This plugin prevents WordPress from adding its own sitemaps.
Also stops WordPress from adding a sitemap rule to the virtual robots.txt file.
👉 Uses only 1KB of code, so super lightweight, fast, and effective.
Features
- Lightweight – only one line of code
- Simple to use – activate and done
- No settings to worry about
- Easy peasy.
About WP Sitemaps
You can check your WP Sitemap located at /wp-sitemap.xml
Your sitemap should look similar to this.
For more information about WP Sitemaps:
Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
Disable WP Sitemaps is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:
- The Tao of WordPress
- Digging into WordPress
- .htaccess made easy
- WordPress Themes In Depth
- Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
- BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall
- Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots
- Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys
- GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics
- Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress
- Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms
- USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