Switching from Google XML Sitemap Plugin to SEO Framework

  • Resolved brs76

    (@brs76)


    1 year, 11 months ago

    Hi and thank you for making this plugin.
    I am currently using Google XML Sitemap plugin at my website and I want to use your SEO Framework plugin too.
    I have few questions;

    1. If I want to use SEO Framework, do I need to delete “sitemap” from Google Search Console first and then delete Google XML Sitemap plugin second and then install your SEO Framework and re-add sitemap.xml link to Google Search Console?
    2. Or Google XML Sitemap Plugin and SEO Framework plugin can work togather?

    My site is newly created site and it won’t be a problem for me to delete Google XML Sitemap plugin generated sitemap and then re-add SEO Framework’s sitemap to GSC.

    What are the steps do I need to follow about this matter.

    Thanks in advance.

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  • Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hello!

    I don’t recommend using other sitemap plugins in combination with TSF.

    TSF creates an optimized sitemap, but if you disable it, TSF enhances the one that ships with WordPress by default. Any other sitemap plugin will cause errors in Google Search Console because TSF won’t filter out pages that aren’t indexable (redirected, noindex, etc.).

    So, option 1. is fine.

    Doing nothing is fine, too. Nothing bad will happen: sitemaps exist only for fast (re)indexing, not for ranking.

    Thread Starter brs76

    (@brs76)

    Thank you for your reply Sybre.
    So basically, I will delete the Google XML Sitemap plugin and delete the Sitemap URL from GSC.

    Then I will install TSF and re-add the sitemap URL to GSC.

    Am I right?
    Thanks in advance.

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Yes, you understood me perfectly. ??

    Have a beautiful day!

    Thread Starter brs76

    (@brs76)

    Thank you Sybre and happy new year. ??

    Where is the sitemap settings in this plugin?

    Thread Starter brs76

    (@brs76)

    There is “Sitemap Settings” Section in the plugin.

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