{"id":14055,"date":"2018-05-22T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T08:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=14055"},"modified":"2018-05-22T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T09:33:00","slug":"wordpress-sitemap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-sitemap\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Sitemap: How to Create One, Plus How It Helps With SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)<\/a> is all about tweaking your content so it\u2019s more attractive to search engines like Google. However, you also need to make sure that Google can find your content in the first place. To help make sure Google indexes all of your content, you can create a WordPress sitemap.<\/p>\n

A sitemap is a simple file you can add to your website, which lists all of its pages, posts, and so on. It helps search engine bots understand what your content is all about and how it\u2019s organized. You can generate one automatically in a few minutes, and the resulting SEO benefits<\/a> are often significant.<\/p>\n

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In this guide, we\u2019ll briefly discuss how sitemaps work and why they\u2019re important. Then we\u2019ll show you several plugins you can use to create a sitemap for your WordPress blog<\/a> or site right away. Let\u2019s take a look!<\/div><\/div>\n
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What sitemaps are (and how they benefit your site)<\/h2>\n

In order to do their job well, search engines have to decide what keywords your content is most relevant to<\/a>, and how high it should be placed in search results. They accomplish this through the use of bots, such as Googlebot<\/a>. Once these search engine bots find your site, they will explore (or \u2018crawl\u2019) it to learn everything they can.<\/p>\n

If you want to make it easier for search engines to ‘crawl’<\/a> all<\/strong> of your content, you can provide the bots with an XML sitemap<\/a>. This is an organized list of all the pages on your site:<\/p>\n

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Offering search engine bots a sitemap helps them to understand your content more quickly. It demonstrates the structure and hierarchy<\/a> of your site, making it clear what pages are most important and which are interrelated. In addition, a sitemap ensures that the bots will actually see every page on your site.<\/p>\n

For these reasons, sitemaps can have a significant positive effect<\/a> on the success of your SEO strategy. According to Google<\/a>, sitemaps are most important for sites that are very large, don\u2019t use many internal links, are new, or incorporate a lot of media. However, a sitemap can serve as a solid addition to any website \u2013 especially because it\u2019s so easy to create one.<\/p>\n

How to add a WordPress sitemap to your website (using 3 plugins)<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re building or running a WordPress website<\/a>, creating a sitemap should be a priority. Fortunately, there are a lot of options for adding sitemaps \u2013 most of which involve plugins.<\/p>\n

In fact, so many SEO-focused plugins include sitemap functionality that you\u2019ll want to be careful not to have more than one devoted to the task. If you end up with multiple sitemaps, you risk confusing the search engine bots.<\/p>\n

Before implementing one of the following solutions, therefore, you\u2019ll want to check and see if any of your current plugins have already generated a sitemap for you. If not, or if you don\u2019t have an installed SEO plugin yet, we recommend using one of the following options. They all produce essentially the same results.<\/p>\n

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