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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. 570
    Admin
    2-28-07 12:07AM

    Michael: It generates the nav links by pulling the blog url on this line:

    $the_url = get_bloginfo('url');

    Then it adds the /sitemap/(page)/ part to it.

    Instead of that line, you could try using something like this:

    $the_url = 'http://yoursite.com/index.php/';

    So when it adds the sitemap page to the end of that, it will work properly.

  2. 569
    Michael Harding
    2-27-07 11:46PM

    I have a similar problem to the one Ben Aston reported. I have the second permalink structure enable (Date and Name). When going to page 2 it drops the index.php from the URL and sends the user to a non existent location. Instead of
    http://www.charlottedesignweb.com/index.php/sitemap/2 it drop the index.php and leaves
    http://www.charlottedesignweb.com/sitemap/2

    Thanks for a GREAT plug in…

  3. 568
    Admin
    2-27-07 10:54PM

    Ben: You might want to try updating your permalink structure (option in the admin panel), to make sure it has initialized the rewrite rules this plugin adds. If that does not help, you might check to see if you have any plugins that modify the permalinks. You could also try using the plugin on this site that allows you to view the internal rewrite rules of WordPress to make sure they are being added properly.

  4. 567
    Ben Ashton
    2-27-07 4:54PM

    Hi

    Great sitemap, but I’m having a little problem. When you click on page 2, nothing changes, it just shows the same pages which are displayed on page 1. The page is: http://www.seoltd.co.uk/sitemap/

    I can supply you with the logins for my blog if needs be

    Thanks in advance

    Ben

  5. 566
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  7. 564
    Phil
    2-25-07 2:23AM

    Ive un-ticked rich visual edit and reinserted the display code – its all working now. It seems that the rve was some-how converting the part of the html into character entities…

    problem solved!

  8. 563
    Phil
    2-25-07 1:16AM

    Hi there,

    Firstly I’d like to say that this is a great plug-in. Secondly let me add that I’ve only been developing my web-page for a few weeks, and learning basic coding for three – so I’ve got some way to go yet before I can get my head around everything.

    Anyway so my question is fairly simple: how come on the page all I can see is the display code and not the actual site-map itself? I’m sure there’s a really simple answer to this, but I can’t work it out.

    I’ve re-checked checked my installation several times and then I uninstalled, deleted and reinstalled again for good measure, but I still get the same problem…

    It seems that Jen (post 516) and Mark (post 535) have had similar problems, but no solutions??

    Any ideas? Thanks again!

  9. 562
    Gerry
    2-22-07 11:22PM

    Hi and good morning – wow – thanks for your fast replay!
    I have now idea why, but there was in fact a single dot before the PHP-tag, like this:
    .<? php
    (shame on me !!!)
    now (whitout the single dot) it works perfect again!!!!
    many thanks!
    Gerry

  10. 561
    Admin
    2-22-07 7:20PM

    Gerry: That message generally occurs when something is sent to the browser before a call to header, session_start, setcookie, or similar functions. It can sometimes be caused by extra whitespace being at the top of a PHP file (the PHP tag needs to be the very first thing in all PHP files). In this case, the header function is being used to redirect the user, but something is output to the browser first, which makes it not work. Unfortunately, to troubleshoot this can be tedious – you will just have to figure out what file is outputting data to the browser first.

  11. 560
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  12. 559
    Gerry
    2-22-07 4:12AM

    sorry..here is the warning message again:

    Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at C:\Programme\xampp\htdocs\gg_wordpress\wp-content\plugins\dd-sitemap-gen.php:1) in C:\Programme\xampp\htdocs\gg_wordpress\wp-admin\theme-editor.php on line 55

    Gerry

  13. 558
    Gerry
    2-22-07 4:09AM

    Hi!
    At first: thank you for the nice plugin!

    WP-Version: 2.1.1
    plugin version: 2.72
    Here is a little problem with your plugin…

    in different cases i get the warning-message:
    Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Programme\xampp\htdocs\gg_wordpress\wp-content\plugins\dd-sitemap-gen.php:1) in C:\Programme\xampp\htdocs\gg_wordpress\wp-admin\theme-editor.php on line 55
    ..here the message shows a warning in “theme-editor.php” but different files are possible (also pluggable.php, etc…)

    if i look to the mentioned line there is always:

    header("Location: $location");

    have you any idea, how to fix that?

    thanx in advance for your efforts

    gerry

  14. 557
    Admin
    2-21-07 10:28PM

    Vij: I would check to see if another plugin is causing a conflict – can I see a link?

  15. 556
    Vij
    2-21-07 8:28AM

    I tried putting it in my site. In the page i created for this nothing but a blank page appears. i.e. no content just like an empty post. what could be the problem

    thanks

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