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Smart Sitemap Lite by VectorMap is a lightweight XML sitemap generator designed for real-world content-heavy sites.
The plugin extracts full image metadata from the WordPress Media Library.
This means search engines receive the actual SEO data you entered: 
– image titles 
– ALT texts 
– captions 
– descriptions
Most sitemap plugins only insert the file name — Smart Sitemap Lite includes real metadata.
It focuses on three things:
<ul>
<li>clean, predictable sitemap URLs;</li>
<li>separation of content types (posts, pages, products, taxonomies, images);</li>
<li>fast generation with minimal overhead, even on large archives.</li>
</ul>
The plugin does not try to be an all-in-one SEO suite. 
It does one job: provides search engines with a clear map of your content.
<h3>Key features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Generates a main sitemap index with links to child sitemaps.</li>
<li>Separate sitemaps for:
<ul>
<li>posts</li>
<li>pages</li>
<li>custom post types (including WooCommerce products)</li>
<li>taxonomies (categories, tags, custom taxonomies – if enabled)</li>
<li>images attached to posts and products</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Includes rich image metadata:
<ul>
<li> is taken from the WordPress media title</li>
<li> from the attachment caption</li>
<li> from the ALT text (if present)</li>
<li> from the media description</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Works out of the box with most themes and page builders.</li>
<li>Minimal, clear settings page.</li>
<li>No frontend output, no shortcodes needed.</li>
<li>Respects WordPress visibility rules (drafts, private posts, noindexed content etc. are not included).</li>
<li>Compatible with major SEO plugins (Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO). 
You can use Smart Sitemap Lite as the primary sitemap or as an additional technical sitemap.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How it works</h3>
After activation, the plugin registers a standard sitemap index URL:
https://example.com/sitemap_index.xml
This index contains links to all child sitemaps (posts, pages, products, taxonomies, images).
Search engines discover this index either from:
<ul>
<li>a direct ping, or</li>
<li>submission in Google Search Console / Bing Webmaster Tools, or</li>
<li>a link from <code>robots.txt</code> (you can add it manually).</li>
</ul>
The plugin uses standard WordPress APIs to fetch content and generate XML, so it respects your existing visibility logic and caching.
<h3>Who is it for?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Site owners who need a clear technical sitemap without a full SEO suite.</li>
<li>Stores and catalogues with many products or images.</li>
<li>Developers and agencies who want a predictable, debuggable sitemap structure.</li>
</ul>
The plugin is built and tested on real-world sites with thousands of attachments and products.

VectorMap Smart Sitemap Lite

Lightweight XML sitemap generator for posts, pages, WooCommerce products, taxonomies and images. Simple settings, fast output, SEO-friendly structure.

Ayuda WordPress

Fernando Tellado

This plugin is now part of <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-aeo-pack/" rel="ugc">Visibility</a>.
Everything this plugin does is bundled into Visibility, a single lightweight 
plugin that unifies the three AyudaWP “Native SEO” plugins (Meta Tags, NoIndexer 
and Sitemap Customizer) into one, built entirely on WordPress native features.
This plugin still works and stays available, but new features and fixes now go 
into Visibility. If you’re setting up a new site, install Visibility 
instead of this one.
<h4>Moving to Visibility</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate Visibility.</li>
<li>Open its settings, enable the modules you need (Meta Tags, NoIndex, Sitemap) 
and set your site-wide options.</li>
<li>Deactivate this plugin. Visibility reminds you while both are active, 
because running both at once prints duplicate tags.</li>
<li>Check your page source: you should see a single set of tags, from Visibility.</li>
</ol>
Your settings are not imported automatically in this first version. Site-wide 
options take a minute to re-enter. For per-post values (individual noindex/nofollow, 
custom titles and descriptions, Open Graph images), deactivate this plugin rather 
than deleting it, so the data stays in place for the automatic importer planned 
for a future Visibility release.
<h3>Support</h3>
Need private support or custom development?
Do you need one-on-one help, priority troubleshooting, or a custom feature, integration, or tweak built specifically for your site? I offer private support and custom development. Just <a href="mailto:noindexer@ayudawp.com" rel="nofollow ugc">contact me</a> and tell me what you need.
Need help or have suggestions?
<ul>
<li><a href="https://servicios.ayudawp.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noindexer/" rel="ugc">WordPress support forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/AyudaWordPressES" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube channel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ayudawp.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation and tutorials</a></li>
</ul>
Love the plugin? Please leave us a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noindexer/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">5-star review</a> and help spread the word!
<h3>About AyudaWP.com</h3>
We are specialists in WordPress security, SEO, AI and performance optimization plugins. We create tools that solve real problems for WordPress site owners while maintaining the highest coding standards and accessibility requirements.

Native SEO NoIndexer

Now part of Visibility — noindex and nofollow robots control is bundled there.

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