Google Sitemap Generator Plugin for Wordpress

January 8th, 2007

This is probably the first plugin I upload any time I start a new blog on Wordpress. It is just that valuable. Bottom line is that it generates sitemaps for Google so when you make updates, or do posts it automatically pings Google right away and gets your information indexed much faster.

Basic features:

* WordPress 2 compatible
* No PHP skills needed
* Has a user interface where you can customize all parameters like change frequencies, priorities etc.
* Available in fourteen languages
* Generates a static XML file in your Blog directory (Filename is customizable)
* Can generate a gzipped version of the sitemap
* Generates a sitemap for homepage, posts, static pages, categories and archive pages
* Calculates a priority for each post, based on the number of comments (You can also turn this off)
* The XML file gets automatically rebuilt if you change/edit/create/publish a post
* Tells Google automatically about changes via Google-Ping
* You can include external pages which aren’t generated by WordPress or are not recognized by this plugin
* You can define a minimum post priority, which will override the calculated value if it’s too low
* Includes a WordPress filter for other plugins which can add their pages to the sitemap

Though it says it is for Google it is supported by Yahoo! and MSN as well so you are getting the big 3 notified with it. This is an essential WP plugin so you will want to go download it immediately if you do not already have it.

Google Sitemap Generator for WordPress