Lightweight Sitemap Generator
XML sitemap generator for WordPress with file or dynamic mode. Supports all public post types and taxonomies. Optional Google News sitemap.
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·90 active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Lightweight Sitemap Generator is a WordPress google plugin with 90 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search….
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90active installs
1.4K+total downloads
1 yearsince 2025
Overview
Lightweight Sitemap Generator is a minimal WordPress plugin that creates a valid XML sitemap for search engines (Google, Yandex and others), fully compliant with sitemaps.org.
Main features:
- Generates a valid
sitemap.xml(or wp-sitemap.xml) with proper<loc>and<lastmod>tags (ISO-8601 UTC format) - Unified structure for posts, pages, products, built-in taxonomies, and detected public third-party taxonomies
- Global chronological order (newer → older)
- Automatic duplicate prevention across all sources
- Two modes:
- File mode — creates a static sitemap in the site root (minimal server load)
- Dynamic mode — builds sitemap on-the-fly (always up to date, cached with TTL)
- Clean and minimal settings page in WP Admin:
- Enable or disable posts, pages, categories, tags, authors, archives
- S…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.23
- Reduced UI text verbosity.
- Improved section alignment and layout balance.
- Enabled Preview auto-calc by default.
- Added AJAX for Recalculate and Scan.
- Added Google News file state tracking.
…and 1 more changes
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