Improved security further for unauthenticated users from modifying plugin settings by enforcing proper permission and security‑token checks. CVE-2025-64632
4.1.22 (2025-12-23)
Fixed preventing unauthenticated users from modifying plugin settings by enforcing proper permission and security‑token checks.
4.1.21 (2024-04-21)
Fixed a regression with saving post/page exclusions.
Fixed an issue with post/tag priority settings.
4.1.20 (2024-04-14)
Fixed empty ping error
Fixed response code issue with index sitemap
Fixed interoperability with existing robots.txt file
Fixed URL for guest authors
Fixed uninstalled plugin error
Fixed sitemap indexation
Fixed “Trying to access array offset on value of type bool…” warning
Fixed setting of custom taxonomy change frequency and priority
Fixed missing custom taxonomies issue
Fixed issue with hierarchical taxonomies
Fixed missing categories issue
Fixed sort order of URLs (changed from descending to ascending)
Improved WooCommerce support (added products sitemap)
Improved multisite support
Improved SEO plugin interoperability
Improved Nginx configuration
Improved sitemap generation performance for large sites
Added filter support for behavior/settings customization
Added latest Microsoft Bing API Key to settings page
4.1.19 (2024-01-31)
Fixed “Links per page” bug causing sitemaps to not include all posts depending on the setting. Following Search Engine guidance is minimum links per sitemap is 1,000 pages.
Fixed Google Search Console errors including “Fetch error” and “noindex” header
Fixed the issue with “null” sitemaps
Fixed sitemap generation for tags, categories, etc for large sites
Improved performance by optimizing queries
Improved IndexNow implementation
Added WordPress’ sitemap to the list of detected sitemaps for deactivation
4.1.18 (2024-01-12)
Resolved functionality regressions since v4.1.13
Improved IndexNow Protocol implementation
Improved WooCommerce support
Improved WPML support
Fixed sitemap 404 issues (for Single and Multisite modes)
Fixed auto update rewrite rule
Fixed rewrite issues during plugin upgrade
Fixed invalid XML syntax (cause of parsing issues in Google Search Console)
4.1.17 (2024-01-05)
Fixed sitemap URL issue in robots.txt etc
Improved LastMod syntax for better support for indexation by Google
Improved Network mode support
Improved localization plugin support
Improved custom taxonomy support
Added IndexNow Protocol support for Microsoft Bing. Deprecated Sitemap Ping Protocol
Fixed a syntax error causing fatal errors for some users.
4.1.15 (2023-12-14)
Improved security by adding capability check via the current_user_can() calls
Changed the text domain from “sitemap” to “google-sitemap-generator”
4.1.14 (2023-12-05)
Improved security with authentication and plugin management anchors
Fixed an error in sitemap file name conventions
Fixed an issue with disabling conflicting sitemap generators
Added last modified date to category sitemaps
Added min and max option for number of posts per sitemap
Added support for local links in sitemap for different languages
4.1.13 (2023-08-04)
Fixed warning error displayed when Yoast SEO is not installed/active
4.1.12 (2023-08-02)
Improved various UI elements and notifications
Fixed browser console errors
Fixed null value in set_time_limit
4.1.11 (2023-05-19)
Fixed version compatibility thresholds
Improved user interface
4.1.10 (2023-04-24)
Added support for automatic updates
4.1.9 (2023-04-12)
Improved beta program notifications and workflow to comply with guidelines
Improved various UI elements
4.1.8 (2023-03-31)
Added Beta testing program
Added check for disabled PHP functions
Fixed handling of taxonomies containing hyphens
4.1.7 (2022-11-24)
Fixed custom taxonomy unit generation issue
Fixed plugin deactivation notice
4.1.6 (2022-11-23)
Fixed mishandling of empty categories
Fixed _url undefined notice error
Fixed error when build_taxonomies throws a fatal error when accessing sub-sitemap without pagination
Improved handling of line breaks e.g. showing tag without escaping HTML
Improved handling of the Google TID field optional to ping Google
Improved documentation, given some renaming of the methods
Added support for paginated sitemap posts, pages, and product links
Added conditional statements to prevent rewrite rules from being checked every time the sitemap loads
4.1.5 (2022-06-14)
Fixed code regressions moving from git to svn (preventing recent fixes from being available)
4.1.4 (2022-06-06)
Fixed the issue of PHP warnings
Fixed links per page issue
Improved WordPress 6.0 compatibility
4.1.3 (2022-05-31)
Added backward compatibility settings
Changed Google Tracking ID field to optional
Fixed PHP warnings
4.1.2 (2022-04-15)
Fixed security issue related to Cross-Site Scripting attacks on debug page
Fixed HTTP error while generating sitemap (because of conflict of www and now www site)
Fixed handling WordPress core sitemap entry from robots.txt
Added option to flush database rewrite on plugin deactivation
Added option to split the custom categories into multiple sitemaps by custom taxonomy
Added option to omit the posts specified as disallow in robots.txt
Added option to set links per page for tags and categories
Added option to set a custom filename for the sitemap
Added option to list custom post in the archive sitemap
4.1.1 (2022-04-07)
fix security issue related to Cross-Site Scripting attacks on debug page
fix HTTP error while generating sitemap (because of conflict of www and now www site)
fix handles the removal of WordPress native sitemap entry from robots.txt
added option for flush database rewrite on deactivate plugin
added options for split the custom categories into multiple sitemap by custom taxonomy
added options to omit the posts which added in robots.txt to disallow
added option to set links per page for tags and categories
added option for provide the custom name for the sitemap.xml file
added option for custom post type’s list into the archive sitemap
added support of manage priorities and frequencies for products category
4.1.0 (2018-12-18)
Fixed security issue related to escaping external URLs
Fixed security issue related to option tags in forms
4.0.9 (2017-07-24)
Fixed security issue related to donation functionality.
