Andre Moura

<p>Easy XML Sitemap is a lightweight and extensible XML sitemap plugin for WordPress.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The plugin is designed to be safe in real-world WordPress setups:<br />
– It uses caching for performance<br />
– It supports large sites via sitemap index and posts organization options<br />
– It includes WP-CLI commands for maintenance<br />
– It pings search engines on updates with debounce to avoid excessive requests<br />
– It detects when Yoast SEO or Rank Math are active and warns you clearly, without automatically overriding other plugins</p>
<p>Main sitemap index URL:<br />
– /easy-sitemap/sitemap.xml</p>
<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>
<p>Sitemap index:<br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/sitemap.xml</code></p>
<p>Legacy endpoints (still supported):<br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/posts-index.xml</code><br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/posts-YYYY-MM.xml</code> (when organizing posts by date)<br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/posts-{category-slug}.xml</code> (when organizing posts by category)<br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/pages.xml</code><br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/tags.xml</code><br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/categories.xml</code><br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/general.xml</code><br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/news.xml</code></p>
<p>Custom post type sitemaps (v2.0.0):<br />
– <code>/easy-sitemap/{posttype}.xml</code> (example: <code>/easy-sitemap/product.xml</code>)</p>


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.

Harpalsinh Parmar

<p><strong>Image & Video XML Sitemaps</strong> adds advanced functionality to Yoast SEO’s sitemap capabilities. This plugin is designed to improve the indexing of your media assets by search engines.</p>
<h3>Key Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Separate Sitemaps for Images and Videos</strong>:<br />
Create individual sitemaps for images and videos to enhance their visibility.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Enable or Disable Sitemaps</strong>:<br />
Easily toggle the generation of sitemaps for images and videos via the admin dashboard.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Customizable Sitemap Filenames</strong>:<br />
Specify your own file names for the image and video sitemaps.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Seamless Yoast SEO Integration</strong>:<br />
Works alongside Yoast SEO to extend its default functionality without conflicts.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why Use This Plugin?</h3>
<p>While Yoast SEO provides a media sitemap, it doesn’t allow separate links for images or videos. Our plugin fills this gap by offering independent sitemaps for each type of media, ensuring better SEO coverage and more targeted search engine indexing.</p>
<h3>Advanced Feature:</h3>
<p>Even with Yoast SEO’s media sitemap options enabled, this plugin generates independent sitemaps for better control and optimization of your media assets.</p>
<h3>Extra Notes:</h3>
<p>Please visit <strong>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Permalinks</strong> in your WordPress dashboard and simply click “Save Changes”. This will flush and refresh the rewrite rules so that the custom sitemap URLs start working properly.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p>This plugin is translatable into multiple languages. A <code>.pot</code> file is included in the <code>/languages/</code> directory.<br />
To create or use translations:<br />
1. Create a <code>.po</code> file for your language using the <code>.pot</code> file.<br />
2. Convert it to a <code>.mo</code> file.<br />
3. Place both files in the <code>/languages/</code> directory, following the naming convention <code>image-video-xml-sitemap-[locale].po</code> and <code>image-video-xml-sitemap-[locale].mo</code>.</p>
<p>If you’d like to contribute translations, please send your <code>.po</code> and <code>.mo</code> files to [parmarharpalsinh88@gmail.com].</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.</p>


Image & Video XML Sitemap

Create separate XML sitemaps for images and videos with advanced customization. Fully compatible with Yoast SEO.

Easy XML Sitemap vs Image & Video XML Sitemap