Add a Sitemap to Your Wordpress Site

How to Add a Sitemap to Your Wordpress Site

• Step 1: Click here to download the latest version of "Google XML Sitemaps". Click the orange "Download" button in the top-right corner..
• Step 2: Extract the files into a folder on your desktop. The folder will be called "google-sitemap-generator"
• Step 3: Login to your site's files via FTP and navigate to /wp-content/plugins/.
• Step 4: Upload the "google-sitemap-generator" folder to  /wp-content/plugins/.
• Step 5: You'll now need to back up to two directories until you reach your main Wordpress folder. You should be able to see at least three folders (wp-admin, wp-content and wp-includes). You'll need to create two files here with these names:
  
  • sitemap.xml
  • sitemap.xml.gz
• Step 6: Go to wp-admin >> Plugins and click "Activate" under "Google XML Sitemaps"

• Step 7: Now under "Google XML Sitemaps" you'll see an option called "Settings". Click on that:

• Step 8: At the top of the new page you should see this message: "The sitemap wasn't built yet. Click here to build it the first time." I probably don't need to tell you what to do here :)

Submitting the Sitemap to Search Engines

Your sitemap will now be located at: http://example.com/sitemap.xml This is the address you can use to submit to search engines:

• Google: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
• Tahoo: https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
• Bing: http://www.bing.com/webmaster

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