4.0.8 (2014-11-15)
Fixed bug regarding the exclude categories feature, thanks to Claus Schöffel!
4.0.7.1 (2014-09-02)
Sorry, no new features this time… This release only updates the Compatibility-Tag to WordPress 4.0. Unfortunately there is no way to do this anymore without a new version
4.0.7 (2014-06-23)
Better compatibility with GoDaddy managed WP hosting
Better compatibility with QuickCache
Removed WordPress version from the sitemap
Corrected link to WordPress privacy settings (if search engines are blocked)
Changed hook which is being used for sitemap pings to avoid pings on draft edit
4.0.6 (2014-06-03)
Added option to disable automatic gzipping
Fixed bug with duplicated external sitemap entries
Don’t gzip if behind Varnish since Varnish can do that
4.0.5 (2014-05-18)
Added function to manually start ping for main-sitemap or all sub-sitemaps
Added support for changing the base of the sitemap URL to another URL (for WP installations in sub-folders)
Fixed issue with empty post sitemaps (related to GMT/local time offset)
Fixed some timing issues in archives
Improved check for possible problems before gzipping
Fixed empty archives and author sitemaps in case there were no posts
Fixed bug which caused the Priority Provider to disappear in recent PHP versions
Plugin will also ping with the corresponding sub-sitemap in case a post was modified
Better checking for empty external urls
Changed text in XSL template to be more clear about sitemap-index and sub-sitemaps
Changed content type to text/xml to improve compatibility with caching plugins
Changed query parameters to is_feed=true to improve compatibility with caching plugins
Switched from using WP_Query to load posts to a custom SQL statement to avoid problems with other plugin filters
Added caching of some SQL statements
Added support feed for more help topics
Added link to new help page
Cleaned up code and renamed variables to be more readable
Updated Japanese Translation, thanks to Daisuke Takahashi
4.0.4 (2014-04-19)
Removed deprecated get_page call
Changed last modification time of sub-sitemaps to the last modification date of the posts instead of the publish date
Removed information window if the statistic option has not been activated
Added link regarding new sitemap format
Updated Portuguese translation, thanks to Pedro Martinho
Updated German translation
4.0.3 (2014-04-13)
Fixed compression if an gzlib handler was already active
Help regarding permalinks for Nginx users
Fix with gzip compression in case there was other output before already
Return 404 for HTML sitemaps if the option has been disabled
Updated translations
4.0.2 (2014-04-01)
Fixed warning if an gzip handler is already active
4.0.1 (2014-03-31)
Fixed bug with custom post types including a “-“
Fixed some 404 Not Found Errors
4.0 (2014-03-30)
No static files anymore, sitemap is created on the fly!
Sitemap is split-up into sub-sitemaps by month, allowing up to 50.000 posts per month! More information
Support for custom post types and custom taxonomis!
100% Multisite compatible, including by-blog and network activation.
Reduced server resource usage due to less content per request.
New API allows other plugins to add their own, separate sitemaps.
Note: PHP 5.1 and WordPress 3.3 is required! The plugin will not work with lower versions!
Note: This version will try to rename your old sitemap files to *-old.xml. If that doesn’t work, please delete them manually since no static files are needed anymore!
3.4.1 (2014-04-10)
Compatibility with mysqli
Version 3.4 (2013-11-24)
Fixed deprecation warnings in PHP 5.4, thanks to Dion Hulse!
3.3 (2013-09-28)
Fixed problem with file permission checking
Filter out hashs (#) in URLs
3.2.9 (2013-01-11)
Fixed security issue with change frequencies and filename of sitemap file. Exploit was only possible with admin account.
3.2.8 (2012-08-08)
Fixed wrong custom taxonomy URLs, thanks to ramon fincken of the wordpress.org forum!
