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Google Sitemap generator plugin for WordPress

February 10th, 2009

Google webmaster tools is a nice place for uploading your sitemap. There are several sites around which can create a sitemap automatically. One problem: your weblog has dynamic content. This means you have to update your sitemap every time you add a new post to your blog…

part of the Osiblog sitemap

part of the Osiblog sitemap

But there is hope. Arne Brachhold developed a really nice WordPress plugin which regenerates your sitemap every time you add a new post to your blog. There are two ways to install this plugin:

Solution 1

  • In your WordPress admin go to plugins
  • From the menu choose “add new”
  • In the searchbox type: “sitemap” and press [search]
  • In the list a plugin called “Google XML sitemaps” shows up, click “install”.
  • After the installation is done, choose “activate”.
  • You are now ready to setup your sitemap settings in the “XML-sitemap” section of your settings.

Solution 2

  • Goto Arne Bachhold’s website and download the plugin manually
  • Goto the WordPress admin plugin section.
  • From the menu choose “add new”.
  • Click on [browse] and navigate to your plugin zip file.
  • Activate the plugin.
  • You are now ready to setup your sitemap settings in the “XML-sitemap” section of your settings.

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  1. whisky shop
    February 12th, 2009 at 22:32 | #1

    It is a great plugin, becare though. you can better not include your archives, and your tag overview and so on. real bad for google optimization. put a robots.txt noindexing your archives and tags. ;)

  2. February 19th, 2009 at 11:43 | #2

    @wisky shop
    I think that if you use post excerpts on your archive and tagpages, it will not influence google optimization negatively. I’ve read about this somewhere on the interwebs.

  3. February 19th, 2009 at 11:44 | #3

    Oh, and the link should be this one. sorry!

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