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VB Sitemap Generator creates XML sitemaps dynamically with caching and without unnecessary overhead.
Features: 
* Sitemap index: /sitemap.xml 
* Sharded main sitemaps: /sitemap-main-.xml 
* Image sitemap: /sitemap-images-.xml 
* Includes images in main sitemap entries 
* Publish-only URLs 
* Respects noindex 
* Uses post_modified_gmt for lastmod 
* Robots.txt integration
The plugin follows modern XML sitemap standards and avoids deprecated elements like changefreq and priority.

VB Sitemap Generator

Lightweight, standards-compliant XML sitemap generator for WordPress.

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.

VB Sitemap Generator vs Easy XML Sitemap