We want to let search engines know when we publish or change content on our website. This is when XML sitemaps need to be submitted to the search engines.All in One SEO This plugin also comes withCreating XML sitemapsThis feature. It's usually enabled by default and requires almost no setup.

What is XML sitemap

XML sitemaps areA special kind of web pageIt lists all the content of the site. This includes information such as when the content was last changed.

it is SEO It can be an important part of theHelp search engines find website contentand notify search engines when content is changed or removed.

Search engines use this information to determine what needs to be included and updated in search results.

Without XML sitemaps, website content will take longer to appear in search engines or be removed from search engines.

It is important to understand what is included in the XML sitemap. It should be checked frequently to ensure that the correct content is included.

Note: The XML sitemap created by All in One SEO is updated when requested by search engine crawlers. So it is always up to date!The

View XML Site Map

You can view the website XML sitemap.

switch to"All in One SEO"menu"Site Map"The

will see"Regular site map"screen and should see the"Enable site map"Opened. If it is closed, turn it on.

click (using a mouse or other pointing device)Open Site Mapbutton to view the XML sitemap.

You should see the index page of the XML sitemap, as shown below:

The index page lists all the sitemaps for the site. Each sitemap contains different types of content. For example, above there is a sitemap for posts and a sitemap for pages.

Click each link in the index to see a list of that content.

Now that you know how to view the XML sitemap, let's look at the basic settings.

Configuring XML sitemaps

First, let's decide if we want to create an index page for the sitemap.

If the site is very small (less than a few hundred URLs) then an index page may not be needed. It is possible to continue to include the"Enable site map indexing"Set to "Disable.". Still, this is a step we don't recommend.

If in doubt, set it to "start using"Just do it.

Next, it will be determined how many URLs are listed in each sitemap.

After enabling sitemap indexing, you will see "per sitemapThe "Number of links" setting.

We have a limit of 1,000 URLs per sitemap page. If there are more than 1,000 URLs for any type of content, we split the sitemap into pages containing 1,000 URLs each.

This helps reduce the time it takes to create each sitemap, making it easy for search engines to not give up on indexing your site due to long dwell times.

You can usually keep this setting. Lower this number if it takes too long to view the sitemap page.

Next, decide what you want to include in your sitemap. There are two settings here, the Post Typecap (a poem)taxonomyThe

If you want to include everything, then you can set the"Contains all post types"cap (a poem)"Includes all taxonomies"The checkbox remains checked.

If you uncheck both checkboxes, you will see a list of all content post types and taxonomies, and can choose which content to include in the sitemap.

Important Notes: Anyone who has set theExclude from search resultsOr search inSet to no indexing under Sole AppearanceNone of the content will appear in these settings.

The last two settings are for the date archive and author archive that WordPress creates when a post is published. We don't usually include these archives in the sitemap because they have little value in search results. If you do want to include these archives in the sitemap, you can enable these settings.