Ping Search Engines on Publish

Description: Automatically notifies search engines when content is updated. Logic: Sitemap ping requests are sent to supported engines. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → Ping on Publish. Recommendation: Enable for faster indexing.

Description: Controls which taxonomies are indexed. Logic: Selected taxonomies generate their own sitemap endpoints. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → Taxonomies. Recommendation: Exclude unused or duplicate taxonomies.

Description: Controls which post types appear in sitemaps. Logic: Only selected post types are queried and included. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → Post Types. Recommendation: Exclude thin or low-value post types.

Description: Excludes specific URL paths from sitemap output. Logic: Any URL containing a defined fragment is skipped during sitemap generation. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → Folder Exclusions. Recommendation: Exclude private, duplicate, or temporary paths.

Description: Creates a human-readable HTML sitemap. Logic: A public HTML page lists indexed content for users and crawlers. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → HTML Sitemap. Recommendation: Enable for UX and internal linking benefits.

Description: Enables Google News–compatible sitemap output. Logic: Recent news-type content is added to a dedicated news sitemap. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → News Sitemap. Recommendation: Enable only for publishers targeting Google News.

Description: Generates a video-specific sitemap when video content is detected. Logic: Video metadata is exposed in a dedicated sitemap endpoint. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → Video Sitemap. Recommendation: Enable for sites hosting or embedding video content.

Include Attached Images

Description: Includes media attachments referenced in posts and pages. Logic: Attachment URLs are added as additional sitemap entries. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → Attached Images. Recommendation: Disable on very large media libraries to reduce crawl load.

Include Featured Images

Description: Adds featured images to XML sitemap entries. Logic: Image metadata is appended to sitemap URLs to improve image discovery. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → Images. Recommendation: Enable for blogs, media sites, and SEO-rich content.

Maximum URLs Per Sitemap

Description: Controls the number of URLs included in each sitemap file. Logic: Once the limit is reached, a new child sitemap is created automatically. Access: WP Admin → AegisSitemap → Sitemap → Max URLs per Sitemap. Recommendation: Leave at default (2000) unless advised by SEO audits.

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Ping Search Engines on Publish

Taxonomy Inclusion

Post Type Inclusion

Folder Exclusions

HTML Sitemap

News Sitemap

Video Sitemap

Include Attached Images

Include Featured Images

Maximum URLs Per Sitemap

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