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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. 540
    Guy Bouchard
    2-8-07 7:11PM

    It is working fine now. I have updated to WP 2.1 and your 2.71 plugin. I really like it!

    Thanks for looking!

  2. 539
    theo
    2-8-07 3:38AM

    Ref: 526 theo
    http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/sitemap-generator-plugin-for-wordpress/#comment-25083

    now i am using WP 2.1 and SitemapGenerator 2.71 >> This prob. is fixed now! Thanks!

    A new prob. is a massage if I try to edit the DDSiteMapGen
    on the page http://www.sc-beckum.de/wp21/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=dd-sitemap-gen.php
    The massage is “You do not have permission to access this document.” Is it question of file-attribute?
    What can I do?

  3. 538
    Admin
    2-8-07 12:02AM

    Guy: It seems to be working fine for me.

  4. 537
    Guy Bouchard
    2-7-07 4:32PM

    I use your plugin on a few website with great success.

    On this one:

    http://www.cpatourbillonmatane.com/wp/plan-du-site/

    I have tried à lot of thing (the only thing i have not tried is using WP 2.1 or starting with a new database) and i always got a broken page where i don’t get almost anything after my header. I have tried your 2.71 plugin and i don’t get any post.

    What can i do?

  5. 536
    Admin
    2-5-07 11:29PM

    Matt: I just added the link – look under the download section.

    Mark: Strangely enough, I added that code so that it would remove the paragraph tags around the trigger text. WordPress sometimes likes to add paragraph tags around html comments, and when the plugin generates its data, it is not valid html if the p tags are around it.

    So to fix the issue some of you are having, I just modified all of the available versions with a small little fix, which uses a different method to remove the p tags from html comments. I did not change the version numbers since it was such a minor update, but try it out and let me know how it works :)

  6. 535
    Matt
    2-5-07 10:53PM

    ‘I need to stick a link back up to the previous version I suppose ‘

    that would be fantastic and much appreciated! i am really keen to get this plugin working

    Matt

  7. 534
    Mark
    2-5-07 10:20AM

    @ Ray:

    I had the same problem as Jen:
    I solved it by using

    <p><!-- ddsitemapgen --></p>

    instead of just

    <!-- ddsitemapgen -->

  8. 533
    Admin
    2-5-07 12:51AM

    Matt: Unfortunately the new version may not work with versions of WordPress older than 2.1, since the latest release of this plugin was to make it work with 2.1.

    I need to stick a link back up to the previous version I suppose :)

  9. 532
    Matt
    2-4-07 4:28AM

    Hi

    This is a great plug in but i can’t seem to get it working properly. I am having the same problem as Simon:

    “Same here, Ray and stix – I’m on WP 2.0.5, just downloaded the plugin and have had posts written for a couple of months. Exactly the same problem as Ben: with comment count enabled I get the databsed error, with comment count disabled I get one item in the list, a (no title) which is a link back to the sitemap page. None of my other posts or pages (and why the No Title? The sitemap page has the title of ‘Site Map’). This is driving me crazy. Ben, Jen, how did you fix your problems? Please share!”

    does anyone know a way to fix this yet?

    i am using 2.71

    cheers

    Matt

  10. 531
    Admin
    2-4-07 1:19AM

    gio: Are you using 2.71?

  11. 530
    gio
    2-3-07 10:01PM

    im also having the same error as erhalte folgende

    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 5]
    SELECT COUNT(1) FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_post_ID = AND comment_approved = ‘1′

    * (no title)

  12. 529
    Design und Plugin Update - Fabians Webblog
    2-2-07 11:12AM

    [...] ich ein paar “wenige” Plugins meinen Bedürfnissen angepasst. Das Plugin “Dagon Design Sitemap Generator” scheint den Update nicht schadenfrei Überlebt zu haben, dies werd ich spätens beim [...]

  13. 528
    NSAH’s Blog » Wordpress: Sammlung nützlicher Anleitungen, Anpassungen und Plugins
    2-2-07 9:40AM

    [...] Sitemap Generator Plugin for Wordpress: generiert mit vielen Optionen eine “echte” Sitemap [...]

  14. 527
    Simon
    1-31-07 5:52PM

    Ben informs me that he fixed his problem by upgrading to WP 2.1, which is a real pain for me as I’ve spent a while modifying some of the includes and admin panel, and didn’t keep a record of what exactly I did. Does anyone have a version of the plugin from before it was changed to work with WP 2.1, i.e. plugin version 2.7 (not the current one, 2.7.1? It sounds like this might fix a few people’s problems as a convenient alternative to upgrading WP.

  15. 526
    arbu.co.uk » Blog Archive » Why go very PINK?
    1-31-07 4:37PM

    [...] only have we implemented Ultimate Tag Warrior and Dagon Design’s wonderful Sitemap plug-in, but we did something else: rather than sit back let our content do the job once, we thought, [...]

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