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WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Lightweight Sitemap Generator version 1.0.30 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
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Main features:
Generates a valid sitemap.xml (or wp-sitemap.xml) with proper <loc> and <lastmod> tags (ISO-8601 UTC format)
Unified structure for posts, pages, products, built-in taxonomies, and detected public third-party taxonomies
Global chronological order (newer → older)
Automatic duplicate prevention across all sources
Manual URL controls: add same-site custom URLs with optional <lastmod> dates to the regular sitemap, and exclude exact URLs from regular and Google News sitemaps
Automatically generated WordPress URLs take precedence over matching Custom URLs; Excluded URLs always take precedence over both
Two modes:
File mode — creates a static sitemap in the site root (minimal server load)
Dynamic mode — builds sitemap on-the-fly (always up to date, cached with TTL)
Clean and minimal settings page in WP Admin:
Enable or disable posts, pages, categories, tags, authors, archives
Supports WooCommerce products, DW Q&A, and all detected custom post types/taxonomies
Homepage is included automatically unless it is explicitly excluded
Flexible <lastmod> for homepage:
Smart — based on the most recently updated content
Conservative — static front-page date
Fast — current time on each generation
Optional sitemap splitting (up to 50 000 URLs per part) with automatic sitemap index
Google News: Optional separate news-sitemap.xml for Google News with 48-hour news window and 1,000 URLs per file
Two independent generation engines — optimized for both regular and ultra-large sites
Safe caching with TTL and diagnostic comments (HIT / MISS / timing)
HTTP header support:
Sends correct Content-Type, Last-Modified, Cache-Control, and ETag headers
Optional X-Robots-Tag: noindex, follow header for sitemap requests
Security and reliability:
Capability checks and nonce validation
Strict sanitization and option whitelisting
File operations via WP_Filesystem (with safe fallback)
No external requests
Credits
Created by Andrey Berestov
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
site map
xml sitemap
google
yandex
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.8 · PHP 7.0
Update activity20 Sept 20261mo ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
Version1.0.25→1.0.30
WordPress compatibility7.1→7.1.1
Tracking & source
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