This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines to better index your blog.

== Description ==

This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it’s much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.

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Related Links:

* Plugin Homepage
* Changelog
* Plugin and sitemaps FAQ
* Support

*This release is compatible with all WordPress versions since 2.1. If you are still using an older one, use version 2.7.1 instead.*

== Installation ==

1. Upload the full directory into your wp-content/plugins directory
2. Use your favorite FTP program to create two files in your WordPress directory (that’s where the wp-config.php is) named sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz and make them writable via CHMOD 666. More information about CHMOD and how to make files writable is available at the [WordPress Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions) and on [stadtaus.com](http://www.stadtaus.com/en/tutorials/chmod-ftp-file-permissions.php). Making your whole blog directory writable is NOT recommended anymore due to security reasons.
4. Activate the plugin at the plugin administration page
5. Open the plugin configuration page, which is located under Options -> XML-Sitemap and build the sitemap the first time. If you get a permission error, check the file permissions of the newly created files.
6. The plugin will automatically update your sitemap of you publish a post, so theres nothing more to do

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= There are no comments yet (or I’ve disabled them) and all my postings have a priority of zero! =

Please disable automatic priority calculation and define a static priority for posts.

= Do I always have to click on “Rebuild Sitemap” if I modified a post? =

No, if you edit/publish/delete a post, your sitemap is automatically regenerated

= So much configuration options… Do I need to change them? =

No, only if you want to. Default values should be ok!

= Does this plugin work with all WordPress versions? =

This version works with WordPress 2.1 and better. If you’re using an older version, please check the [Google Sitemaps Plugin Homepage](http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/ “Google (XML) Sitemap Generator Plugin Homepage”) for the legacy releases. There is a working release for every WordPress version since 1.5

= I get an fopen and / or permission denied error or my sitemap files could not be written =

If you get permission errors, make sure that the script has the right to overwrite the sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz files. Try to create the sitemap.xml resp. sitemap.xml.gz at manually and upload them with a ftp program and set the rights with CHMOD to 666 (or 777 if 666 still doesn’t work). Then restart sitemap generation on the administration page. A good tutorial for changing file permissions can be found on the [WordPress Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions) and at [stadtaus.com](http://www.stadtaus.com/en/tutorials/chmod-ftp-file-permissions.php).

= My question isn’t answered here =

Most of the plugin options are described at the [plugin homepage](http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/) as well as the dedicated [Google Sitemap FAQ](http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2006/04/07/google-sitemaps-faq-sitemap-issues-errors-and-problems/ “List of common questions / problems regarding Google (XML) Sitemaps”)

= My question isn’t even answered there =

Please see the different [support options](http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/plugin-support/) to get more information.

= What’s new in the latest version? =

The changelog is maintained on [here](http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/changelog/ “Google (XML) Sitemap Generator Plugin Changelog”)

== Changelog ==

Until it appears here, the changelog is maintained on [the plugin website](http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/changelog/ “Google (XML) Sitemap Generator Plugin Changelog”)

== Screenshots ==

1. Administration interface in WordPress 2.7
2. Administration interface in WordPress 2.5
3. Administration interface in WordPress 2.0

== License ==

Good news, this plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog. But if you enjoy this plugin, you can thank me and leave a [small donation](http://www.arnebrachhold.de/redir/sitemap-paypal “Donate with PayPal”) for the time I’ve spent writing and supporting this plugin. And I really don’t want to know how many hours of my life this plugin has already eaten

== Translations ==

The plugin comes with various translations, please refer to the [WordPress Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language “Installing WordPress in Your Language”) for more information about activating the translation. If you want to help to translate the plugin to your language, please have a look at the sitemap.pot file which contains all definitions and may be used with a [gettext](http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/) editor like [Poedit](http://www.poedit.net/) (Windows).

Questo generatore crea una mappa del vostro blog WordPress (sitemap) secondo le specifiche di Google. Attualmente vengono gestiti la homepage, gli articoli, le pagine statiche, le categorie e gli archivi. La priorit

هذه الأداة ستشئ خريطة لموقعك متوافقة مع محرك البحث google لمدونة ووردبريس الخاصة بك. حالياً يتم إضافة الصفحة الرئيسية, التدوينات, الصفحات, التصنيفات و الأرشيف إلى الخريطة آلياً. أفضلية التدوينة تعتمد على عدد التعليقات عليها. تعليقات أكثر, أفضلية أعلى! إذا كان لديك صفحات خارجية لا تنتمي إلى مدونتك, تستطيع أيضاً إضافتهم إلى الخريطة. هذه الأداة ستخبر Google تلقائياً عندما يتم إعادة إنشاء خريطة الموقع.

