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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. 645
    Jean-Paul Horn
    5-9-07 10:12PM

    Hi,

    First: terrific plugin! I just installed new v3, but there’s an error when the option “Hide future-dates posts’ is selected:

    
WordPress database error: [Unknown column 'future' in 'where clause']
SELECT ID, category_id, post_title , comment_count , post_date FROM iphone_posts, iphone_post2cat WHERE iphone_posts.ID = iphone_post2cat.post_id AND post_type = 'post' AND post_password = '' AND post_status != future ORDER BY category_id, post_date DESC

    I guess you forgot to do a datetime check somewhere?

    I translated the English language file to Dutch. Can you please contact me by email so I can send it to you? Also: is it possible to use strftime() in combination with setlocale() (and make it configurable through the language file) instead of the non localized date format of strtotime() which is used at the moment. We Europeans like to format the days and months in our own language ;)

    Thanks!

  2. 644
    Admin
    5-6-07 10:40PM

    Balack: I do not mind that at all. Now if you tried to rip my entire WordPress theme for the site then we might have a problem :P Nice work!

    Michael: Thanks – very nice to hear :)

  3. 643
    Michael
    5-6-07 2:26PM

    Hi Matt!
    I really like your version 3.0 and use it on my site. Great job, thanks
    Michael

  4. 642
    Balack
    5-6-07 8:30AM

    Thanks for your suggestions…it’s running smoothly and with a pretty face now. I had to rip your style.css file at http://www.dagondesign.com/wp-content/themes/dagondesign3.11/style.css but you don’t mind honest copying, do you? The sitemap has been promoted to serve the world at my homepage at http://www.barack-obama.tv/ .

  5. 641
    Admin
    5-5-07 11:11AM

    Balack: The language file contains the text used to prefix categories. You could just add a break in front of it, or whatever you like.

  6. 640
    Balack
    5-5-07 1:49AM

    Thanks for your response, I’ll try to fiddle with it.
    What I meant with excluding all subcategories was an option to just show all main categories without their children. It works fine per excluded main category.
    Any idea about having breaks between the category blocks, that’s my main issue at the moment?

  7. 639
    Admin
    5-4-07 9:48PM

    Balack: The first thing you need to do to make it look nicer is align the text to the left. You can do this by adding this to your theme’s CSS file:

    .ddsg-wrapper { text-align: left; }

    I may implement an ‘include only these categories’ option in the future, I am not sure. The exclude option should handle that many with no problems though.

    You mentioned an option to exclude all sub-categories – it should allready be excluding all sub-categories of categories you exclude. Is it not?

  8. 638
    Balack
    5-4-07 3:16PM

    Hi,
    Trying to implement your sitemap plugin I run into two small yet ugly problems:
    - I’d like to exclude more than hundred subcategories and hope this will be possible without having to list them all in the ‘excluded categories’ box. Do you have an ‘include categories’-function planned like the Category Cloud plugin by Mapelli or a simple ‘exclude all sub-categories’ option?
    - I’d like to have non-breaking spaces between the different categories so they get grouped together instead of displaying in one big block. You refer to the css-formatting options in other comments but I have no clue how to do this.

    You can find the preliminary ugly sitemap at http://www.barack-obama.tv/spirit-of-barack-obama-sitemap/

    Thanks for your work.

  9. 637
    Evita
    5-3-07 12:14PM

    It works! Thank you very much.

  10. 636
    Admin
    5-3-07 9:05AM

    Evita: Download it again and see if it still shows it :) I made a little modification.

  11. 635
    Evita
    5-3-07 1:59AM

    Tried the new version and it´s very fine, but I have one warning message:
    Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in xxx\dd-sitemap-gen\dd-sitemap-gen.php on line 392.

  12. 634
    Admin
    5-3-07 12:52AM

    Version 3.0 of the Dagon Design Sitemap Generator plugin has been released!

    Be sure to read the updated information above.

    Enjoy!

  13. 633
    Admin
    5-1-07 11:07PM

    Evita: Version 3.0 will be out very soon, which should fix that, along with many other things.

  14. 632
    Evita
    5-1-07 12:07PM

    Thanks for this great plugin. Unfortunately I have a little problem with it:
    Setting the option “Show multiple-category posts only in first category” to show posts in all categories disables the “exclude categories” function.
    Is there any solution for this problem?

    Many thanks (and forgive me my bad gramar), Evita

  15. 631
    Admin
    4-30-07 9:21PM

    I just wanted to announce that I am currently working on version 3.0 of this plugin, which is very big update. I am re-writing everything from scratch, and it will be much faster, while still keeping the existing options, as well as a few new ones, such as sorting pages by menu order, properly generating lists for sub-categories and sub-pages, and much more.

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