Setting up an XML sitemap

[digitalchild]

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• Content title: Setting up an XML sitemap
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• Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Intermediate

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• [ ] Gather any relevant links to Support, Docs, or related material
• [ ] Description and Objectives finalized
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[ironnysh]

I’d like to take this one

[ironnysh]

Resources: Building A Sitemap For A Site What are sitemaps Search Engine Optimization on WordPress.org documentation

[ironnysh]

Hi @westnz, I wonder about the premise of this tutorial:

1. If users are running the latest versions of WordPress, a sitemap will be generated for them.
2. Search engine visibility is opt-out: people would have to actively block search engines in Settings > Reading.

See Building A Sitemap For A Site

Since the release of WordPress 5.5, sitemaps are now automatically generated for your website. The default sitemap for any WordPress site running 5.5 or later is located at [insert your domain name here]/wp-sitemap.xml.

*The official WP stats indicate that 10.31% are still running version 4.4 or older.

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I suggested including the relevant information (what is a sitemap and how to access it) in lessons #2257 and #2291. What say you?

[westnz]

I agree. Let's close this issue out, then. Will touch base with you regarding the other lessons.