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Version 3.17   Updated Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 9:21pm

Sitemap Generator Plugin for Wordpress

This plugin creates a sitemap for your WordPress powered site. This is not just another XML sitemap plugin, but rather a true sitemap generator which is highly customizable from its own options page in the WordPress admin panel. Some of its features include: support for multi-level categories and pages, category/page exclusion, multiple-page generation with navigation, permalink support, choose what to display, what order to list items in, show comment counts and/or post dates, and much more. To see this plugin in action, visit my sitemap page.

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Languages

The latest version of this plugin includes complete support for language files. If you would like to submit a translation, please contact me. You can choose the language from the options page.

Current languages: English, Albanian, Arabic, Brazilian-Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Serbian, SerbianLatin, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

The language file contains not only the text shown on the sitemap page, but all of the text in the options page as well.

Changelog

  • 07-06-09 Version 3.17 – Fixed some translation issues. New string added to language files: DDSG_CONTINUED (used the English word for all existing translations). Added Finnish and Estonian languages. Updated Danish language. Various other fixes. Tested in WP 2.8
  • 02-22-09 Version 3.16 – I have switched back to hosting this plugin on this site, instead of the WP plugin repository. This should cause less confusion. New language files have been added: Arabic, Catalan, Danish, Norwegian, Serbian, and SerbianLatin. An issue has been fixed with the Czech lang file. An issue with the previous/next links not being translated has been fixed as well. Tested in WP 2.7.1
  • 09-17-08 Version 3.15 – This is a minor update that fixes the issue some users were having with permalinks when using multiple sitemap pages.
  • 05-12-08 Version 3.14 – Fixed an issue for xhtml compliance. Removed trailing whitespace in plugin file (was cause of ‘headers already sent’ error for some). Adjusted code to handle permalinks better.
  • 04-26-08 Version 3.13 – The plugin has been tested and works in WP 2.5. Added language files: Lithuanian, Romanian, Italian, Ukranian, and updated Spanish. Updated for compatibility with the WP Security Scan Plugin (thanks Michael). Undefined offset errors should be gone now. Updated the code that displays post/page titles. Fixed issue where comment counts showed on new lines.
  • 09-26-07 Version 3.12 – Instead of having separate plugin versions for pre and post WP2.3, this version handles everything from WP 2.1 to 2.3. There is a separate download for those using WP 2.0. A bug was also fixed that caused posts to be duplicated in 2.3.
  • 09-22-07 Version 3.11 – Bug fixed – categories were not showing up if they had a parent category with no posts.
  • 09-20-07 Version 3.1 – Now supports WordPress 2.3. Added Czech, Russian, and (updated) French language files.
  • 07-27-07 – Not a version update – added Albanian, Bulgarian, Swedish, and Turkish language files.
  • 07-08-07 Version 3.07 – Post titles with html formatting should now show up properly in the sitemap. Slovene language file added.
  • 06-22-07 Version 3.06 – Updated to display sub-categories (with posts), even when parent category has no posts.
  • 06-20-07 Version 3.05 – Ampersands (in titles) issue fixed.
  • 06-18-07 – Not a version update – added French and Brazilian-Portuguese language files.
