Use Rank Math to fine-tune WordPress Sitemap output.

Site Map (Sitemap) is to help search enginesIdentify and crawl the site structureIt is an important tool for the website's content. It is possible to clearly mark which pages need to be included, thus increasing the visibility of your website's content. For those who use the WordPress The website that was built.Rank Math The plugin provides rich and flexible map configuration options that are far more detailed than the system's default features.

This article introduces the use of the Rank Math plugin to manage the content of the sitemap in a fine-grained way, covering page type filtering, taxonomy selection and crawl frequency settings, to improve the efficiency of search engines in recognizing key content.

I. Enable Sitemap Function

When Rank Math is installed and enabled, Sitemap is enabled by default. You can confirm or further set it by the following path:

Backend Path:WordPress Backend → Rank Math → Sitemap Settings

II. Customizing the content type of the output

On the Sitemap settings page, Rank Math provides options for enabling and disabling various types of content, including:

Articles)

Enable or disable index maps for article pages

Pages

Individually control whether WordPress pages are added to the Sitemap.

Custom article types (e.g., products, courses, etc.)

Rank Math automatically detects all content types registered and supports one-click checkboxes for inclusion in the map.

III. Screening taxonomy output

What other taxonomies can you manage besides page types (Taxonomies)

should be included in the Sitemap, for example:

• Article Categories (Categories)
• Tags (Tags.)

Controlling the Sitemap display status of individual pages

in the article or page editor.Rank Math PluginAn SEO settings area is provided at the bottom. Here, it is possible to individually set whether or not a page appears in the Sitemap, which is useful for excluding pages that are not suitable for indexing such as privacy policies, bounce pages, paywall content, etc.

Manner of operation:

• Edit article → Rank Math panel → Advanced
• Options:Index/No index

Submit Sitemap to Search Citation

Once the Sitemap is set up, remember to submit it to the major search platforms:

Google Search Console::

1. Sign in to Google Search Console
2. Left menu → Index → Site Map
3. Enter the address:sitemap_index.xml → Click to submit

Bing Webmaster Tools:

1. log in Bing Webmaster
2. Navigating to the "Sitemaps" menu
3. Add the full URL address:https://yourdomain.com/sitemap_index.xml

VI. Summary

Rank Math offers a high degree of flexibility in sitemap management. It supports customizing the selection of content types, categories or pages to be included in the Sitemap, and can set the frequency of updates and crawl priorities for each of them. Each page can be individually controlled whether to appear in the Sitemap or not, to achieve more fine-grained inclusion management. Can effectively exclude unnecessary pages from being crawled by search engines, so that key content to get more attention.

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