Removed ASK ping since they shut down their service.
Exclude post_format taxonomy from custom taxonomy list
3.2.7 (2012-04-24)
Fixed custom post types, thanks to clearsite of the wordpress.org forum!
Fixed broken admin layout on WP 3.4
3.2.6 (2011-09-19)
Removed YAHOO ping since YAHOO uses bing now
Removed deprecated function call
3.2.5 (2011-07-11)
Backported Bing ping success fix from beta
Added friendly hint to try out the new beta
3.2.4 (2010-05-29)
Added (GMT) to date column in sitemap xslt template to avoid confusion with different time zones
Fixed wrong SQL statement for author pages, thanks to twoenoug
Fixed several deprecated function calls
Note: This release does not support the new multisite feature of WordPress yet and will not be active when multisite is enabled.
3.2.3 (2010-04-02)
Fixed that all pages were missing in the sitemap if the “Uncategorized” category was excluded
3.2.2 (2009-12-19)
Updated compatibility tag to WordPress 2.9
Fixed PHP4 problems
3.2.1 (2009-12-16)
Notes and update messages at the top of the admin page could interfere with the manual build function
Help links in the WP contextual help were not shown anymore since the last update
IE 7 sometimes displayed a cached admin page
Removed invalid link to config page from the plugin description (The link lead to a “Not enough permission error”)
Improved performance of getting the current plugin version by caching
Updated Spanish language files
3.2 (2009-11-23)
Added function to show the actual results of a ping instead of only linking to the url
Added new hook (sm_rebuild) for third party plugins to start building the sitemap
Fixed bug which showed the wrong URL for the latest Google ping result
Added some missing documentation
Removed hardcoded php name for sitemap file in admin urls
Uses KSES for showing ping test results
Ping test fixed for WP < 2.3
3.1.9 (2009-11-13)
Fixed MySQL Error if author pages were included
3.1.8 (2009-11-07)
Improved custom taxonomy handling and fixed wrong last modification date
Fixed fatal error in WordPress versions lower than 2.3
Fixed Update Notice for WordPress 2.8 and higher
Added warning if blog privacy is activated
Fixed priorities of additional pages were shown as 0 instead of 1
3.1.7 (2009-10-21)
Added support for custom taxonomies. Thanks to Lee!
3.1.6 (2009-08-31)
Fixed PHP error “Only variables can be passed by reference”
Fixed wrong URLS of multi-page posts (Thanks artstorm!)
Updated many language files
3.1.5 (2009-08-24)
Added option to completely disable the last modification time
Fixed problem with HTTPS url for the XSL stylesheet if the sitemap was build via the admin panel
Improved handling of homepage entry if a single page was set for it
Fixed mktime warning which appeared sometimes
Fixed bug which caused inf. reloads after rebuilding the sitemap via the admin panel
Improved handling of missing sitemaps files if WP was moved to another location
3.1.4 (2009-06-22)
Fixed bug which broke all pings in WP older than 2.7
Added more output in debug mode if pings fail
Moved global post variable so other plugins can use it in get_permalink()
Added small icon for ozh admin menu
Added more help links in UI
3.1.3 (2009-06-07)
Changed MSN Live Search to Bing
Exclude categories also now exludes the category itself and not only the posts
Pings now use the new WordPress HTTP API instead of Snoopy
Fixed bug that in localized WP installations priorities could not be saved
The sitemap cron job is now cleared after a manual rebuild or after changing the config
Adjusted style of admin area for WP 2.8 and refreshed icons
Disabled the “Exclude categories” feature for WP 2.5.1, since it doesn’t have the required functions yet
3.1.2 (2008-12-26)
Changed the way the stylesheet is saved (default / custom stylesheet)
Sitemap is now rebuild when a page is published
Removed support for static robots.txt files, this is now handled via WordPress functions
Added compat. exceptions for WP 2.0 and WP 2.1
3.1.1 (2008-12-21)
Fixed redirect issue if wp-admin is rewritten via mod_rewrite, thanks to macjoost
Fixed wrong path to assets, thanks PozHonks
Fixed wrong plugin URL if wp-content was renamed / redirected, thanks to wnorris
Updated WP User Interface for 2.7
Various other small things
3.1.0.1 (2008-05-27)
Extracted UI JS to external file
Enabled the option to include following pages of multi-page posts
Script tries to raise memory and time limit if active
3.1 (2008-05-22)
Marked as stable
3.1b3 (2008-05-19)
Cleaned up plugin directory and moved img files to subfolders
Fixed background building bug in WP 2.1
Removed auto-update plugin link for WP < 2.5
3.1b2 (2008-05-18)
Fixed critical bug with the build in background option
Added notification if a build is scheduled
3.1b1 (2008-05-08)
Splitted plugin in loader, generator and user interface to save memory
Generator and UI will only be loaded when needed
Secured all admin actions with nonces
Improved WP 2.5 handling
New “Suggest a Feature” link