  • 05-31-07 Version 3.04 – Better support for international date formatting added (using the date_i18n function). Option to limit multi-cat posts to one cat removed for now due to incompatibility issues. Spanish and Polish language files added.
  • 05-17-07 Version 3.03 – Parse error bug fixed. Non-published (draft) pages now hidden.
  • 05-16-07 Version 3.02 – Updated to work with WordPress 2.2. Drafts no longer appear in the sitemap. Added new languages: Simplified Chinese, Dutch, and Japanese.
  • 05-09-07 Version 3.01 – Bug fixed with future post check. German language file added.
  • 05-03-07 Version 3.0 – This is a very big update. Most of the plugin has been rewritten from the ground up. Many things have been fixed, several new features have been added, and it runs much faster than before. Be sure to read the updated information below.
  • 03-24-07 Version 2.73 – Sitemap page navigation will no longer show ‘/1/’ in the URL for the first page. The same method has also been applied for those not using permalinks.
  • 02-09-07 Version 2.72 – Fixed a compatibility issue with this plugin and some of my others.
  • 01-25-07 Version 2.71 – Fixed bug when used with WordPress 2.1
  • 09-17-06 Version 2.7 – You can choose to show excerpts even when a post or page title exists. They settings are now independent.
  • 04-02-06 Version 2.6 – The page and category exclusion lists are no longer case-sensitive. An issue has also been fixed for excluded categories that have non-excluded sub-categories. They now show up properly. Lastly, an issue was fixed where sites with more than 10,000 posts were having problems generating the sitemap.
  • 03-23-06 Version 2.5 – Lots of optimizations, runs much faster. Can now exclude pages (and subpages). Options page completely redone. All visible text is an option (under Language Settings). Comment count only counts approved comments.
  • 03-21-06 Version 2.4.2 – Some minor code adjustments. Works properly when the Google Analytics plugin by boakes.org is enabled.
  • 03-18-06 Version 2.4.1 – Several minor issues fixed. Rewrite code greatly improved. Added option to change ‘continued text’. Can now generate sitemap on error pages.
  • 03-14-06 Version 2.4 – Several requested features added: Choose to show everything, or just posts or pages. Can show publish date for posts (and configure the date/time format). Added ability to exclude categories. Option to open links in new windows
  • 02-16-06 Version 2.3.1 – Fixed uploads/attachments showing up in sitemap.Fixed small bug when sorting pages by title.
  • 01-23-06 Version 2.3 – Permalink support for navigation added! (read permalink section below for more info)
  • 01-22-06 Version 2.2.1 – Option to hide password-protected items. Fixed navigation bug (when Wordpress was in sub-folder).
  • 01-21-06 Version 2.2 – Rewritten again! – Handles multi-level categories and pages. Continuation of previous posts/pages shown. Customizable text for category pages. Separate sort orders for posts and pages. CSS added for easy customization. Always hides drafts and future-dated posts now (there’s no reason not to). Multi-category posts handled much better. ‘Breadcrumb trail’ for sub-categories. For posts without titles – display ‘(no title)’, first X characters, or first X words. And many other fixes/updates.
  • 01-14-06 Version 2.0 – Rewritten completely, and turned into a plugin
  • 01-15-06 Version 2.1 – New features and various fixes: –
    Handles custom table prefixes. Fade effect upon submitting options (for WP 2.0 users). Option to display posts or pages first. For posts without titles, choose to ignore, use “(no title)”, or first few words of text. Place sitemap navigation at the top, bottom, or both.
  • 01-14-06 Version 2.0 – Rewritten completely, and turned into a plugin
  • 12-08-05 – Original (non-plugin) version 1.0

