WPSSO Better WordPress Sitemaps XML

Extends the Built-in WordPress Sitemaps XML:

Improves the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate language URLs, and Schema images for Google rich results.

Includes Post Type Archive Pages:

Includes missing post type archive pages in the WordPress sitemaps (like the WooCommerce shop page and The Events Calendar events page).

Includes Alternate Languages:

Includes localized pages for Google (ie. alternate language URLs) from PolyLang and WMPL.

Select Post Types and Taxonomies:

Optionally include or exclude post types and taxonomies from the WordPress sitemaps XML.

Excludes Noindex and Redirected URLs:

Excludes noindex and redirected posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies (categories, tags, etc.), and user profiles pages from the WordPress sitemaps XML.

WPSSO Core Required

WPSSO Better WordPress Sitemaps XML (WPSSO WPSM) is an add-on for the WPSSO Core plugin, which provides complete structured data for WordPress to present your content at its best on social sites and in search results – no matter how URLs are shared, reshared, messaged, posted, embedded, or crawled.

Install and Uninstall

• Install the WPSSO Better WordPress Sitemaps XML add-on.
• Uninstall the WPSSO Better WordPress Sitemaps XML add-on.

1. 

   The WPSSO WPSM settings page provides options to customize the post and taxonomy types added to the WordPress sitemaps XML.

2. 

   The "No Index" option under the Document SSO > Edit Visibility tab can be used to exclude individual posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomy terms, or user profile pages from the WordPress sitemaps XML.

Version Numbering

Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]

• {major} = Major structural code changes and/or incompatible API changes (ie. breaking changes).
• {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
• {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
• {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).

Standard Edition Repositories

• GitHub
• WordPress.org

Development Version Updates

WPSSO Core Premium edition customers have access to development, alpha, beta, and release candidate version updates:

Under the SSO > Update Manager settings page, select the "Development and Up" (for example) version filter for the WPSSO Core plugin and/or its add-ons. When new development versions are available, they will automatically appear under your WordPress Dashboard > Updates page. You can reselect the "Stable / Production" version filter at any time to reinstall the latest stable version.

WPSSO Core Standard edition users (ie. the plugin hosted on WordPress.org) have access to the latest development version under the Advanced Options section.

Changelog / Release Notes

Version 5.4.0 (2023/04/13)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Replaced the WpssoWpsmSitemapsFilters->get_exclude_meta_query() private method by the new WpssoAbstractWpMeta::get_column_meta_query_exclude() public method in WPSSO Core v15.8.0.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.5.
  • WordPress v5.5.
  • WPSSO Core v15.8.0.

Version 5.3.0 (2023/02/11)

Maintenance release.

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.5.
  • WPSSO Core v15.2.0.

Version 5.2.1 (2023/01/26)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added compatibility declaration for WooCommerce HPOS.
  • Added an XML sitemaps conflict notice for Yoast SEO v20.0.
  • Updated the minimum WordPress version from v5.2 to v5.5.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added a new WpssoWpsmConflict library class.
  • Added a new WpssoWpsmConflictSeo library class.
  • Updated the WpssoAbstractAddOn library class.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.5.
  • WPSSO Core v14.7.0.

Version 5.2.0 (2023/01/20)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Removed the "Change to View" button from the WP Sitemaps settings page.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Updated the SucomAbstractAddOn common library class.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.5.
  • WPSSO Core v14.5.0.

Version 5.1.0 (2022/12/29)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Refactored and changed the public WpssoWpsmSitemapsFilters->get_exclude_meta_query() method to a private static method.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.5.
  • WPSSO Core v14.1.0.

Version 5.0.0 (2022/11/04)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Improved performance when creating the sitemaps XML.
  • Added a new "Maximum URLs per Sitemap" option (default is 2000).
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added is_sitemap() and is_sitemap_stylesheet() functions.
  • Refactored the following methods to improve performance when excluding noindex and/or redirected posts:
    • WpssoWpsmSitemapsFilters->wp_sitemaps_posts_query_args()
    • WpssoWpsmSitemapsFilters->wp_sitemaps_taxonomies_query_args()
    • WpssoWpsmSitemapsFilters->wp_sitemaps_users_query_args()
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.5.
  • WPSSO Core v13.8.0.