Site Kit by Google vs CTX Feed
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| Feature | Site Kit by Google v1.190.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details | CTX Feed v8.0.40 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 90,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Site Kit by Google | CTX Feed · CTXFeed Pro ($) |
| Pros | Single dashboard for Google services; Search Console, Analytics 4 and PageSpeed Insights in wp-admin; Free and maintained by Google | Channel templates for many shopping platforms; Five export formats: XML, CSV, TSV, JSON, TXT; Yoast SEO fields can be mapped into feeds |
| Cons | Needs a Google account and access to each connected service; Telemetry is off until the user opts in; Several modules add scripts and requests to Google services on the site | Subscriptions, bundles and multilingual need the Pro add-on; Free and Pro versions must be updated together; Several integrations are listed as Pro-only in the readme |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Analytics 4 reports and setup, Search Console data in the dashboard, PageSpeed Insights results, AdSense module, Tag Manager setup, Site verification with Google, Email reports to site users, Google consent mode support | Feed templates for shopping channels, XML, CSV, TSV, JSON and TXT output, Product attribute mapping per channel, Yoast SEO fields in feed mapping, Multilingual feeds with WPML and Polylang ($), Pro feature gates ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | Google AdSense, Google Ads | — |
| Analytics | Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager | WebAppick usage tracking (Appsero-based) |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | Yoast SEO, WPML ($), Polylang ($) |
| Other | Google Search Console | WordPress.org plugin API, WebAppick store API |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| 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 | webappick.com, icanhazip.com, api.wordpress.org |
| Blocks | 3 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |