David Daniel

<p>Full documentation is available at https://crucibleinsight.com/docs/.</p>
<p>Developer Sitemap provides a lightweight, standards-compliant XML sitemap solution for WordPress. Unlike full SEO suites, this plugin focuses solely on sitemap generation with a clean, intuitive interface.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Standards-Compliant XML</strong> – Generates valid XML sitemaps conforming to the sitemaps.org protocol</li>
<li><strong>Sitemap Index</strong> – Automatically creates a sitemap index linking to content-specific sitemaps</li>
<li><strong>Content Type Support</strong> – Include posts, pages, WooCommerce products, taxonomies, and author archives</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Integration</strong> – Automatic product sitemap generation when WooCommerce is active</li>
<li><strong>Human-Readable Display</strong> – Styled XML output for easy viewing in browsers (does not affect SEO)</li>
<li><strong>Configurable Priority & Change Frequency</strong> – Set default values for each content type</li>
<li><strong>Exclusion Rules</strong> – Exclude specific posts, pages, products, or terms using visual selectors</li>
<li><strong>Caching</strong> – Built-in caching for optimal performance</li>
<li><strong>GZIP Compression</strong> – Optional compression for faster delivery</li>
<li><strong>Modern Admin UI</strong> – Clean dashboard with status overview and quick actions</li>
</ul>
<h4>WooCommerce Support</h4>
<p>When WooCommerce is installed and activated, Developer Sitemap automatically detects it and provides:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Products checkbox</strong> in Content Types settings</li>
<li><strong>Product Priority</strong> setting to control search engine crawl priority</li>
<li><strong>Separate product sitemap</strong> at <code>/sitemap-product.xml</code></li>
<li><strong>Hidden product filtering</strong> – Products with “hidden” catalog visibility are automatically excluded</li>
<li><strong>Product exclusions</strong> – Exclude specific products using the visual post selector</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why Developer Sitemap?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lightweight</strong> – No bloat, just sitemaps</li>
<li><strong>Privacy-Focused</strong> – No external tracking or analytics</li>
<li><strong>Compatible</strong> – Works alongside WordPress core sitemaps</li>
<li><strong>Developer-Friendly</strong> – Extensive hooks for customization</li>
<li><strong>Hosting-Safe</strong> – Designed for shared hosting environments</li>
</ul>
<h4>Sitemap URLs</h4>
<p>Once activated, your sitemap is available at:</p>
<ul>
<li>Main Index: <code>yoursite.com/sitemap.xml</code></li>
<li>Posts: <code>yoursite.com/sitemap-post.xml</code></li>
<li>Pages: <code>yoursite.com/sitemap-page.xml</code></li>
<li>Products: <code>yoursite.com/sitemap-product.xml</code> (when WooCommerce is active)</li>
<li>Taxonomies: <code>yoursite.com/sitemap-taxonomy.xml</code></li>
<li>Authors: <code>yoursite.com/sitemap-author.xml</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<p>For detailed documentation, visit the https://crucibleinsight.com/docs/</p>
<h3>Developer Documentation</h3>
<h4>Filters</h4>
<p><strong>developer_sitemap_url_providers</strong><br />
Modify the registered URL providers.</p>
<pre><code>add_filter('developer_sitemap_url_providers', function($providers) {
    // Add custom provider
    $providers['custom'] = new MyCustomProvider();
    return $providers;
});
</code></pre>
<p><strong>developer_sitemap_urls</strong><br />
Filter URLs before they are included in a sitemap.</p>
<pre><code>add_filter('developer_sitemap_urls', function($urls, $type) {
    // Filter or modify URLs
    return $urls;
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
<p><strong>developer_sitemap_entry_attributes</strong><br />
Modify sitemap entry attributes.</p>
<pre><code>add_filter('developer_sitemap_entry_attributes', function($attrs, $url) {
    // Modify priority, changefreq, etc.
    return $attrs;
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
<h4>Actions</h4>
<p><strong>developer_sitemap_generated</strong><br />
Fires after a sitemap is generated.</p>
<p><strong>developer_sitemap_cache_invalidated</strong><br />
Fires after the sitemap cache is cleared.</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>Developer Sitemap does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. The plugin generates XML files containing public URLs from your WordPress site.</p>


Developer Sitemap

Lightweight XML sitemaps for posts, pages, products, taxonomies, and authors. Configurable priorities and visual exclusions.

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Martin Stehle

<p>Since WordPress 5.5, an XML sitemaps functionality is provided in the WordPress core. These sitemaps let search engine crawlers find all URLs quickly and comprehensively.</p>
<p>But there is not any configuration interface. This plugin provides an option page for all XML sitemaps generated by the WordPress core.</p>
<p>WP Sitemaps Config let you easily</p>
<ul>
<li>disable the XML sitemaps completely with a single click</li>
<li>remove the sitemaps for all public posts, pages, categories, tags, post formats and users </li>
<li>remove the sitemaps for all public custom post types and custom taxonomies</li>
<li>add the entries <strong>Priority</strong>, <strong>Change Frequency</strong> and <strong>Last Modification Date</strong> to each URL</li>
<li>exclude single posts and pages from the XML sitemaps</li>
<li>set the priority and change frequency for each post and page manually</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin is ready for multi sites. It requires WordPress 5.5 or higher. To use the XML sitemaps the PHP extension SimpleXML must run on your server.</p>
<h4>Demo</h4>
<p>You want to test WP Sitemaps Config before installing on your site? Try it out on your free WordPress playground and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sitemaps-config/?preview=1" rel="ugc">click here</a>.</p>
<p>Read also more on <a href="https://ays-pro.com/blog/best-sitemap-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2023" rel="nofollow ugc">Best Sitemap Plugins for WordPress in 2023</a></p>


WP Sitemaps Config


As many already have written here: This is the badly missing user interface for the sitemap feature in Core.



Sometimes a custom post type or taxonomy is badly registered and has a sitemap, although there is no public facing page available or WP core is generating an author sitemap by default ...



With this plugin, you can disable those unwanted sitemaps with one simple checkbox.



Additionally, you can enable the last modification date/time which is highly recommended (because crawler now can better plan their work). There is a ticket milestoned for WordPress 6.3 which is discussing this to be part of the core sitemap.



And it seems there is a feature planned for custom additions to "priority" and "change frequency". 



This would be worth a sixth star ;)


The missing UI

Configure all XML sitemaps generated by the WordPress core with ease

Developer Sitemap vs WP Sitemaps Config