XML Sitemaps
Automatically generates XML Sitemaps for your site and notifies search engines when they're updated.
4.5(13 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, XML Sitemaps is a WordPress google plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 226K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search….
4.5/513 reviews
2.0K+active installs
226K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
The XML Sitemaps plugin for WordPress will automatically generate XML Sitemaps for your site and notify search engines when they’re updated.
Contrary to other plugins that generate sitemap files, this one will add a rewrite rule and store your cached sitemaps in the wp-content/sitemaps folder.
The XML Sitemaps plugin automatically assigns the rate of updates and the weight based on statistics collected on your site.
Pings occur automatically, on an hourly basis, if the sitemap file is updated.
Lastly, and contrary to the zillions of plugins that try to do the same as this one, this plugin will use the WP internals to determine the number of blog, category and tag pages on your site. This means it’ll play well with the likes of custom query string or Semiologic SEO.
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Recent Reviews
best of the best
by salem80·8 years 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 .
Simple, generates ONE sitemap.xml as expected
by Alexis Wilke·8 years 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.
Happy with the way the plugin works
by O_Breda·9 years 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 7 years, 11 months ago by O_Breda.
The only plugin that got me around a parsing error
by grantmahy·10 years 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
Good and simple.
by Skylar Bolton·10 years 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.
Download Trends
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.0
85.8%
v2.4
9.7%
Other
4.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.0.1
- PHP 7.x compat
Contributors
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