3.0.3.3 (2008-04-29)
Fixed author pages
Enhanced background building and increased delay to 15 seconds
Enabled background building by default
3.0.3.2 (2008-04-28)
Improved WP 2.5 handling (fixes blank screens and timeouts)
3.0.3.1 (2008-03-30)
Added compatibility CSS for WP 2.5
3.0.3 (2007-12-30)
Added option to ping MSN Live Search
Removed some WordPress hooks (the sitemap isn’t updates with every comment anymore)
3.0.2.1 (2007-11-28)
Fixed wrong XML Schema Location (Thanks to Emanuele Tessore)
Added Russian Language files by Sergey http://ryvkin.ru
3.0.2 (2007-11-25)
Fixed bug which caused that some settings were not saved correctly
Added option to exclude pages or post by ID
Restored YAHOO ping service with API key since the other one is to unreliable
3.0.1 (2007-11-03)
Changed HTTP client for ping requests to Snoopy
Added “safemode” for SQL which doesn’t use unbuffered results
Added option to run the building process in background using wp-cron
Added links to test the ping if it failed
3.0 final (2007-09-24)
Marked as stable
Removed useless functions
3.0b11 (2007-09-23)
Changed mysql queries to unbuffered queries
Uses MUCH less memory
Option to limit the number of posts
3.0b10 (2007-09-04)
Added category support for WordPress 2.3
Fixed bug with empty URLs in sitemap
Repaired GET building
3.0b9 (2007-09-02)
Added tag support for WordPress 2.3
Fixed archive bug with static pages (Thanks to Peter Claus Lamprecht)
Fixed some missing translation strings, thanks to Kirin Lin
3.0b8 (2007-07-22)
Fixed bug with empty categories
Fixed bug with translation plugins
Added support for robots.txt
Switched YAHOO ping API from YAHOO Web Services to the “normal” ping service
Search engines will only be pinged if the sitemap file has changed
3.0b7 (2007-05-17)
Added Ask.com notification
Added option to include the author pages like /author/john
Fixed WP 2.1 / Pre 2.1 post / pages database changes
Added check to not build the sitemap if importing posts
Fixed wrong XSLT location (Thanks froosh)
Small enhancements and bug fixes
3.0b6 (2007-01-23)
sitemap.xml.gz was not compressed
YAHOO update-notification was PHP5 only (Thanks to Joseph Abboud!)
More WP 2.1 optimizations
Reduced memory usage with PHP5
3.0b5 (2007-01-19)
WordPress 2 Design
YAHOO update notification
New status report, removed ugly logfiles
Added option to define a XSLT stylesheet and added a default one
Fixed bug with sub-pages, thanks to Mike, Peter and Glenn
Decreased memory usage which should solve timeout and memory problems
Updated namespace to support YAHOO and MSN
3.0b2 (2006-01-14)
Fixed several bugs reported by users
3.0b (2005-11-25)
WordPress 2.0 (Beta, RC1) compatible
Added different priority calculation modes and introduced an API to create custom ones (Some people didn’t like the way to calculate the post priority based on the count of user comments. This will give you the possibility to develop custom priority providers which fit your needs.)
Added support to use the Popularity Contest plugin by Alex King to calculate post priority (If you are already using the Popularity Contest plugin, this will be the best way to determine the priority of the posts. Uses to new priority API noted above.)
Added option to exclude password protected posts (This was one of the most requested features.)
Posts and pages marked for publish with a date in the future won’t be included
Added function to start sitemap creation via GET and a secret key (If you are using external software which directly writes into the database without using the WordPress API, you can rebuild the sitemap with a simple HTTP Request. This can be made with a cron job for example.)
Improved compatibility with other plugins (There should no longer be problems with other plugins now which checked for existence of a specified function to determine if you are in the control panel or not.)
Recoded plugin architecture which is now fully OOP (The code is now cleaner and better to understand which makes it easier to modify. This should also avoid namespace problems.)
Improved speed and optimized settings handling (Settings and pages are only loaded if the sitemap generation process starts and not every time a page loads. This saves one MySQL Query on every request.)
Added Button to restore default configuration (Messed up the config? You’ll need just one click to restore all settings.)
Added log file to check everything is running (In the new log window you can see when your sitemap was rebuilt or if there was any error.)
Improved user-interface
Added several links to homepage and support (This includes the Notify List about new releases and the WordPress support forum.)
Update 3: Included Traditional Chinese translations by Kirin Lin
2.2 (2005-06-08)
Language file support: Hiromasa from http://hiromasa.zone.ne.jp sent me a japanese version of the user interface and modified the script to support it! Thanks for this! Check the WordPress Codex how to set the language in WordPress.
