JS Morisset

Extends the WordPress Sitemaps XML:
Improve the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate language URLs, news sitemaps, images sitemaps, video sitemaps (requires WPSSO Core Premium for video details) and more.

Include Alternate Languages:
Include <a href="https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/localized-versions#sitemap" rel="nofollow ugc">localized pages for Google</a> (ie. alternate language URLs) from PolyLang and WMPL.
Include Images and Videos:
Optionally include images and videos in the WordPress sitemaps XML. Note that video information requires the WPSSO Core Premium plugin for video details.
Include Post Type Archives:
Include missing post type archive pages in WordPress sitemaps (like the WooCommerce shop page and The Events Calendar events page).
Select Post Types and Taxonomies:
Optionally include or exclude post types and taxonomies from the WordPress sitemaps XML.
Exclude Noindex and Redirected URLs:
Exclude noindex and redirected posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies (categories, tags, etc.), and user profiles pages from the WordPress sitemaps XML.
<h3>WPSSO Core Required</h3>
WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML is an add-on for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso/" rel="ugc">WPSSO Core plugin</a>, which creates extensive and complete structured data to present your content at its best for social sites and search results – no matter how URLs are shared, reshared, messaged, posted, embedded, or crawled.

WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap

Extend the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate languages, news sitemaps, image sitemaps, and video sitemaps.

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.

WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap vs Easy XML Sitemap