How to Create a WordPress Sitemap Without Plugins
In a previous article titled WordPress Common Plugins, we mentioned plugins like Baidu Sitemap Generator and Google XML Sitemaps, which help generate sitemaps for better spider crawling and SEO optimization.
For those who prefer not to use plugins, here is a method using a page template. Use a text editor like Notepad++ 6.5.5, paste the following code, and save it as sitemap.php.
<?php
/**
@package WordPress
Template Name: SiteMap
*/
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
<title>SiteMap - <?php bloginfo('name'); ?></title>
<meta name="keywords" content="SiteMap,<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" />
<meta name="copyright" content="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" />
<link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" />
<style type="text/css">
body {font-family: Verdana;FONT-SIZE: 12px;MARGIN: 0;color: #000000;background: #ffffff;}
img {border:0;}
li {margin-top: 8px;}
.page {padding: 4px; border-top: 1px #EEEEEE solid}
.author {background-color:#EEEEFF; padding: 6px; border-top: 1px #ddddee solid}
#nav, #content, #footer {padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #EEEEEE; clear: both; width: 95%; margin: auto; margin-top: 10px;}
</style>
</head>
<body vlink="#333333" link="#333333">
<h2 style="text-align: center; margin-top: 20px"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?>'s SiteMap </h2>
<center></center>
<div id="nav"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/"><strong><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></strong></a> » <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>">SiteMap</a></div>
<div id="content">
<h3>Latest Posts</h3>
<ul>
<?php
$previous_year = $year = 0;
$previous_month = $month = 0;
$ul_open = false;
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=-1&orderby=post_date&order=DESC');
foreach($myposts as $post) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" target="_blank"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="content">
<li class="categories">Categories<ul>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>
</ul></li>
</div>
<div id="content">
<li class="categories">Static Pages</li>
<?php wp_page_menu( $args ); ?>
</div>
<div id="footer">View Blog Home: <strong><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></strong></div><br />
<center>
<div style="text-algin: center; font-size: 11px">Latest Update: <?php $last = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT MAX(post_modified) AS MAX_m FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE (post_type = 'post' OR post_type = 'page') AND (post_status = 'publish' OR post_status = 'private')");$last = date('Y-m-d G:i:s', strtotime($last[0]->MAX_m));echo $last; ?><br /><br /></div>
</center>
<center>
<div style="text-algin: center; font-size: 11px">Powered by <strong><a href="http://blog.kilvn.com/wordpress-no-plugins-sitemap/" target="_blank" rel = "nofollow">No-Plugin SiteMap</a></strong>
© <?php echo date('Y'); ?> <a href="<?php bloginfo('url');?>/" style="cursor:help"><?php bloginfo('name');?></a> All Rights Reserved.<br /><br /></div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Upload the sitemap.php file to your theme's root directory. Then, create a new page, select the "SiteMap" template in the page attributes, save, and publish to view the result.
Select Page Template
Finally, you can add this link to your website footer or robots.txt. The advantage of this method is its simplicity and the fact that it requires no plugins, although the effect may not be as comprehensive as the plugins mentioned earlier. Choose the method that best suits your needs.
Demo Link: http://www.xiaoz.me/sitemap Source: http://blog.kilvn.com/wordpress-no-plugins-sitemap/