Merchant.WiKi

<p>Merchant.WiKi SEO Audit — Where It Helps<br />
1. Launch inventory baselines after migrations or redesigns to catch missing URLs, sitemap gaps, and misconfigured canonicals.<br />
2. Build prioritized “ready to submit” lists for manual indexing by combining HTTP 200 pages, sitemap coverage, and low inbound links.<br />
3. Audit internal linking to surface orphan or weak pages before requesting more crawl budget.<br />
4. Export a full, normalized dataset for BI dashboards or agency handoffs without granting direct DB access.<br />
5. Validate Google Search Console signals (Page Indexing exports + Inspection API) against on-site data to see why URLs stay “not indexed”.<br />
6. Keep evergreen posts from slipping by spotting the oldest pages/posts (≥1 year since last update) and opening Gemini with a pre-written English script (“update the page… propose two external links…”) for rapid refreshes.</p>
<p>Author & Links<br />
• Built by Merchant.WiKi — your SEO knowledge hub: https://merchant.wiki/</p>
<p>Disclaimer<br />
• This plugin is currently in beta. Install it on staging or a fresh backup copy first.<br />
• Always take full file + database backups before running the audit queues or deleting data.<br />
• Merchant.WiKi provides the software “as-is” and is not liable for any data loss or downtime.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<h3>Google OAuth / Google account authorization</h3>
<ul>
<li>Use: Lets administrators connect their Google account so the plugin can reach Search Console data and, if requested, Google Sheets.</li>
<li>Data sent: During the consent flow the site posts your Google Cloud client ID, client secret, redirect URI, and the one-time authorization code to https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token, then calls https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v2/userinfo to record which account is connected.</li>
<li>When data moves: Only when an administrator clicks “Connect Google Account” or “Connect Sheets”; no background jobs refresh tokens unless you start the OAuth flow.</li>
<li>Optional: Yes. Inventory building, sitemap caching, crawls, and reports continue to run without signing in to Google.</li>
<li>Terms: Google Terms of Service (https://policies.google.com/terms)</li>
<li>Privacy: Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Google Search Console API</h3>
<ul>
<li>Use: Fetches your property list and runs the URL Inspection API so you can log index verdicts and TTLs in <code>mw_gsc_cache</code>.</li>
<li>Data sent: Each inspection call posts the selected property (<code>siteUrl</code>) plus every queued WordPress URL as <code>inspectionUrl</code>, and uses your OAuth access token for authorization.</li>
<li>When data moves: Only while you run “Check Google Index Status” or refresh the property selector—no calls fire automatically otherwise.</li>
<li>Optional: Yes. The rest of the audit features work without Search Console; enabling it simply enriches the reports.</li>
<li>Terms: Google API Terms of Service (https://developers.google.com/terms)</li>
<li>Privacy: Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Google Sheets API</h3>
<ul>
<li>Use: Imports Page Indexing exports stored in Google Sheets and can build a combined export sheet through the “Assemble” tool.</li>
<li>Data sent: Requests include the spreadsheet ID/range you provide, and when you create the combined export the plugin writes rows containing the URL, verdict, coverage reason, last crawled time, exported timestamp, and source label to a new sheet in your Drive.</li>
<li>When data moves: Only when you opt into the Sheets import/export mode; the plugin never touches Sheets unless you paste sheet URLs and start the task.</li>
<li>Optional: Yes. CSV uploads cover the same workflow if you prefer not to grant Sheets access.</li>
<li>Terms: Google API Terms of Service (https://developers.google.com/terms)</li>
<li>Privacy: Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Gemini link</h3>
<ul>
<li>Use: Adds an “Open Gemini” button in the Stale Content Refresh table so you can open https://gemini.google.com/app with a prefilled brief for that URL.</li>
<li>Data sent: Clicking the button encodes the page URL, publish and update dates, title, and current meta description into the <code>prompt</code> query string; clipboard text with the page body stays on your device until you paste it.</li>
<li>When data moves: Only when someone presses “Open Gemini”; nothing is transmitted automatically.</li>
<li>Optional: Yes. You can ignore the Gemini link and still use every refresh workflow.</li>
<li>Terms: Google Terms of Service (https://policies.google.com/terms)</li>
<li>Privacy: Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy)</li>
</ul>
<p>You must be a verified owner of the site in Google Search Console to use the plugin.</p>
<p>Index coverage data can lag behind reality by several days.</p>


Merchant.WiKi SEO Audit

Build URL inventories, cache sitemaps, refresh SEO signals, and connect Google Search Console for exportable index audits.

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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

Merchant.WiKi SEO Audit vs WP Sitemaps Config