10 Best GN Publisher Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
GN Publisher sits at #2 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to GN Publisher
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RSS Includes Pages
Closest match3.9 (17) 10,000+ active installsModifies RSS feeds so that they include pages and not just posts.
#4 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget
4.6 (66) 9,000+ active installsDisplay any RSS feed(s) in widget with news ticker effect in multiple tabs, thumbnails, customizable color themes and more.
#3 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated August 2, 2026.
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5.0 (7) 10,000+ active installsDisables all RSS/Atom/RDF feeds on your WordPress site.
#8 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated May 29, 2026.
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3.8 (24) 2,000+ active installsImport content from any XML or RSS file or URL. Very useful for importing content from Wix websites.
#7 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated May 26, 2026.
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WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher
4.8 (514) 10,000+ active installsWPeMatico is autoblogging in the blink of an eye! On complete autopilot, WPeMatico delivers fresh content to your site regularly!
#1 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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3.9 (26) 2,000+ active installsRSS Feed Widget with customizable slider. Feed title, description, image, censorship and a few other features which you can use.
#6 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated December 19, 2025.
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4.3 (12) 2,000+ active installsAdds the featured image attached to posts to the beginning of the post content and excerpt in RSS feeds.
#5 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated June 26, 2026.
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5.0 (1) 2,000+ active installsAdds MRSS namespace to the feed and uses post-thumbnail as media element in the feed. Settings available under Settings -> Reading.
#10 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated July 17, 2026.
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Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion
4.8 (113) 10,000+ active installsShowcase your podcast only using podcasting feed url. Use widget, shortcode or editor block to display podcast player anywhere on your site.
#9 in the WordPress.org RSS Feed Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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XML Sitemap & Google News
Paid version available4.4 (85) 100,000+ active installsTake control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.
Shares the google news, news tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated June 10, 2026.
GN Publisher against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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GN Publisher vs RSS Includes Pages20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 3.9
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GN Publisher vs Super RSS Reader20,000+ vs 9,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.6
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GN Publisher vs Disable Feeds WP20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 5.0
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GN Publisher vs Import XML and RSS Feeds20,000+ vs 2,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 3.8
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GN Publisher vs WPeMatico20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.8
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GN Publisher vs RSS Feed Widget20,000+ vs 2,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 3.9
Switching from GN Publisher: common questions
What is the best alternative to GN Publisher?
RSS Includes Pages is the closest match: it shares the RSS Feed Plugins top 10 with GN Publisher and has 10,000+ active installs with a 3.9 out of 5 rating.
Which GN Publisher alternative has the most users?
XML Sitemap & Google News, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which GN Publisher alternative is rated highest?
WPeMatico, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 514 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these GN Publisher alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with GN Publisher score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against GN Publisher on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
RSS Includes Pages is the closest match to GN Publisher by the data we track, and XML Sitemap & Google News has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Podcast Player shipped the most recent release, on August 23, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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