Site Kit by Google vs Sitemap Generator
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| Feature | Site Kit by Google v1.190.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details | Sitemap Generator v1.8.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 3,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | August 17, 2026 |
| Editions | Site Kit by Google | Sitemap Generator · Sitemap Generator Pro ($) |
| Pros | Single dashboard for Google services; Search Console, Analytics 4 and PageSpeed Insights in wp-admin; Free and maintained by Google | Crawl runs on an external service, not on your server; Works with any plugin or theme because it crawls the public pages; Free for sites up to 500 URLs |
| Cons | Needs a Google account and access to each connected service; Telemetry is off until the user opts in; Several modules add scripts and requests to Google services on the site | Free version stops at 500 URLs; Image and video sitemaps need the paid token; Sends the site address to an external service to crawl it |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | — | No |
| XML sitemaps | — | Yes |
| Redirects | — | No |
| Local SEO | — | No |
| WooCommerce | — | No |
| AI content | — | No |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Analytics 4 reports and setup, Search Console data in the dashboard, PageSpeed Insights results, AdSense module, Tag Manager setup, Site verification with Google, Email reports to site users, Google consent mode support | Sitemap built by an external crawler, Sitemap generator admin page, Crawl settings such as fetchers and embedded content, Remove query parameters from URLs, Image sitemaps ($), Video sitemaps for HTML5 and YouTube ($), Pro token for larger sites and media sitemaps ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | Google AdSense, Google Ads | — |
| Analytics | Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Other | Google Search Console | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | mandrillapp.com, api.telegram.org, maker.ifttt.com, api.sendgrid.com, www.googleapis.com, www.gstatic.com, cloud.google.com, iamcredentials.googleapis.com, iamcredentials.universe, cloudresourcemanager.universe, sitekit-static.withgoogle.com, storage.googleapis.com, sitekit.withgoogle.com, site-kit-dev.appspot.com, site-kit-local.appspot.com, wordpress.org, newsite.com | api.marcobeierer.com |
| Blocks | 3 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |