Organize sitemaps for search engines
Google XML Sitemaps Generator Pro is a WordPress sitemap plugin for creating structured sitemaps from website content. It can generate sitemaps for pages, posts, custom post types, taxonomies, images, videos, news content, and WooCommerce products, categories, and tags. The plugin supports a single sitemap structure as well as a sitemap index containing multiple inner sitemaps.
A single sitemap brings important links together in one XML file. A sitemap index separates content into multiple sitemaps, making it possible to organize pages, posts, custom posts, images, videos, and other supported content types in a more structured way.
Paid controls for content selection
The paid edition adds detailed controls for deciding what appears in your sitemap. You can exclude individual pages, posts, and custom posts, or exclude categories and tags. You can also include only selected categories and tags. For a single page, post, or custom post type, set priority and frequency values and choose whether that item should be excluded from the sitemap.
These controls are useful when a site contains content that should not be represented in its generated sitemap, or when different content types need more specific sitemap settings.
HTML sitemap for site navigation
Pro includes an HTML Sitemap feature for presenting selected site content on a website page. Choose which post types to display, including pages, posts, and custom post types, using the multiselect option. The HTML sitemap can be added with a shortcode or displayed through widgets for Elementor, Gutenberg, or WPBakery.
This gives site owners a way to create a browsable content list alongside the XML sitemap formats used for search engine discovery.
News, image, video, and multilingual sitemaps
The Google News Sitemap can include publication name, language, title, and publication date. The source also describes compatibility with the Google Publisher Center sitemap protocol and support for WPML, Polylang, and TranslatePress. Custom Google News URLs and a custom news publication name are available in the described settings.
Image sitemaps can include images from pages, posts, and custom post content and follow the Google Image Sitemaps structure. The image features include multiple sitemaps through a sitemap index, custom image sitemap URLs, and an option to hide image previews.
Video sitemap features include multiple sitemaps through a sitemap index, content from pages and posts, and custom video sitemap URLs. WooCommerce support includes products, categories, and tags in generated sitemaps.
Performance and administration tools
The plugin includes sitemap caching, a cache expiration time, and a display of the last cached time. It also provides import and export settings, robots.txt integration, WP-CLI commands, and compatibility with Yoast, Rank Math, and The SEO Framework.
Installation and setup
Install and activate Google XML Sitemaps Generator Pro in WordPress. Open its settings and choose the sitemap structure, content types, and available formats you need. Configure exclusions, selected taxonomies, priority and frequency rules, HTML sitemap options, language settings, and caching. Save the settings, then review the generated sitemap outputs and adjust the configuration as your content changes.
