XML Sitemap Generator for Google SEO by WPCodeQuill is a high-performance, strictly coded XML sitemap manager built to help search engines discover and index your content faster without sacrificing website speed or privacy.
Most SEO suites bundle massive, resource-heavy features that slow down your database with telemetry, external scripts, and constant upsells. This plugin is built with a singular focus: ultra-fast, strictly standard XML sitemaps that operate 100% locally inside your WordPress environment.
Why WordPress Users & Developers Trust It
- Zero Bloat & 100% Privacy: No telemetry, no background analytics tracking, no external API calls, and no mandatory account signups. Everything runs locally on your server.
- Transient-Powered Caching: Prevents server slowdowns. Sitemaps are cached using intelligent WordPress transients with hook-based cache invalidation, ensuring lightning-fast response times for Googlebot.
- Seamless Core Integration: Gracefully replaces the default WordPress core sitemap (WP 5.5+) directly at the root (
/sitemap.xml), eliminating duplicate sitemap URLs and preserving crawl budget.
- Intelligent 'Noindex' Detection: Works harmoniously with on-page SEO plugins (Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO). Automatically detects and respects
noindex meta tags to prevent indexing conflicts.
Key Features
- Automated XML Sitemap Indexes: Automatically organizes your content into modular sitemap index files (
sitemap.xml) to easily handle large websites without memory spikes.
- Full WooCommerce Support: Native compatibility with WooCommerce products, product categories, and product tags.
- Custom Post Types & Taxonomies: Choose exactly which public post types and taxonomies get exposed to search engine crawlers.
- Search Engine Ready: Fully compatible with Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, Yandex, and Baidu.
- Developer Friendly: Clean object-oriented architecture following strict WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS) and PHP 8.2+ type safety.
1.0.5 - October 27, 2026
- Fixing: Fix PHP installation errors.
1.0.4 - October 23, 2026
- Update: Update icon.
- Fixing: Fix some Errors.
1.0.3 - October 12, 2026
- Fixing: others ui problems.
1.0.2 - October 12, 2026
- Fixing: Activation problems.
1.0.1 - October 12, 2026
- Added: IndexNow protocol support with automated non-blocking background pings to Microsoft Bing, Seznam.cz, Naver, and Yandex upon post publication.
- Added: Dedicated sitemap-misc.xml handler supporting the core homepage and custom "Additional Pages" via a dynamic admin repeater interface.
- Added: Comprehensive settings controls for change frequencies, URL priorities, minimum post priority thresholds, and category/post exclusions.
- Added: Custom branded XSLT stylesheet (sitemap-index.xsl) for an optimized human-readable sitemap table view with active lastmod timestamps.
- Optimized: Transient caching system with automatic version bumping and explicit database transient garbage collection to prevent table bloat.
- Refactored: Full codebase alignment with strict WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS), I18n translation comment rules, global variable prefixing, and secure wp_parse_url() implementation.
1.0.0 - September 21, 2026
- Initial official release.
- Automated XML sitemap index and sub-sitemap generation.
- WordPress core sitemap interception and replacement.
- Hook-based transient caching mechanism.
- Native WooCommerce taxonomy and product support.
- Granular post type selection inside WordPress Admin settings.