XML Sitemaps

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1. ★★★★★ salem80

   8.4y ago

   I was only need simple sitemap.xml file and this plugin did it for me thanks for author for making our life less painful .

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2. ★★★★★ Alexis Wilke

   8.5y ago

   I tested several XML sitemap versions and they like all want to generate thousands of XML sitemaps. My site is never going to grow so much that a single .xml file wouldn’t be enough (you have plenty of room, really!) One important thing: I went to settings and removed absolutely everything except the “Include Custom Posts”. There is really no need to have archives in there. Google & Co. will find those pages, but they are not worth indexing anyway. As long as all your posts are indexed, you’ll be just fine as far as SEO is concerned. I tested 4 other plugins, this is my favorite so far.

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3. ★★★★★ O_Breda

   9.6y ago

   I am pleased with the functionality of the plugin. Thanks! I’ve been using this plugin for a few years. No problems whatsoever. This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by O_Breda.

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4. ★★★★★ grantmahy

   10.4y ago

   Great stuff — I was encountering a parsing error likely due to an open php tag somewhere in my theme and until I installed XML sitemaps no other sitemap plugins worked. Nice and simple to use and I like the way it stores a physical sitemap in a WP Folder. thx to the author

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5. ★★★★★ Skylar Bolton

   10.4y ago

   Works well and the code behind it is simple. I would like to contribute to this plugin. Please contact me about how I can get you my update that adds AMP pages.

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6. ★★★★★ SmartestReviews

   11.1y ago

   Thank you very much. I use it on my site SmartestReviews.com and it really helps me to define priorities and crawling frequency. Great plugin. Can also run with yoast seo. the advantage is that you can define your own priorities and frequency. with yoast sitemap generator you can’t.

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7. ★★★★★ Rashel

   11.3y ago

   Disappointed ! It says it’s easy, but you download and active the extension, and then.. nothing happen ! You don’t know if the sitemap is generated, and if yes, where to find it … I’m still looking for it ! So I went to the website of the developpers and it’s down, and you can the all the source code. Ok, let’s forget about it. I just lost 15 minutes for nothing !

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8. ★★★★★ bondt

   11.6y ago

   Just install and it’s ready to go.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.0.1 PHP 7.x compat 3.0.1
2. — Version 3.0 Custom Posts now included in the sitemap w/ Setting to exclude Individual posts can be excluded now. Previously only pages could be Update urls for Google and Bing sitemap pinging WP 4.7.x compat 3.0
3. — Version 2.5 Removed extra blank lines in stylesheet file that was causing issues on a few sites. WP 4.3 compat Tested against PHP 5.6 2.5
4. — Version 2.4 Fixed settings being reset upon plugin activation message. WordPress 4.2 compat. 2.4
5. — Version 2.3.1 Settings were not being preserved in some cases. Should be resolved now. 2.3.1
6. — Version 2.3 New option to include author page in sitemap if they haven’t published a page or post. WordPress 4.1 compat. 2.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 63 languages, 0 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 39 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-29 3K+ → 2K+ down after 381 days in tier
2. 2023-11-14 4K+ → 3K+ down after 317 days in tier
3. 2023-01-01 5K+ → 4K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Sitemap by BestWebSoft – WordPress XML Site Map Page Generator Plugin 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Sitemap by click5 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• WP Sitemaps Config 700+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Image & Video XML Sitemap 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• SX Disable WordPress XML sitemaps 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C
• Custom Sitemap Generator 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B

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XML Sitemaps: 2K+ active installs, 4.5★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/xml-sitemaps