest10/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_filter( 'request', function( $query_vars ) {
    if ( isset( $query_vars['feed'] ) ) {
        $query_vars['post_type'] = array( 'post', 'page' );
    }
    return $query_vars;
} );

Keep in mind:The pro version supports including only pages, filtering by ID, and custom post types, which would need extra logic.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~6 months

Rating

3.9★

17 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+75%

Growing fast

8 → 14 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORverified rating is 3.88★

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +75% in the last year

8/day a year ago→14/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

RSS Includes Pages reliably adds pages to RSS feeds with a simple, no-setup approach, but users frequently criticize its limited free features, lack of settings, and occasional incompatibility or site issues.

What people like

+Works as advertised, adding pages to RSS feeds without issues.×5
+Simple setup with no configuration required.
+Installs without errors.
+Supports inclusion of pages and works with NGG galleries.×2

Common complaints

−Free version is heavily limited and requires payment for many features (e.g., custom post types, settings).×4
−Plugin can cause site issues, including breaking the site after uninstall.
−Does not work with all themes; pages may not appear in feeds on certain themes (e.g., Envision).
−Lacks configuration options, such as a settings panel or ability to exclude specific pages/posts.×2

Review trustMostly organic

3.88★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.90★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-06-142025-06-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 17 total

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Latest reviews · 17 analyzed

2026-04-14★★★★★Scammer full pay app no trial you can just install it thats it,computel
2024-06-07★★★★★Great Plugin – Great Customer Service!EntoMarket
2018-10-09★★★★★Does not work rifel
2018-05-28★★★★★Good Plugin.Ivcata
2017-12-20★★★★★Muito bom fran65
2017-04-22★★★★★Doesnt work for me richard
2017-03-01★★★★★useless without paying excerptquestion
2016-03-27★★★★★Adds Pages To Feeds Just Like It Says Marios Alexandrou
2016-03-16★★★★★Seems to work as advertised hallcp
2016-02-10★★★★★Completely useless thaikolja

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2012-10-30v1.4
2012-10-30v1.4.1
2012-10-30v1.4.2
2011-08-19v1.3
2010-06-09v1.1
2010-06-09v1.2
2008-12-19v1.0.2
2008-09-04v1.0

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+15.4%

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.

50%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

3.39

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

65%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

3.88 → 3.88★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered