XML Sitemap Generator for Google 4.1.22

Does "XML Sitemap Generator for Google" work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 35.67 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 1,000,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/
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Pages 3

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=google-sitemap-generator%2Fsitemap.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=7ec6f69a12
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.386 s
Memory usage 3.81 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → XML-Sitemap

Page screenshot: Settings → XML-Sitemap
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=google-sitemap-generator%2Fsitemap.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=google-sitemap-generator/sitemap.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.760 s
Memory usage 6.5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.189 s
Memory usage 4.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.418 s0.354 s-0.064 s3.78 MiB3.83 MiB+ 53.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.346 s0.337 s-0.009 s3.79 MiB3.83 MiB+ 41.15 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.856 s1.077 s+0.221 s6.31 MiB6.36 MiB+ 46.7 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.632 s0.493 s-0.139 s3.74 MiB3.76 MiB+ 21.7 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.314 s0.318 s+0.004 s3.72 MiB3.74 MiB+ 25.7 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.506 s0.307 s-0.199 s3.71 MiB3.74 MiB+ 33.89 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.444 s0.281 s-0.163 s3.72 MiB3.76 MiB+ 44.56 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.679 s0.667 s-0.012 s6.3 MiB6.34 MiB+ 44.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.320 s0.415 s+0.095 s3.72 MiB3.74 MiB+ 22.2 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.327 s0.342 s+0.015 s3.74 MiB3.76 MiB+ 21.7 KiB
/0.274 s0.193 s-0.081 s4.12 MiB4.16 MiB+ 37.21 KiB
Average 0.465 s0.435 s-0.030 s4.24 MiB4.28 MiB+ 35.67 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PO File
PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PO File63.6%10,1276,89229
PHP34.9%5,5551,97010
XSLT1.0%15301
JavaScript0.6%9231
Total 15,927 8,865 41

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 5,569
Total complexity 1,162
Median class complexity 21.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class GoogleSitemapGenerator
Most complex function GoogleSitemapGeneratorUI::html_show_options_page()
Classes 13
Methods 216
Functions 12

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 4

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[03-Feb-2026 18:41:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap.php on line 443
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "XML-Sitemap" Admin Menu