Plugin info

Total downloads: 88,509
Active installs: 4,000
Total reviews: 11
Average rating: 4.6
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/2/2025 (29 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 4/12/2016 (9 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 29 days ago • 11 reviews

72/100

Is Simple XML Sitemap Generator abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 29 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f

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Description

XML Sitemap creates an XML for use with Google and Yahoo (and Yes! Bing too)
Just install it to your wordpress installation and let the plugin do his job.

For start: create or update any Post or Pages and your WordPress will create your sitemap.xml right away

Features

You can exclude certain posts or pages or woocommerce produts from the xml sitemap.
You can set your own sitemap Value to each Post, Page or Product Page.

Languages

  • Englisch
  • German

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

  1. Unzip the Compressed file.
  2. Upload automatic-sitemap to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in Dashboard.
  4. if you want to exclude certain posts or pages or woocommerce produts from the xml sitemap, please read the manual in the administration settings

Frequently Asked Questions

How to install this plugin?

Just follow this Steps
1. Unzip the Compressed file.
2. Upload automatic-sitemap to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in Dashboard.

How Can I access my sitemap?

After install the plugin, simply create (or Update one) and WordPress create your sitemap.xml right away. Then you will able to access your sitemap in http://yoursitelink.com/sitemap.xml

Review feed

rogerruckstuhl
2/11/2017

best XML site generator i've ever found

Der beste XML-Site-Generator, den ich bisher gefunden habe. Installieren, und die Seite: sitemap.xml aufrufen - ab zur Search Console und eintragen. The best XML site generator I've ever found.

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Changelog

2.3

  • update for new wp version

2.2.7

  • some minor bugs

2.2.4

  • Minor Update

2.2.3

  • Version update for WP 6.0

2.2.2

  • Version update for WP 5.9

2.2

  • now you can add your own sitemap priority value to posts, pages or products.

2.1

  • now you can exclude certain posts or pages or woocommerce produts from the xml sitemap.

2.0

  • multilingual ( engl & german) – if you whant a other language – please contact me

1.9.1

  • After WordPress 5.5 Upgrade – deactivate the intern xml sitemap generator from wordpress.

1.9

  • add post category to sitemap
  • add config page to plugin

1.8.1

  • Due a bug i was forced to roll-back to version 1.7 – sorry for inconvenience
  • post type was deactived

1.8

  • add post type to sitemap

1.7

  • Small update

1.6

  • Update for new WordPress Version 4.9

1.5

  • Update for new WordPress Version 4.8.2

1.4

  • Update for new WordPress Version 4.7
  • Update Descriptiontext
  • Update Code

1.3

  • Update for new WordPress Version 4.6.1
  • Update Descriptiontext

1.0.2

  • Update for new WordPress Version 4.5

1.0

  • First Release