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Version 3.15   Updated Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at 10:22pm

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.

Notice:
I am currently experimenting with the WordPress Extend database to manage the downloading of plugins. Because of this, the folder name for the plugin is currently ’sitemap-generator’ instead of ‘dd-sitemapgen’.

If you are upgrading, please delete the ‘dd-sitemapgen’ folder before uploading the new version.

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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, Brazilian-Portuguese, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, 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

  • 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.

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. 945
    spirit
    3-26-08 4:00PM

    Hi there! Awesome plugin! How could I sort my categories DESC instead of ASC ? Thanks!

  2. 944
    Jim
    3-26-08 2:14PM

    After reading the comment below I looked my wp_options table and after only a few hours using this plugin I had more than 1,800 entries in the database table as he describes below.

    I’ve disabled the plugin on my site as I see this as a FATAL flaw of this plugin that has to be addressed.

    Original post below:

    I was using your plugin, it works flawlessly. After sometime (few months), WP suddenly died. It tooks few days before i figure what was going on. When i check wp_options table, it contains thousands of records and 99% of them are started with ddsg_ . This plugin keep writing new records into the table until your server can’t handle them (time out, since wp loop thru all records in the table wp_options).
    I hope you can fix it soon. for you guys out there who using this plugin, pls check your wp_options records.

    Regards

  3. 943
    john
    3-25-08 11:38AM

    Let I test it ..
    Hope it work with WP 2.3 :-)

  4. 942
    3qd
    3-24-08 4:14PM

    dear

    this plugin did not working correctly with WP 2.3.3
    is there any instruction for it?

  5. 941
    Mark
    3-23-08 1:18PM

    Update on comment below:

    Even better:
    For posts replace
    $the_title = trim($post_data[$p]['title']);
    on line 568 with
    $the_title = htmlspecialchars(trim($post_data[$p]['title']));

    For pages replace
    $the_title = trim($page_data[$p]['title']);
    on line 464 with
    $the_title = htmlspecialchars(trim($page_data[$p]['title']));

  6. 940
    Mark
    3-23-08 5:47AM

    I had to fix a little thing to make it validate (XHTML 1.0 Transitional), because I have posts with a ‘&’ in the title:

    dd-sitemap-gen.php - line 574 and 578

    Replace
    $the_title
    with
    htmlspecialchars($the_title)

    Of course, if you have pages with special characters, you have to do the same with that part of the code.

  7. 939
    Sasha
    3-21-08 1:09PM

    good plugin, but i prefer to use generic sitemap creators like the sitemap creator from http://gadelkareem.com/2007/12/10/sitemap-creator-02a-create-sitemaps-09-valid-for-google-yahoo-and-msn-sitemaps/

  8. 938
    Benny Wu
    3-17-08 2:42AM

    I was using your plugin, it works flawlessly. After sometime (few months), WP suddenly died. It tooks few days before i figure what was going on. When i check wp_options table, it contains thousands of records and 99% of them are started with ddsg_ . This plugin keep writing new records into the table until your server can’t handle them (time out, since wp loop thru all records in the table wp_options).
    I hope you can fix it soon. for you guys out there who using this plugin, pls check your wp_options records.

    Regards

  9. 937
    Eureka
    3-14-08 1:34AM

    this wordpress plugin is excellent,i have used it long time,thank you very much

  10. 936
    Li-An
    3-13-08 10:16AM

    If it does not work, try another template than the default template.

  11. 935
    Scott
    3-10-08 11:45AM

    Hi, I installed and I am using the sitemap generator plugin. I like it, but am curious if it is possible to tweak it to display all of my posts alphabetically by letter, (i.e. A, B, C) instead of category and list all the posts that start with that letter. I found another plugin called “Really Simple Sitemap” that supposedly does this, doesn’t work in my blog, so far no response either.

  12. 934
    Susanna
    3-10-08 6:36AM

    I checked another plugin of your just of curiosity. And it was OK, but this plugin is a must. We all know how important is site map to quicker SE indexing

  13. 933
    Yaramazadam
    3-8-08 2:57PM

    Thank you very much for sharing.I like this plugin and I use it

  14. 932
    Eric
    3-4-08 12:20PM

    Hi! I’ve looked through a lot of the comments here and can’t seem to find what I’m looking for. I’m nowhere near a coder - it’s embarrassing to be honest. So, here’s my question…What do I do about this:

    http://www.goutdevie.com/?page_id=130

    I tried adding .ddsg-wrapper and tried .ddsg-pagenav but i can’t seem to get it to work. Am I even doing this right? Please help when you can. Thanks!

  15. 931
    PeterL
    3-1-08 10:22AM

    Wonderful Plug-in! Thank you.

    Any guidance how I could set the Category Link, under Posts, as Bold… I need the extra differentiation.

    Many thanks
    Peter

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