Native Sitemap Customizer
Native Sitemap Customizer gives you complete control over the native WordPress XML sitemap (wp-sitemap.xml) without requiring a full SEO plugin.
5(3 reviews)
·60 active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Native Sitemap Customizer is a WordPress seo plugin with 60 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….
5/53 reviews
60active installs
1.0K+total downloads
1 yearsince 2025
Overview
Native Sitemap Customizer gives you complete control over the native WordPress XML sitemap (wp-sitemap.xml) introduced in WordPress 5.5, without requiring a full SEO plugin.
Features
- Lastmod Dates: Adds last modification dates to every URL in the sitemap (Google’s most used optional field)
- Exclude Post Types: Remove any custom post type from the sitemap
- Exclude Taxonomies: Control which taxonomies appear in the sitemap
- User Control: Exclude specific user roles, individual users, or disable the entire users sitemap for single-author sites
- Flexible Exclusions: Exclude posts/pages by ID or by slug patterns
- SEO Plugin Integration: Auto-exclude noindex content from Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, The SEO Framework
- Smart Redirects: Automatically redirect old sitemap URLs from SEO plu…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.5+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.5.1
- Fix: Fixed promotional banner button alignment on WordPress 7.0 due to core CSS specificity changes
- Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Contributors
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