Andre Moura

Easy XML Sitemap is a lightweight and extensible XML sitemap plugin for WordPress.
It generates a sitemap index and multiple sitemap endpoints, supports all public custom post types, and can include images and videos inside each URL entry (Google extensions). It also provides a Status page with technical statistics (generation time, URL counts, hits, and ping results) so you can quickly confirm that everything is working.
The plugin is designed to be safe in real-world WordPress setups: 
– It uses caching for performance 
– It supports large sites via sitemap index and posts organization options 
– It includes WP-CLI commands for maintenance 
– It pings search engines on updates with debounce to avoid excessive requests 
– It detects when Yoast SEO or Rank Math are active and warns you clearly, without automatically overriding other plugins
Main sitemap index URL: 
– /easy-sitemap/sitemap.xml
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Sitemap Index at <code>/easy-sitemap/sitemap.xml</code></li>
<li>Supports all public Custom Post Types (CPTs) with UI controls</li>
<li>Posts can be organized as:
<ul>
<li>Single sitemap (all posts in one file)</li>
<li>By date (one sitemap per month/year)</li>
<li>By category (one sitemap per category)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Image sitemap extension:
<ul>
<li>Featured images</li>
<li>Images found in post content</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Video sitemap extension (conservative and safe):
<ul>
<li>YouTube embeds supported with reliable thumbnails</li>
<li>Self-hosted video supported when thumbnail is available</li>
<li>Vimeo supported only when a reliable thumbnail is available (fallback strategy)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Automatic ping to search engines on content update (debounced)</li>
<li>Status page with technical sitemap statistics and ping results</li>
<li>WP-CLI commands: status, regenerate, clear-cache</li>
<li>robots.txt integration (adds sitemap URL to the virtual robots.txt)</li>
<li>Per-post exclusion controls (existing feature preserved)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Sitemap Endpoints</h3>
Sitemap index: 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/sitemap.xml</code>
Legacy endpoints (still supported): 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/posts-index.xml</code> 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/posts-YYYY-MM.xml</code> (when organizing posts by date) 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/posts-{category-slug}.xml</code> (when organizing posts by category) 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/pages.xml</code> 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/tags.xml</code> 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/categories.xml</code> 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/general.xml</code> 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/news.xml</code>
Custom post type sitemaps (v2.0.0): 
– <code>/easy-sitemap/{posttype}.xml</code> (example: <code>/easy-sitemap/product.xml</code>)

Easy XML Sitemap

Easy XML Sitemap is a lightweight XML sitemap generator with custom post type support, image and video extensions, WP-CLI, and automatic ping.

Auctollo

Generate XML and HTML sitemaps for your website with ease using the XML Sitemap Generator for Google. This plugin enables you to improve your SEO rankings by creating page, image, news, video, HTML, and RSS sitemaps. It also supports custom post types and taxonomies, allowing you to ensure that all of your content is being indexed by search engines. With a user-friendly interface, you can easily configure the plugin to suit your needs and generate sitemaps in just a few clicks. Keep your website up-to-date and make sure that search engines are aware of all of your content by using the XML Sitemap Generator for Google.
The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.
Supported for more than a decade and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/popular/page/2/#:~:text=XML%20Sitemap%20Generator%20for%20Google" rel="ugc">rated among the best</a>, it will do exactly what it’s supposed to do – providing a complete XML sitemap for search engines!
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If you like the plugin, feel free to rate it! 🙂
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Related Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-before-opening-a-new-support-topic" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
Good news, this plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial site.
<h3>Translations</h3>
The plugin comes with various translations, please refer to the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language" title="Installing WordPress in Your Language" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Codex</a> for more information about activating the translation. If you want to help to translate the plugin to your language, please have a look at the sitemap.pot file which contains all definitions and may be used with a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/" rel="nofollow ugc">gettext</a> editor like <a href="http://www.poedit.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">Poedit</a> (Windows).

XML Sitemap Generator for Google


I just got a popup when logging in to my site.  I got this on the dashboard of my site.  This wasn't a banner at the top.  This was a popup.  I wasn't on your plugin page.  IT WAS ON THE DASHBOARD OF MY SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



If you ever show a popup again I will remove your plugin from every single site I have ever built and never install again.  I've been a web developer for over 20 years.....that is a lot of sites.



"""""Would you help us improve Google XML Sitemaps by sharing anonymous usage data? We intend to understand feature usage and use cases better so that we can provide you with the best indexation and indexing performance.""""""



I said no when I installed and I meant it.  What does a parent do when their kids nag?  They ground them.


Showing popups on login to dashboard


I needed an image sitemap and saw in the bio that it was supposed to be available, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I even created a support ticket, but unfortunately, there was no response from the development team.


Support team not respond

Generate multiple types of sitemaps to improve SEO and get your website indexed quickly.

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