Angelo Mandato

<p>This simple plugin adds an HTML (Not XML) sitemap of your pages (not posts) by entering the shortcode [html_sitemap] in the page content. This simple plugin is configured with the <code>[html_sitemap]</code> shortcode. This plugin can display a sitemap with specific depths, from a specific parent page and include/exclude specific children. Shortcode attributes include <code>sort_column</code>, <code>sort_order</code>, <code>exclude</code>, <code>include</code>, <code>depth</code>, <code>child_of</code>, <code>meta_key</code>, <code>meta_value</code>, <code>authors</code>, <code>number</code>,  <code>offset</code>, <code>post_type</code>,  and <code>post_status</code>, everything the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_list_pages" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>wp_list_pages</code></a> function accepts. In addition to the <code>wp_list_pages</code> options you can also set <code>class</code>, <code>id</code>, and <code>ordered_list_type</code> options.</p>
<p><strong>This plugin is perfect for those who use WordPress as a CMS.</strong></p>
<p>Please see documentation for the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_list_pages" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>wp_list_pages</code></a> for a complete list of options.</p>
<p>The following options may be configured in addition to options documented in <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_list_pages" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>wp_list_pages</code></a>:</p>
<p>The <code>class</code> and <code>id</code> attributes may specified set class or id values for the initial HTML Page Sitemap <code><ul></code> list tag.</p>
<p>The <code>child_of</code> attribute value can be a numeric page ID (integer), or use the custom value CURRENT or PARENT. The value “CURRENT” will use the current page’s ID. The value “PARENT” will uses the curent page’s parent ID.</p>
<p>The <code>ordered_list_type</code> attribute is an HTML Page Sitemap plugin exclusive option for specfiying an ordered list type. Not setting a ordered_list_type will use an unordered list (default).</p>
<ul>
<li><code>ordered_list_type="1"</code> – The list items will be numbered with numbers</li>
<li><code>ordered_list_type="A"</code> – The list items will be numbered with uppercase letters</li>
<li><code>ordered_list_type="a"</code> – The list items will be numbered with lowercase letters</li>
<li><code>ordered_list_type="I"</code> – The list items will be numbered with uppercase roman numbers</li>
<li><code>ordered_list_type="i"</code> – The list items will be numbered with lowercase roman numbers</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: This plugin only works with Hierarchical Custom Post Types. This plugin will not work if your post type is not heirarchical.</p>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<p>First example shows how to add a sitemap for the entire site.</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap]
</code></pre>
<p>Example shortcode will add a sitemap to a page displaying a depth limit of 3 and exclude page ID 708.</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap depth=3 exclude=708]
</code></pre>
<p>Example shortcode will add a sitemap to a page displaying only children and grandchildren of the current page.</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap depth=2 child_of=CURRENT]
</code></pre>
<p>Example shortcode will add a sitemap to a page displaying children and grandchildren of the parent page (would include the curent page as well).</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap depth=2 child_of=PARENT]
</code></pre>
<p>Example shortcode will add a sitemap displaying the page modified date with the pages sorted by the menu order number.</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap show_date=modified sort_column=menu_order]
</code></pre>
<p>Example shortcode excluding multiple pages with ids 708, 1024 and 42.</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap exclude="708,1024,42"]
</code></pre>
<p>Example shortcode will add a class attribute to the <code><ul></code> tag.</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap class="custom-class"]
</code></pre>
<p>Example shortcode will add an id attribute to the <code><ul></code> tag.</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap id="custom-element-id"]
</code></pre>
<p>Example shortcode will display an ordered list using lowercase letters with a depth of 1.</p>
<pre><code>[html_sitemap ordered_list_type="a" depth=1]
</code></pre>
<p>For the latest information visit the website.</p>
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<h4>ATTENTION: HTML-SITEMAP SHORTCODE HAS CHANGED</h4>
<p>Though <code>html-sitemap</code> still works, the new HTML Sitemap shortcode is <code>html_sitemap</code>. The dash/hyphen may not get processed correctly if other plugins use the same prefix such as the Syntax Highlighter plugin. <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11948" rel="nofollow ugc">read more</a>, <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17657" rel="nofollow ugc">and more</a></p>
<h3>Contributors</h3>
<p><a href="https://angelo.mandato.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Angelo Mandato</a>, Founder and CTO of <a href="https://www.painlessanalytics.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Painless Analytics</a> – Plugin author</p>


HTML Page Sitemap

I felt the need to post a quick review for this plugin since it got a couple low ratings due to only including pages. The plugin clearly states it is for listing all of your pages only. It is not a normal XML sitemap. I'm giving it 5 stars because it is simple and does what I wanted. I simply wanted a page that listed all of my site's pages. This did it quickly and minimally. 

I do have one suggestion for the author. Rename the plugin. Instead of HTML Page Sitemap, perhaps it should be Simple Page List. Or, something that does not include "sitemap" since that word is what caused the couple low reviews, I think.

Simple

Adds an HTML (Not XML) sitemap of your pages (not posts) by entering the shortcode [html_sitemap], perfect for those who use WordPress as a CMS.

Webbjocke

<h4>A WordPress sitemap plugin</h4>
<p>Simple Wp Sitemap is a sitemap plugin that generates both an xml and an html sitemap to your site dynamically. These two are updated automatically everytime someone’s visiting them. Which means they’re always up to date and that you only have to install and activate the plugin once, and it will just work for you without you ever having to worry.</p>
<p>Reason the sitemaps are generated dynamically instead of being created as actual files as they were in the beginning, is because it’s much faster and more solid. No problems with having to access, create and delete files, instead they’re just presented when needed to. It’s now suddenly as lightweight, simple and fast as one can expect!</p>
<p>Also supports the option to add pages to the sitemaps that aren’t part of your original WordPress site. For instance if you create a little html file and upload to your server and want it to be included in them, it’s easily done. You can also block pages that you don’t want to be included, and much more.</p>
<h4>What it does</h4>
<p>So what the plugin actually does is making one xml sitemap and one html sitemap available directly on your site. These aren’t actually real files that can be found in a folder or anything, instead they get generated when visited and can be found at like yourpage.com/sitemap.xml and yourpage.com/sitemap.html.</p>
<p>And yes, of course the sitemaps are mobile friendly. They also work well with caching plugins 🙂</p>
<h4>Multisite and multilanguage compatible</h4>
<p>The sitemaps are multisite and multilanguage compatible. Every site gets their own sitemap, and all multilanguage urls are included in them!</p>


Simple Wp Sitemap

This is my favorite XML sitemap plugin. It's very straightforward to use, and simple in design and execution, but it gets the job done and doesn't blast you with credits or advertising while it does so. 

The developer is very good about responding to support threads, and to date is one of the few developers of XML sitemap plugins that has kept pace with the current version(s) of WordPress.

Most XML sitemap plugins require that you enter a comma-separated string of post IDs in order to exclude pages and posts from the sitemap. This plugin takes a different approach, and uses the actual URLs. While there may be a problem with that approach if one changes permalink structure, it's much easier to implement than using the post IDs. 

The only thing that keeps me from giving this plugin five stars is possibly not due to this plugin at all: I have to disable caching of the sitemap.xml file in WP Super Cache, or the output of sitemap.xml is invalid and doesn't display correctly in a browser. It would be nice to be able to cache the sitemap.xml file on larger sites. I've only found one other XML sitemap plugin that didn't conflict with WP Super Cache in the same way; most of them do.

Love It!

An easy sitemap plugin that adds both an xml and an html sitemap to your site, which updates and maintains themselves so you don't have to!

HTML Page Sitemap vs Simple Wp Sitemap