Extended sitemap

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

General 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.
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.

Base URL path to frontend sitemap: defines the URL path to the HTML sitemap.
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.
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.
Show products: shows all products in the HTML sitemap.
Show non-salable products: appears if Yes selected previously. If enabled, shows products that are out of stock or not available for purchase 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 stores: includes links to all store views in the HTML sitemap.
Cap product links per page: sets the maximum number of product links per page. Pagination will be applied automatically if exceeded.

Strip optional sitemap tags: removes changefreq and priority tags from all XML sitemaps.

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Categories options and the following subsections repeat Magento settings from Stores -> Configuration -> Catalog -> XML sitemap.

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.

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 to product images.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.