Best XML sitemaps plugins for WordPress
The most popular XML sitemaps plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. XML Sitemaps leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of XML Sitemap for PDFs for Yoast SEO (300+) and Simple Multisite Sitemaps (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “xml sitemaps” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 XML sitemaps plugins
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XML SitemapsThe most installed XML sitemaps plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 13 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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XML Sitemap for PDFs for Yoast SEO300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
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Simple Multisite Sitemaps10+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Gofer SEOFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
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Search Appearance Toolkit (SEO 44)Fewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “xml sitemaps”
XML Sitemaps
Down in the last 7 days:4#5,052by Denis de Bernardy9 years ago
Automatically generates XML Sitemaps for your site and notifies search engines when they're updated.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(13)
- Downloads
- 17/day
XML Sitemap for PDFs for Yoast SEO
Down in the last 7 days:67#10,413by Progress Planner2 years ago
This plugin creates an XML sitemap for the PDFs in your uploads folder. It requires Yoast SEO.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Multisite Sitemaps
Down in the last 7 days:185#34,540by luckyduck.networks13 years ago
This plugin, once activated, generates a sitemap.xml on-the-fly for every site in a multisite network.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gofer SEO
Up in the last 7 days:11,265#62,005by EkoJR4 years ago
Search Engine Optimization tool to improve a website's search results rank, and increase traffic with Search Engines by improving site discovery.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Search Appearance Toolkit (SEO 44)
Down in the last 7 days:15,213#68,470by Seth Smigelski2 months ago
A lightweight, feature-packed SEO plugin for meta tags, JSON-LD structured data, XML sitemaps, article jump links, GTM integration and easy migration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day