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Best practice to create sitemap?

by James Pierson
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What is the best practice to create a sitemap for your site (wordpress)?

1. When should it be created?
2. When should it be modified?
3. How should it be created? (several ways exist but which is the best way)

manual or automated
#create #practice #sitemap
  • Profile picture of the author Dimian
    i use an automated plug in that updates everytime i make a post, along with a weekly update for page popularity
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  • Profile picture of the author Nscnikhil
    I also use automated plug to update my blogs sitemap
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  • Profile picture of the author NETDAWG
    Originally Posted by James Pierson View Post

    What is the best practice to create a sitemap for your site (wordpress)?

    1. When should it be created?
    2. When should it be modified?
    3. How should it be created? (several ways exist but which is the best way)

    manual or automated
    Wordpress Plugin = "Google XML Sitemaps". This is all you'll need, it auto-generates the sitemap, lets you put priority on certain pages, pings Bing & Google, and creates the XML file.
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    • Profile picture of the author James Pierson
      What about creating a sitemap using the google webmaster central?
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    • Profile picture of the author Sandy Martin
      Originally Posted by NETDAWG View Post

      Wordpress Plugin = "Google XML Sitemaps". This is all you'll need, it auto-generates the sitemap, lets you put priority on certain pages, pings Bing & Google, and creates the XML file.
      I used Google XML sitemaps because I just read it to be very useful but I only know today what that plugin can do and I am glad i am using it.
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    • Profile picture of the author seolinkrevolution
      Originally Posted by NETDAWG View Post

      Wordpress Plugin = "Google XML Sitemaps". This is all you'll need, it auto-generates the sitemap, lets you put priority on certain pages, pings Bing & Google, and creates the XML file.
      Yep, probably the best option to use a plugin for WordPress. It can be tricky to manually add to the template. Thanks for the suggestion on Google XML Sitemaps plugin as well. Very useful.
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  • Profile picture of the author Microsys
    For WordPress, a plugin will often be the fastest solution since it has direct access to the database. But if you need sitemap types not supported by the plugin (maybe image sitemaps and video sitemaps) you can also look into tools like A1 Sitemap Generator. (Combine its "WordPress" preset with e.g. the "image sitemap" preset before crawling website and building e.g. the image sitemap)
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  • Profile picture of the author Nathan2525
    Originally Posted by James Pierson View Post

    What is the best practice to create a sitemap for your site (wordpress)?

    1. When should it be created?
    2. When should it be modified?
    3. How should it be created? (several ways exist but which is the best way)

    manual or automated
    Hey James,

    Yer you only need to use the Google XML Sitemap.

    It will do everything for you. You then link to it in
    your footer and then submit the URL to Google
    webmaster and you're all done!
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Kage
    Well, everyone uses a plugin. I also use one.
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