Installation

  • Download sitemap-generator.zip and uncompress
  • Upload the entire sitemap-generator folder (not just the files inside) to your plugins directory
  • Activate the plugin in your administration panel
  • Configure the plugin in the options panel (under DDSitemapGen)
  • If using permalinks, read the permalink section below
  • Simply add the following line to a WordPress page (where you would like the sitemap to display): 
    <!-- ddsitemapgen -->

    Note: For those of you using the new rich-text editor – be sure to click the ‘html’ button to edit the page source directly. Otherwise Wordpress will wrap code tags around the line which generates the sitemap and it will not work properly.

Upgrading?

To upgrade, disable and then delete the existing plugin. Then install the new version as explained above.

Be sure to use the new language files, as new text may have been added.

After you install, be sure to click the ‘Load Default Options’ button, as some of the settings have changed.

Version 3.0 of this plugin is a big jump from the previous versions. Most of the code has been rewritten from scratch, and a few things are different. One of the best improvements is the speed and stability. The sitemap generation is much faster now, which should especially help people with larger sites. Be sure to read the updated information below.

Want to run the plugin from a template file?

To use the sitemap generator function directly from a template file, just insert the following line where you would like the sitemap to be generated:

<?php echo ddsg_create_sitemap(); ?>

Permalinks for sitemap navigation

Depending on your settings, the sitemap may be spread across multiple pages. If you are using permalinks, be sure to enter the page slug of your sitemap page in the plugin options. That way it will use permalinks for the sitemap navigation as well. If you are not using permalinks, simply leave this option blank. Notice: After changing the sitemap page slug setting, be sure to update your permalink structure.

CSS declarations

This plugin has a couple of CSS classes built in to easily change the look of your sitemap. Just add the new declarations to your themes CSS file, and customize it however you like.

  • .ddsg-wrapper – Div around the entire sitemap.
  • .ddsg-pagenav – Div around the page navigation.

Available Options

These options can be configured from the options page in the WordPress admin panel. Most of these are fairly self-explanatory.

General Options

  • Language – Language files are located in /wp-content/plugins/sitemap-generator/lang/
  • Items per page – Set to 0 for unlimited
  • Sitemap page slug – If using permalinks, enter the slug of your sitemap page. Notice: After changing the sitemap page slug setting, be sure to update your permalink structure

Sitemap Generation

  • What to show – Show posts, pages, or both
  • If showing both, which first – Show posts or pages first
  • Post sort order – Sort by title or date (oldest or newest first)
  • Page sort order – Sort by title or date (oldest or newest first) or menu order (ascending or descending)
  • Show comment count after posts
  • Show comment count after pages
  • If showing comment counts, display when zero
  • Show dates after posts
  • Show dates after pages
  • Date format (if showing dates) – Use PHP date() formatting

Exclusions

  • Excluded categories – Category IDs, separated by commas. Sub-categories will also be excluded, as well as all posts contained in excluded categories
  • Excluded pages – Page IDs, separated by commas. Sub-pages will also be excluded
  • Hide future-dated posts
  • Hide password-protected items

Navigation

  • Sitemap navigation method – Two types to choose from
  • Show sitemap navigation – Where to show the navigation

Miscellaneous

  • Full path to XML sitemap – If you are also using an XML sitemap plugin, you can enter the path to the XML file here, and a link to it will be added to your sitemap page
  • Where to show XML sitemap link – At the end of the last page, or at the end of every page

Troubleshooting

If you are using the permalinks for multiple sitemap pages, be sure that you have updated your permalink structure after changing the page slug option so that it will recognize the new permalinks generated by the plugin.

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  1. 495
    Knut Nägele
    1-25-07 1:50PM

    I have some problems with the 2.1. The Rich Text Editor seems not to work when your nice plugin is swithched on. And also I have the same error message as fey when I turn on only the pages.

    Brgds

  2. 494
    Freesitebuilder
    1-25-07 5:40AM

    Thanks – I’d actually got the word Sitemap in the slug option box – making this blank has solved my problem. :)

  3. 493
    Fey
    1-25-07 1:31AM

    Thanks for answering so quickly but I have no idea where such a messed up post would be. I didn’t add anything which didn’t work with the 2.0.4.

    But now I switched off showing the number of comments….and what I get….is this: http://berlin.rainbowguardian.de/ways/?page_id=88

    I’m helpless?

    sorry for causing so much inconvience,

    .Fey.

  4. 492
    Admin
    1-24-07 8:31PM

    Freesitebuilder: No, you do not have to create another page. Just make sure that if you are using permalinks, you add the slug of the sitemap page into the options where it mentions it.

    Fey: The field names that query is referencing still exist in 2.1, but it looks like for whatever reason it tried to call it with a blank comment_post_ID which should not happen. For now you can just have it not show the number of comments, but it sounds like you have a messed up post somewhere.

