SeoMix

Daniel Roch

SEOKEY

WordPress 5.5 add core XML sitemap functionnality, but there is no user interface to disable it or to mange contents within theses files.
Disable WordPress XML sitemaps simply deactivate all WordPress XML sitemaps and redirect them to your home URL, preventing 404 page generation for Google and other Search Engines.
This SEO enhancement is already included in our <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-key/" rel="ugc">SEOKEY plugin</a>. Not only do we deactivate WordPress native XML sitemaps (which are not optimized), but SEOKEY replaces them with much more powerful sitemaps (better crawl, not any harmful content).
More information here about it : <a href="https://www.seomix.fr/wordpress-xml-sitemaps/" rel="nofollow ugc">Core XML Sitemap Guide</a> (French)

SX Disable WordPress XML sitemaps

Disable and redirect core WordPress XML sitemaps

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Automaticly generates virtual sitemaps and sitemap index in the XML format. It uses sitemap.org protocol.
Features
<ul>
<li>One-Click install sitemap</li>
<li>Creates posts, pages, tags and categories sitemaps</li>
<li>Splits sitemaps on many parts</li>
<li>Does not create permanent .xml or .xml.gz files on server</li>
<li>Dynamic generation of sitemaps</li>
<li>Possibility of setting number of links per sitemap</li>
<li>Submits created sitemap to the most popular search engines (Google, Bing)</li>
<li>Sitemap is generated only when it is being loaded</li>
</ul>
Version 1.2.3
<ul>
<li>Compatibility checked.</li>
<li>Plugin home site changed.</li>
<li>Removal of inactive submission methods.</li>
</ul>
If you find any problems write <a href="https://wordpress.org/tags/sitemap-index" rel="ugc">a new topic</a>.

Sitemap Index

Works, like it supose to

Automaticly generates virtual sitemaps and sitemap index in the XML format.

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