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Extended sitemap

This page describes settings used for HTML and XML sitemaps.
They are located in Stores -> Configuration -> Mirasvit extensions -> Extended sitemap.

General sitemap settings​

  • Ignore CMS pages: defines the scope of pages that will not be added to HTML and XML sitemaps.
  • Include SEO rewrites in sitemap: if enabled, includes all SEO rewrites with INDEX FOLLOW robots directives in the sitemap.
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    Included links must be a full path (not action name or wildcard). Title field is required for HTML sitemap.

  • Exclude redirects from sitemap: controls how redirect URLs are handled in sitemap generation:
    • Disable: don't exclude.
    • Permanent only: excludes only permanent (301) redirects.
    • All: excludes all redirects.
  • Additional links: defines custom URLs to add to the sitemap. One URL per line is allowed. For HTML sitemaps, URL and page title separated by comma need to be specified.
  • Exclude by pattern: defines the scope of URL patterns of pages to exclude from XML and HTML sitemaps. One pattern per line is allowed. Wildcards are supported.

Frontend sitemap settings​

Display settings​

  • Columns count: defines the number of columns in the HTML sitemap. Valid values are from 1 to 10.
  • Alphabetical product grouping: if enabled, groups products alphabetically with capital letter headings.
  • Show sitemap search box: show a search field on the sitemap page, allowing visitors to quickly filter and find specific content.
  • Pagination controls position: set where sitemap pagination appears: top, bottom, or both. For large sitemaps, using both improves navigation usability.
  • Cap product links per page: sets the maximum number of product links per page. Pagination will be applied automatically if exceeded.

SEO settings​

  • Base URL path to frontend sitemap: defines the URL path to the HTML sitemap.
  • Meta title: defines the meta title (browser tab title) of the HTML sitemap.
  • Meta keywords: defines keywords for the sitemap page.
  • Meta description: defines meta description for the sitemap page.
  • H1 header defines the main heading (H1) for the sitemap page.

Content settings​

  • Show products: shows all products in the HTML sitemap.
  • Show categories: includes all categories in the HTML sitemap.
  • Show CMS pages: includes CMS pages (except excluded by Ignore CMS pages configuration) in the HTML sitemap.
  • Show landing pages: includes landing pages in the HTML sitemap. Requires Mirasvit Landing Page module.
  • Show brands: includes brands in the HTML sitemap. Requires Mirasvit Brand module.
  • Show knowledge base: includes the knowledge base in the HTML sitemap. Requires Mirasvit Knowledge Base module.
  • Show blog: includes the blog in the HTML sitemap. Requires Mirasvit Blog module.
  • Show Aheadworks blog: includes the Aheadworks blog in the HTML sitemap. Requires Aheadworks Blog module.
  • Show FishPig blog: includes the FishPig WordPress blog in the HTML sitemap. Requires FishPig WordPress module.
  • Show Mageplaza blog: includes the Mageplaza blog in the HTML sitemap. Requires Mageplaza Blog module.
  • Show Magefan blog: includes the Magefan blog in the HTML sitemap. Requires Magefan Blog module.
  • Show Amasty blog: includes the Amasty blog in the HTML sitemap. Requires Amasty Blog module.
  • Show Magezon blog: includes the Magezon blog in the HTML sitemap. Requires Magezon Blog module.
  • Show additional links: includes additional links in the HTML sitemap.
  • Show stores: includes links to all store views in the HTML sitemap.

XML sitemap settings​

Common settings​

  • Strip optional sitemap tags: removes changefreq and priority tags from all XML sitemaps.
  • Strip optional image tags: removes image:title and image:caption tags from all XML sitemaps.
  • Strip PageMap tags: removes PageMap tags from all XML sitemaps.
  • Sort URLs by priority: orders XML sitemap URLs from highest to lowest priority value (URLs with equal priority are ordered alphabetically), helping crawlers reach your most important pages first under crawl-budget limits. When Split by entity type is enabled, URLs are sorted within each entity file. Default order is unchanged when disabled.
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Categories options and the following subsections repeat Magento settings from Stores -> Configuration -> Catalog -> XML sitemap.

Categories options​

  • Frequency: sets the frequency of category pages updates. This configuration is only for notification purposes for search engine robots.
  • Priority: sets the relative importance of category pages. Values range from 0.0 (lowest) to 1.0 (highest). This configuration is only for notification purposes for search engine robots.

Products options​

  • Frequency: sets the frequency of product pages updates. This configuration is only for notification purposes for search engine robots.
  • Priority: sets the relative importance of product pages. Values range from 0.0 (lowest) to 1.0 (highest). This configuration is only for notification purposes for search engine robots.
  • Add images into sitemap: adds product images into the XML sitemap:
    • None: don't include.
    • Base only: adds title image.
    • All: adds all related product images. Products with a video added via the Images And Videos section (requires Magento's Product Video module) also get a <video:video> entry in the XML sitemap.
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    Images and videos marked Hide from Product Page in the product's Images And Videos section are excluded from the XML sitemap as well.

  • Include disabled products: if enabled, products that are disabled will still appear in XML sitemaps.
  • Include out of stock products: if enabled, products that are out of stock will still appear in XML sitemaps.

CMS pages options​

  • Frequency: sets the frequency of CMS pages updates. This configuration is only for notification purposes for search engine robots.
  • Priority: sets the relative importance of CMS pages. Values range from 0.0 (lowest) to 1.0 (highest). This configuration is only for notification purposes for search engine robots.

Store URL options​

  • Frequency: sets the frequency of store view homepages updates. This configuration is only for notification purposes for search engine robots.
  • Priority: sets the relative importance of store view homepages. Values range from 0.0 (lowest) to 1.0 (highest). This configuration is only for notification purposes for search engine robots.

Generation settings​

  • Enabled sitemap generation: if enabled, automatically generates XML sitemaps according to the schedule:
    • Start time: sets the time of sitemap generation start.
    • Frequency: sets the frequency of sitemap generation.
    • Error email recipient: defines email address that will receive notifications if sitemap generation fails. Empty field means inactive configuration.
    • Error email sender: defines email sender identity for sitemap generation error notifications.
    • Error email template: defines the template used in error email.

Sitemap file limits​

  • Maximum number of URLs per file: defines the maximum URLs per sitemap file. Automatically creates multiple sitemap files if exceeds the value set.
  • Maximum file size: defines the maximum size of sitemap file in bytes. Automatically creates multiple sitemap files if exceeds the value set.
  • Split sitemap by entity type: if enabled, generates a separate sitemap file for each content type (products, categories, pages, blogs, etc.). The main sitemap file becomes an index referencing all entity-specific files (e.g. products-sitemap.xml, categories-sitemap.xml). If a single entity exceeds the file limits above, it is further split into numbered files (e.g. products-sitemap-2.xml).
  • Custom name for additional sitemap file: sets the filename prefix for the catch-all sitemap that collects URLs not belonging to any dedicated entity type. By default, this file is named other-sitemap.xml. Entering a custom prefix (e.g. brands) renames it to brands-sitemap.xml. Leave empty to keep the default other prefix. Only visible when Split sitemap by entity type is enabled.

Search engine submission settings​

  • Enable submission to robots.txt: automatically adds locations of sitemaps to robots.txt file. Does not replace the direct submission in search engine webmaster tools.