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📌 Quick Start Guide
Monday 1 January 0001
Wordpress Quick Start Guide You can get started for free and try the plugin. Installation Firstly you need to fill in your email address and website address to download the plugin. We’ll then email you a download link. Download Plugin Once you have downloaded the plugin zip file, go to the wordpress plugin options, upload and activate the XML Sitemap Generator plugin. More detailed install instructions be found in our Installation guide
📌 Installation
Monday 1 January 0001
Installing Wordpress XML Sitemap Plugin Installing our Wordpress plugin is as simple as installing any other. If your website is mission critical and already live we do recommend you try test before going live to ensure the plugin operates as expected with your website. System requirements Our plugin is relatively simple and runs on demand to render sitemaps ensuring only the latest version is served. Recommend minimum setup : WordPress 4.
📌 Configuration
Monday 1 January 0001
Configuring the Wordpress XML Sitemap Plugin Key wordpress settings For the plugin to work correctly it is important that your permalink settings are NOT set to plain. Locating the settings page You can access the plugin settings either by going to your installed plugins or from the settings menu. Output URLs At the top of the settings page you can see a list of filenames. You can leave these as default but you can change them if you desire.
📌 News Sitemap
Monday 1 January 0001
Wordpress XML Sitemap Plugin News sitemap A Google News sitemap is a specialized XML file that web publishers can use to help search engines discover and index news articles on their websites more effectively. It is important that news sitemaps contain original recent content for them to perform well and meet with googles guidelines. They are similar to regular XML Sitemaps, but contain additional information such as content headlines. To enable news sitemaps you simply check the option in the main sitemap settings in the general section.
📌 Image settings
Monday 1 January 0001
Wordpress XML Sitemap Plugin Images Image sitemaps are an extension of XML sitemaps which includes image information along side the page. Incuding images in your sitemap can help google find and index your images in search results. By enabling the setting in our wordpress plugin we will try to automatically parse your page, extract any images and include them in your sitemap. To enable images simply check the box in the main sitemap settings in the general section.
📌 Page/Post settings
Monday 1 January 0001
Wordpress Sitemap Posts / Pages settings By default, pages and posts will take the values set in the general settings however, when adding or eddting a category or tag you can override these settings. You can set whether to include this page/post in your sitemap, and the usual sitemap priorty and frequency. Any settings here will over ride the general settings and those set in categories/tags. Tip Maintaining settings at a page level can be hard work and should be reserved for high value pages.
📌 Tag/Category settings
Monday 1 January 0001
Wordpress Sitemap Category / Tag settings By default, categories and tags will take the values set in the general settings however, when adding or eddting a category or tag you can override these settings. You can set whether to include this tag/category in your sitemap, and the usual sitemap priorty and frequency. You can also determine if the child pages/posts for inherit these values. This needs some careful consideration when designing your sitemap settings given that mutliple tags and categories can apply.
📌 Troubleshooting
Monday 1 January 0001
Troubleshooting Wordpress XML Sitemap plugin When installing and using the sitemap plugin there are a few common issues people encounter. The following guide covers the common issues. Important note - Changing your WordPress settings can have undesirable consequences and can impact on your SEO or even take your site offline. Ensure you back up regularly and if in doubt ask an expert. Wordpress / Plugin versions You can find the minimum requirements on our Installation guide
📌 Change Log
Monday 1 January 0001
Wordpress XML Sitemap Plugin Change Log 2.2.0 (coming soon) Release Date: TBC New : Tested up to WordPress 6.7 New : Support for Block editor / Gutenberg New : New license model New : New version update notices Fix : Unexpected content / headers Fix : Clean up various debug warnings Deprecated : support for version 4.x and 5.x 2.1.0 Release Date: Oct 3rd, 2023 New : Tested up to WordPress 6.
📌 Plugin Update v2.1.0
Sunday 8 October 2023
New Wordpress Sitemap Generator Plugin (v2.1.0) While we have been quiet in 2023, we have been very busy preparing to relaunch and upgrading our services. You can find an overview of the changes we’ve made and upcoming in our previous blog.