Native Sitemap Customizer

1.6.0

• New: NoIndexer integration — automatically excludes posts marked as noindex by NoIndexer from the sitemap
• New: NoIndexer added to the SEO Plugin Integration detection and promo banner catalog
• Changed: Tips & Recommendations section is now collapsed by default
• Tested up to WordPress 7.0

1.5.1

• Fix: Fixed promotional banner button alignment on WordPress 7.0 due to core CSS specificity changes
• Tested up to WordPress 7.0

1.5.0

• New: Lastmod dates – adds last modification dates to posts, taxonomy terms, and user sitemap entries
• New: Uninstall handler – all plugin data is cleaned from database on deletion
• New: Rotative promotional banner with full AyudaWP plugin catalog
• Improved: Settings page redesign with aligned grid layout, info bar, and collapsible tips
• Improved: Saving settings always flushes permalinks, recommended after activating/deactivating SEO, WooCommerce, or LMS plugins
• Removed: Heavy plugins_api() calls on settings page (replaced by lightweight Thickbox links)

1.4.0

• New: Automatic 301 redirects from old SEO plugin sitemap URLs to native WordPress sitemap
• Supported URL patterns: Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, Google XML Sitemaps
• Redirects sitemap index URLs: sitemap.xml, sitemap_index.xml, sitemaps.xml
• Redirects sub-sitemaps: post-sitemap.xml, page-sitemap.xml, category-sitemap.xml, author-sitemap.xml, etc.
• Handles pagination: post-sitemap2.xml redirects to wp-sitemap-posts-post-2.xml

1.3.0

• New: Auto-exclude posts and terms marked as noindex by SEO plugins
• New: Supported SEO plugins: Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, The SEO Framework
• New: Plugin recommendations section with one-click installer
• Fixed: Entry/entries counter now properly internationalized
• Improved: Automatic permalink flush on activation and settings save to prevent 404 errors on sitemap

1.2.1

• Fixed: Admin notice dismissal now works correctly with object cache (Redis, Memcached)
• Fixed: Notices no longer reappear after clearing cache in SG Optimizer, WP Rocket, or Cloudflare
• Fixed: Noindex warning was incorrectly showing promotional content
• Changed: Switched from transients to options for storing dismissed notices
• Changed: Replaced dismissible promotional notice with static maintenance services box
• Changed: Noindex notice now displays as error (red) instead of warning to better reflect its importance
• Improved: Better JavaScript error handling for notice dismissal

1.2.0

• New: Exclude taxonomy terms (categories, tags, etc.) by ID
• New: Exclude taxonomy terms containing specific text in their slug
• Fixed: Use wp_safe_redirect() instead of wp_redirect() for improved security
• Renamed exclusion sections for clarity (Post Exclusions / Term Exclusions)

1.1.0

• New: Override third-party plugin sitemap exclusions (e.g., Sensei LMS lessons now appear in sitemap by default)
• Post types blocked by other plugins are now automatically re-included unless user explicitly excludes them

1.0.1

• Tested up to WordPress 6.9

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Exclude post types from sitemap
• Exclude taxonomies from sitemap
• Exclude user roles and specific users
• Exclude entire users sitemap for single-author sites
• Exclude posts by ID and slug patterns
• Customize maximum URLs per sitemap (1-50,000)
• Detection of SEO plugin conflicts
• Detection of disabled indexing
• Reset to defaults functionality
• Clean two-column admin interface