FLW Sitemap Generator
A lightweight, one‑click way to generate and download a clean XML sitemap for your WordPress site—perfect for audits, submissions, and hand‑offs.
Who is this for
- Agencies & freelancers: Quickly produce sitemaps for client deliverables without installing heavy SEO suites.
- Site owners & content teams: Export a current snapshot of all public URLs for search engine submission or QA.
- SEO specialists: Grab a comprehensive sitemap on demand, including custom post types and taxonomies.
- Developers: Keep things simple—no cron jobs, no DB bloat, no ongoing processes.
Why this plugin
- On‑demand, not always‑on: WordPress core sitemaps exist, but they’re not easily downloadable as a single file. This plugin creates a ready‑to‑submit XML file.
- Zero bloat: No background tasks or extra tables—run it only when you need it.
- Accurate coverage: Automatically includes home, archives, public post types, terms, and author archives.
- Extensible: Add or override URLs via a simple filter when needed.
Key features
- One‑click download: Generate and download an XML sitemap from FLW Plugins → Sitemap Generator.
- Comprehensive URL collection:
- Home page and public post type archives
- All published content across public post types (pages, posts, CPTs—excluding attachments)
- Public taxonomy term archives
- Author archives for users with published posts
- Automatic lastmod: Includes last modified timestamps for individual posts where available.
- Canonicalization & deduping: Normalizes and removes duplicates to keep the sitemap clean.
- Safe & secure: Admin‑only (manage_options) and protected by a nonce.
- Extensible via filter: Add custom URLs (with optional lastmod, changefreq, priority) using:
- flw_sitemap_generator_extra_urls
- Standards‑compliant: Outputs valid XML under the sitemaps.org schema.
Requirements and compatibility
- WordPress: Requires at least 6.0; tested up to 6.6.
- Dependency: Requires the FLW Secure Updates plugin (the sitemap tool appears under the existing FLW Plugins admin page).
- User permissions: You’ll need an administrator role (capability: manage_options) to generate sitemaps.
- Themes & content types: Works with classic and block themes; supports custom post types and taxonomies marked as public.
- Multisite: Run per site from each site’s dashboard.
- Output: Produces a downloadable XML file; it does not automatically write a file to your server or ping search engines.
How it works
- Go to FLW Plugins → Sitemap Generator.
- Click “Download Sitemap.”
- Submit the XML file to your search engine tools or share it with your team.