User Guide of Magento 2 Sitemap Generator

At the backend, go to FME EXTENSIONS > Configurations. Here you can find the extension configurations.

General Configurations

XML Sitemap > Categories Options

Frequency: Select frequency for category page updates. The option includes (Always, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and Never)
Priority: Enter priority from the range (0.0 - 1.0), set higher priority for homepages, etc.

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XML Sitemap > Products Options

Frequency: Select frequency for product page updates. The option includes (Always, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and Never)
Priority: Enter priority from the range (0.0 - 1.0), set higher priority for homepages, etc.
Add Images into Sitemap: This option will let you include images into the XML sitemap. Options include:
- None: Images will not be included in the sitemap.
- Base: Only based images will be included in the sitemap.
- All: All images will be included in sitemap.

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XML Sitemap > CMS Pages Options

Frequency: Select frequency for CMS pages updates. The option includes (Always, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and Never)
Priority: Enter priority from the range (0.0 - 1.0), set higher priority for homepages, etc.

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XML Sitemap > General Settings

Enabled: Option to Enable / Disable XML sitemap
Start Time: Set up the start time for sitemap generation
Frequency: Setup frequency on the following basis:
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
Error Email Recipient: Option to set error email recipient
Error Email Sender: Options to choose the sender for error emails:
- General Contact
- Sales Representative
- Customer Support
- Custom Email 1
Error Email Template: Options to choose the template for error emails.

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XML Sitemap > File Limits

Maximum No. of URLs Per File: Option to set the maximum limit of URLs which can be placed in a file
Maximum File Size: Option to set the limit of file size

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XML Sitemap > Search Engine Submission Settings

Enable Submission to Robots.txt: Option to enable submissions to robots.txt file

How to Configure HTML Sitemap?

At the back end, go to FME EXTENSIONS > HTML Sitemap Configurations. Here you have to provide the following information:

HTML Sitemap > General

Title: Enter the title for the HTML Sitemap page.
Meta Description: Enter Meta description for HTML Sitemap page.
Meta Keywords: Enter Meta keywords for the HTML Sitemap page.
Show Search Field: If selected to ‘Yes’, a search box would appear on top of the HTML sitemap, so that the user can search for custom items in the sitemap.
Show Search Dropdown: If ‘Show Search Field’ is selected to ‘Yes’, this configuration will appear and from this, we can search in a specific category like Products, Categories, etc. A dropdown will appear just after the search box so that we can select for a specific category and apply our search on only that category.
Sort Order: Sorting order of sitemap content.

HTML Sitemap > Products

Sub Header: Enter the heading for products block.
Include Products: If selected to ‘Yes’, product block will appear in the sitemap.
Hide Out of Stock Products: If selected to ‘Yes’, out of stock products will not appear in the sitemap.
Split by First Character: If selected to ‘Yes’, corresponding letters will appear for each column.
Show in Search Dropdown: If selected to ‘Yes’, product option will appear in the search dropdown to facilitate searching.
Number of Columns: Select the number of columns for product block.
Maximum Number of Products on Sitemap: Select the maximum number of products to display on the sitemap.

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HTML Sitemap > Categories

Sub Header: Enter the heading for categories block.
Include Categories: If selected to ‘Yes’, Categories block will appear in the sitemap.
Number of Columns: Select the number of columns for categories block.
Show in Search Dropdown: If selected to ‘Yes’, categories option will appear in the search dropdown to facilitate searching.

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HTML Sitemap > CMS Pages

Sub Header: Enter the heading for CMS pages block.
Include CMS Pages: If selected to ‘Yes’, CMS pages block will appear in the sitemap.
Number of Columns: Select the number of columns for CMS pages block.
Show in Search Dropdown: If selected to ‘Yes’, CMS pages option will appear in the search dropdown to facilitate searching.
Exclude CMS Pages: Select CMS pages to exclude from the sitemap.

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HTML Sitemap > Additional Links

Sub Header: Enter the heading for Additional Links pages block.
Show Additional Links: If selected to ‘Yes’, Additional Links block will appear in the sitemap.
Number of Columns: Select the number of columns for Additional Links block.
Show in Search Dropdown: If selected to ‘Yes’, Additional Links option will appear in the search dropdown to facilitate searching.
Additional Links: Enter additional links to display on the sitemap. Follow the format which is mentioned below configuration. i.e. Format: (link text,link URL)+(link text,link URL)+ ...

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How to Manage XML Sitemaps?

At the back end, go to FME EXTENSIONS > MANAGE XML SITEMAP. Here you will find the list of sitemaps. Click on the Add Sitemap button to create a new sitemap.

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General

General configurations for the newly added sitemap.

Filename: Enter the sitemap filename e.g. sitemap.xml
Path: Enter the path for a sitemap file, use “/” for the base path.
Maximum URL(s): Enter the Maximum number of URL(s) per sitemap file. For more information please visit Google documentation for XML sitemaps i.e. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/71453?hl=en
Maximum File size: Enter the maximum file size for sitemap file in bytes
Excluded URL(s): Enter URL(s) to be excluding from XML Sitemap, please follow the format mention below this configuration. i.e. URL1, URL2, URL3, …

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Products

Include Products: If selected to ‘Yes’, product links would be included in the XML sitemap.
Priority: Enter priority from the range (0.0 - 1.0), set higher priority for homepages, etc.
Frequency: Select frequency for product page updates. The option includes (Always, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and Never)
Include Last Modified: If selected to ‘Yes’, the date is included when the page was last modified
Include Images: This option will let you include images into XML Sitemap. Options include:
- None: Images will not be included in the sitemap.
- Base: Only based images will be included in the sitemap.
- All: All images will be included in the sitemap.

Note: Add Images Titles & Template for images title, will work if add image is set to All or Base

Add Images Titles: If selected to ‘Yes’, images titles will be included along with images
Add Template for Images Titles: Template for images titles to improve SEO (Hint: Text to be used for empty captions, (product name) would be appended at last of specified caption)
Exclude Out of Stock: If selected to ‘Yes’, out of stock product links will be excluded from the sitemap

CMS Pages

Include CMS Pages: If selected to ‘Yes’, CMS pages links would be included in the XML sitemap.
Priority: Enter priority from the range (0.0 - 1.0), set higher priority for homepages, etc.
Frequency: Select frequency for categories pages. The option includes (Always, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and Never)
Include Last Modified: If selected to ‘Yes’, the date is included when the page was last modified.
Exclude CMS Pages: Select CMS Pages to exclude from the sitemap.

Additional Links

Include Additional Links: If selected to ‘Yes’, additional links would be included in the XML sitemap
Priority: Enter priority from the range (0.0 - 1.0), set higher priority for homepages, etc.
Frequency: Select frequency for categories pages. The option includes (Always, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and Never)
Additional Links: Enter additional links to include in sitemap. Please follow the format mentioned below the configuration. i.e. URL1, URL2, URL3, …

Press the Save button to save the sitemap.
Press Save and Generate button to save and generate the sitemap.
Press the link mentioned in the sitemap grid to view XML Sitemap.

Generated Sitemap

Here is the generated XML Sitemap. You can always go back and edit this information.