  5. 491
    Freesitebuilder
    1-24-07 3:39PM

    Lovely plugin – I’ve only got one problem. Now that I’ve got over twenty posts (which is the number of posts per page), clicking on page 2 takes me to my hosts 404 page. I’ve looked at the options, and can’t see where I may be going wrong – but do I need to create another page? I’ve assumed that having created my first sitemap page, and inserted the code to call the sitemap, that it will use that page for however many pages are required.

    I’m still using WP 2.0.7

  6. 490
    Fey
    1-24-07 3:28AM

    I just upgraded to version 2.1 and on trying to open the sitemap I got:

    WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; 
check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the 
right syntax to use near 'AND comment_approved = '1'' at line 3]

SELECT COUNT(1) FROM wp_comments
WHERE comment_post_ID =
AND comment_approved = '1'

    * (kein Titel)

    any idea what happened?

    greets,

    .Fey.

  7. 489
    Fey
    1-24-07 2:48AM

    Ah kay…thanks. So I’ll go and have a look for this mysterious function ;) I think I found a plug-in once where you can change a page’s category easily and so could do that.

    thanks sooo much and keep up the good work.

    .Fey.

  8. 488
    ovidiu
    1-24-07 2:17AM

    with the new wp version 2.1 out all pages now display as posts under the default category…

    rememebr I posted here a while ago with a modified version for wpmu which is based on wp 2.1…..

  9. 487
    Admin
    1-23-07 8:21PM

    Fey: This plugin uses a rather complex system for generating its output. In theory it could be made to do that, but it would require a lot of modifications. A much simpler approach would be to use the built-in WordPress function to list pages, and just specify which category you want it to list them from. This would be done in your page.php template file. It would basically just need to query the db for all posts whose parent is the current post. It would mean a few lines of code, instead of several hundred as in this script :)

  10. 486
    Fey
    1-23-07 5:29AM

    Hi,

    I’ve got a (hopefully) simple question.

    Is there any way to call the function for subpages only? I would like to use mainpages to have a list of their subpages on them without adding them by hand. Could that work somehow?

    Great plugin, btw!

    thanks,

    Fey.

  11. 485
    Admin
    1-21-07 11:30PM

    JoeyDee: That trigger text does not go inside a template file, you type it directly in a page (from the admin panel: Write->Page). If you want to display it directly from the template you can, you just have to call the function directly like this:

    <?php echo ddsg_create_sitemap(); ?>

  12. 484
    JoeyDee
    1-21-07 9:39PM

    Im trying to figure out what you mean by

    “Simply place the following line where you would like the sitemap to display:
    ”

    I’ve placed that code in my footer.php of my blog http://www.pumatalk.com/blog but nothing seems to work. I want it to display a link of my sitemap on the footer of my blog. I also tried to place it in the index.php but nothing work.

    regards,
    Joey

  13. 483
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    1-21-07 9:02PM

    [...] Dagon Design Sitemap Generator Generiert eine anpassbare Sitemap, die alle Beiträge und Seiten enthält. (Siehe hier) [...]

  14. 482
    Admin
    1-20-07 5:21PM

    Irene: That is unusual. ’stuck in your db’ sounds right. Perhaps when the post entry was deleted from the wp_posts table, it did not remove the reference to it in the posts2cat table, which could be why it has a category, but no actual post. If you are able to, you may have to look through that table in your database and see if the post ID is listed for that, and if so, remove the row.

  15. 481
    Irene
    1-20-07 4:15PM

    Hi there,

    love your plugin. Have it working at http://www.bittertonic.com/site-map. But the weirdest thing – an old deleted post is showing up in my “Bitter Irene Rants” category. It’s this one “Video: The Canadian Blues – A Funny Blues Song” . Clicking on this leads to a 404 page. Is it stuck somewhere in my db? How can I stop this from showing up?

    Thanks again. I plugged your plugin in a post too.

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