Magento 2 Google XML Sitemap

Yes. The extension provides individual include/exclude control for every product, category, and CMS page. You can remove low-value pages (out-of-stock products, empty categories, internal pages) from the sitemap to focus search engine crawl budget on your most important content.

Yes. The extension dynamically generates sitemaps so they always reflect your current catalog. When you add new products, create categories, or publish CMS pages, the sitemap updates automatically. This ensures search engines always have access to your latest content.

Yes. The extension generates sitemaps that fully comply with Google's sitemap protocol requirements, including proper URL formatting, change frequency, priority settings, and file size limits. This prevents crawl errors and ensures Google can process your sitemap without issues.

Yes. The extension generates separate sitemaps for each store view, with localized URLs for each language and region. This ensures search engines correctly index and serve the right language version of your pages to users in different markets.

Yes. You can configure the priority (0.0 to 1.0) and change frequency (always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly) for different page types. This tells search engines which pages are most important and how often to re-crawl them, optimizing your crawl budget allocation.

The extension adds granular control over which pages are included, proper handling of large catalogs (splitting into multiple sitemap files), configurable priority and frequency settings, and automatic sitemap submission. These features go beyond Magento's basic sitemap generation for better SEO results.

No. The extension generates your sitemap automatically after installation. Configuration is handled through the Magento Admin where you set inclusion rules, priorities, and generation schedules. The sitemap URL is added to your robots.txt for search engine discovery.