Google XML Sitemaps - Installation Guide


Google XML Sitemaps is an important plugin to install as this helps Google find and index all the pages and posts on our website. We want our pages and posts being indexed so they can be found in the search engines for the keywords we are using for each specific page.

So, the plugin you're looking for is - "Google XML Sitemaps" by Arne Brachhold.

Once you've downloaded and installed the plugin, we need to head over to the dashboard and look under "Settings" for "XML-Sitemap"

At the top of this page, there will be a button saying "Build Sitemap." Click on that and a sitemap will be created. You should see something like this once it's been built:

and that's it! All set up. The sitemap will be updated weekly with any new posts and pages you add to your site. If you wanted to find the location of your sitemap so you can add a link to it on your site, the location is usually http:yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml. Or, look for this section in the plugin's settings, and the location address will be there.

Sitemap done! Next plugin...