David Daniel

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

Developer Sitemap

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

Rolf Allard van Hagen

Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap. Compatible with WordPress Multisite, Polylang and WPML and most caching plugins. There are no static files created.
NEW: Connect your site to your Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools to keep an eye on sitemap performance and possible errors. 
NEW: Submit your sitemaps right from the WordPress admin. Yes, you read that correctly: Sitemap Pings are back!
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Control the WordPress core XML Sitemaps.</li>
<li>Add a Google News Sitemap.</li>
<li>Connect your site to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools to keep an eye on sitemap performance and possible errors.</li>
<li>Submit/ping sitemaps to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools for fast reindexation.</li>
<li>Add custom robots.txt rules.</li>
</ul>
XML Sitemap
<ul>
<li>Option to disable the main XML Sitemap Index.</li>
<li>Select sitemaps to include in the sitemap index: post types, taxonomies, authors and google news.</li>
<li>Select which (custom) post types, taxonomy archives and users to include in respective sitemaps.</li>
<li>Exclude specific posts, pages and custom post type posts from sitemaps.</li>
<li>Add a custom sitemap with external URLs.</li>
<li>Add external sitemaps.</li>
<li>Choose the sitemap server/generator: WordPress core or Plugin.</li>
<li>Plugin server: Include featured images or attached images with title.</li>
<li>Choose to update Last modification date only on post modification (default) or also on comments.</li>
<li>Sitemap stylesheet templates can be overridden by theme template files.</li>
</ul>
Google News Sitemap
<ul>
<li>Optionally activate the Google News Sitemap.</li>
<li>Includes the required news sitemap tags: Publication name, language, title and publication date.</li>
<li>Set a News Publication Name (site name by default).</li>
<li>Supports custom post types.</li>
<li>Limit inclusion of certain post categories.</li>
<li>Google News Sitemap stylesheet template can be overridden by theme template files.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pro Extensions</h4>
<a href="https://premium.status301.com/downloads/xml-sitemap-advanced/" rel="nofollow ugc">XML Sitemap Advanced</a>
<ul>
<li>Sitemap notifier: Automatic XML Sitemap Index update notification to Google and Bing.</li>
<li>Sitemap notifier log</li>
<li>Set a custom sitemap URL (slug)</li>
<li>Exclude posts and pages in the Bulk Editor.</li>
<li>Optionally include empty taxonomy term and empty author archives</li>
<li>Yoast SEO and Rank Math compatibility: exclude posts set to noindex</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://premium.status301.com/downloads/google-news-advanced/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google News Advanced</a>
<ul>
<li>Sitemap norifier: Automatic Google News Sitemap update notification to Google.</li>
<li>Sitemap notifier log</li>
<li>Multiple post types – Include more than one post type in the same News Sitemap.</li>
<li>Keywords – Add the keywords tag to your News Sitemap. Keywords can be created from Tags, Categories or a dedicated Keywords taxonomy.</li>
<li>Stock tickers – Add stock tickers tag to your News Sitemap. A dedicated Stock Tickers taxonomy will be available to manage them.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy / GDPR</h4>
This plugin does not collect any user or visitor data nor set browser cookies. Using this plugin should not impact your site privacy policy in any way.
Data that is published
An XML Sitemap index, referencing other sitemaps containing your web site’s public post URLs of selected post types that are already public, along with their last modification date and associated image URLs, and any selected public archive URLs. 
An author sitemap can be included, which will contain links to author archive pages. These urls contain author/user slugs, and the author archives can contain author bio information. If you wish to keep this out of public domain, then deactivate the author sitemap and use an SEO plugin to add noindex headers to the respective archive pages.
A Google News Sitemap containing your web site’s public and recent (last 48 hours) URLs of selected news post type, along with their publication time stamp and associated image URL.
Data that is transmitted
when a connection between your site and Google Search Console is configured in this plugin, the sitemap index and google news sitemap can be submitted to Google. No data is transmitted to any third party.
<h4>Contribute</h4>
If you’re happy with this plugin as it is, please consider writing a quick <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/xml-sitemap-feed/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">rating</a> or helping other users out on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/xml-sitemap-feed" rel="ugc">support forum</a>.
If you wish to help build this plugin, you’re very welcome to <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/xml-sitemap-feed/" rel="nofollow ugc">translate it into your language</a> or contribute code on <a href="https://github.com/RavanH/xml-sitemap-feed/" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>.
<h4>Credits</h4>
XML Sitemap Feed was originally based on the discontinued plugin Standard XML Sitemap Generator by Patrick Chia. Since then, it has been completely rewritten and extended in many ways.
NOTES:
<ol>
<li>
If you do not use fancy URL’s or you have WordPress site running in a subdirectory, a dynamic robots.txt will NOT be generated.
</li>
<li>
On large sites, it is advised to use a good caching plugin to improve your site and sitemap performance.
</li>
</ol>

XML Sitemap & Google News


I've been trying several plugins to generate a proper sitemap on our site. This one has a simple yet effective setup and really works like a charm with my CPT's.


Really works with custom post types

Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.

Developer Sitemap vs XML Sitemap & Google News