subject: WordPress Plugin for XML Sitemap Generator [print this page] WordPress Plugin for XML Sitemap Generator
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it's much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.
This release is not compatible with the new multisite feature of WordPress 3.0 yet. The plugin will remain inactive as long as this feature is enabled. If you are using this feature, try out the new Beta version which fully supports multisite mode as well as network activation!
This release is compatible with all WordPress versions since 2.1. If you are still using an older one, use version 2.7.1 instead.
Upload the full directory into your wp-content/plugins directory
Use your favorite FTP program to create two files in your WordPress directory (that's where the wp-config.php is) named sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz and make them writable via CHMOD 666. More information about CHMOD and how to make files writable is available at the WordPress Codex and on stadtaus.com. Making your whole blog directory writable is NOT recommended anymore due to security reasons.
Activate the plugin at the plugin administration page
Open the plugin configuration page, which is located under Options -> XML-Sitemap and build the sitemap the first time. If you get a permission error, check the file permissions of the newly created files.
The plugin will automatically update your sitemap of you publish a post, so theres nothing more to do :)
Requires WordPress Version: 2.1 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.0.5
Last Updated: 2010-5-29
FAQ
There are no comments yet (or I've disabled them) and all my postings have a priority of zero!
Please disable automatic priority calculation and define a static priority for posts.
Do I always have to click on "Rebuild Sitemap" if I modified a post?
No, if you edit/publish/delete a post, your sitemap is automatically regenerated
So much configuration options... Do I need to change them?
No, only if you want to. Default values should be ok!
