Sitemapster

Sitemapster is a focused XML sitemap plugin for WordPress. It helps search engines discover your public content and images without requiring a full SEO suite.

Generate a sitemap index, a content sitemap, and a dedicated image sitemap. Enable each one independently, inspect the XML in a readable browser view, and let Sitemapster handle pagination and cache invalidation automatically.

Sitemaps are generated dynamically and cached. No XML file is written to disk, making Sitemapster suitable for standard WordPress hosting, managed platforms, and read-only environments such as WordPress VIP.

Why choose Sitemapster?

• Focused: publish XML sitemaps without adding an entire SEO suite.
• Flexible: enable the index, content sitemap, and image sitemap independently.
• Fast: serve cached XML through an external object cache when available or WordPress transients otherwise.
• Scalable: paginate large sites automatically with up to 1,000 content entries per XML file.
• Host-friendly: generate everything dynamically without filesystem writes or permission changes.
• Readable: review sitemap contents in a responsive browser table powered by an included XSL stylesheet.
• Compatible: respect common noindex settings from Yoast SEO and Rank Math.

Included sitemaps

• Dedicated Sitemapster index: /sitemapster_index.xml.
• Content sitemap: /sitemap-general.xml, /sitemap-general-2.xml, and subsequent pages.
• Image sitemap: /sitemap-images.xml, /sitemap-images-2.xml, and subsequent pages.

Free features

• Includes published posts, pages, and public custom post types.
• Includes featured images and images attached to published content.
• Provides separate enable controls for the index, content, and image sitemaps.
• Paginates large sitemaps automatically with up to 1,000 content entries per file.
• Uses an external object cache when available and WordPress transients otherwise.
• Invalidates cached XML when relevant content or settings change.
• Presents XML in a readable, responsive browser table.
• Adds the sitemap index to WordPress’s virtual robots.txt when at least one sitemap is enabled.
• Excludes password-protected content and supported noindex content.
• Includes developer filters for custom post types, indexability, and image sources.

Upgrade to Sitemapster Pro

Sitemapster Pro adds precise visibility controls, specialized sitemaps, and maintenance tools while keeping the same focused workflow:

• Choose the public post types included in generated sitemaps.
• Exclude taxonomy terms, individual posts, or multiple posts with bulk actions.
• Publish a dedicated sitemap for custom URLs with optional last-modified dates and CSV export.
• Generate an opt-in video sitemap for local videos, YouTube, Vimeo, and manually configured video metadata.
• Generate an opt-in Google News sitemap covering articles published in the last 48 hours, with configurable post types, publication name, and language.
• Add WooCommerce product galleries and variation images to image sitemaps.
• Exclude hidden or out-of-stock WooCommerce products.
• Validate generated XML and review sitemap health from the WordPress dashboard.
• Detect sitemap URLs answered by another plugin or by the web server instead of Sitemapster.
• Pre-warm sitemap caches manually, on a schedule, or with WP-CLI.

Premium sitemaps are disabled by default and are published only after an administrator enables them.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.4 or newer.
• PHP 8.1 or newer.
• The PHP XMLWriter extension.

Developer filters

• sitemapster_post_types filters the public post types included in sitemap queries.
• sitemapster_is_post_indexable allows individual content entries to be excluded.
• sitemapster_post_images filters the image URLs associated with a content entry.

Privacy

Sitemapster publishes URLs and media URLs belonging to public, indexable WordPress content in XML sitemap responses. Password-protected and supported noindex content is excluded.

The bundled Freemius SDK may send basic profile, website, product, theme, and plugin information after the administrator explicitly opts in. Free users can skip or later revoke this opt-in. License, purchase, update, and account operations for Sitemapster Pro communicate with Freemius.

The plugin stores settings, a cache-version value, short-lived generation locks, and generated XML transients in the WordPress database or configured object cache. Primary plugin settings and version options are removed when Sitemapster is uninstalled. Cached values expire according to the configured cache lifecycle.