== التثبيت ==

1. ارفع المجلد بالكامل إلى مجلد wp-content/plugins في موقعك، يكفي رفع الملفات التالية: sitemap.php و sitemap-ar.mo لكي تعمل الإضافة باللغة العربية.
2. إجعل مجلد مدونتك الرئيسي قابل للكتابة أو إنشأ ملفين و سمهم: sitemap.xml و sitemap.xml.gz و أجعلهم قابلين للكتابة.
2. فعل الإضافة من لوحة تحكم مدونتك.
3. حرر أو إنشر تدوينة أو إضغط على زر “إعادة إنشاء خريطة الموقع” في إعدادات خريطة الموقع.

== الأسئلة المتكررة ==

= لا يوجد في مدونتي تعليقات (أو قمت بإلغائهم) و جميع تدويناتي لديها الأفضلية صفر! =
قم بتعطل حساب الأفضلية الآلية و حدد أفضلية ثابتة للتدوينات!

= هل يجب علي دائماً الضغط على زر “إعادة إنشاء خريطة الموقع” إذا قمت بتعديل تدوينة? =
A: لا! إذا قمت بتحرير أو نشر أو حذف تدوينة, سيتم إعادة إنشاء خريطة موقعك تلقائياً!

= الإعدادات كثيرة جداً … هل يجب علي

The priority of a post depends on its comments. You can choose the way the priority
is calculated in the options screen.

Feel free to visit my website under www.arnebrachhold.de or contact me at
himself [at] arnebrachhold [dot] de

Have fun!
Arne

Installation:
==============================================================================
1. Upload the full directory into your wp-content/plugins directory
2. Make your blog directory writeable OR create two files called sitemap.xml
and sitemap.xml.gz and make them writeable via CHMOD In most cases, your blog directory is already writeable.
2. Activate it in the Plugin options
3. Edit or publish a post or click on Rebuild Sitemap on the Sitemap Administration Interface

Additional contributors:
==============================================================================
Inspiration Michael Nguyen http://www.socialpatterns.com/
SQL Improvements Rodney Shupe http://www.shupe.ca/
Japanse Lang. File Hirosama http://hiromasa.zone.ne.jp/
Spanish lang. File Omi http://equipajedemano.info/
Italian lang. File Stefano Aglietti http://wordpress-it.it/
Trad.Chinese File Kirin Lin http://kirin-lin.idv.tw/
Simpl.Chinese File june6 http://www.june6.cn/
Swedish Lang. File Tobias Bergius http://tobiasbergius.se/
Czech Lang. File Peter Kahoun http://kahi.cz
Finnish Lang. File Olli Jarva http://kuvat.blog.olli.jarva.fi/
Belorussian Lang. File Marcis Gasuns
Bulgarian Lang. File Alexander Dichev http://dichev.com

Thanks to all contributors and bug reporters! There were much more people involved
in testing this plugin and reporting bugs, either by email or in the WordPress forums.

Unfortunately I can’t maintain a whole list here, but thanks again to everybody not listed here!

Release History:
==============================================================================
2005-06-05 1.0 First release
2005-06-05 1.1 Added archive support
2005-06-05 1.2 Added category support
2005-06-05 2.0a Beta: Real Plugin! Static file generation, Admin UI
2005-06-05 2.0 Various fixes, more help, more comments, configurable filename
2005-06-07 2.01 Fixed 2 Bugs: 147 is now _e(strval($i)); instead of _e($i); 344 uses a full < ?php instead of < ?
Thanks to Christian Aust for reporting this
2005-06-07 2.1 Correct usage of last modification date for cats and archives (thx to Rodney Shupe (http://www.shupe.ca/))
Added support for .gz generation
Fixed bug which ignored different post/page priorities
Should support now different wordpress/admin directories
2005-06-07 2.11 Fixed bug with hardcoded table table names instead of the $wpd vars
2005-06-07 2.12 Changed SQL Statement of the categories to get it work on MySQL 3
2005-06-08 2.2 Added language file support:
- Japanese Language Files and code modifications by hiromasa (http://hiromasa.zone.ne.jp/)
- German Language File by Arne Brachhold (http://www.arnebrachhold.de)
2005-06-14 2.5 Added support for external pages
Added support for Google Ping
Added the minimum Post Priority option
Added Spanish Language File by César Gómez Martín (http://www.cesargomez.org/)
Added Italian Language File by Stefano Aglietti (http://wordpress-it.it/)
Added Traditional Chine Language File by Kirin Lin (http://kirin-lin.idv.tw/)
2005-07-03 2.6 Added support to store the files at a custom location
Changed the home URL to have a slash at the end
Required admin-functions.php so the script will work with external calls, wp-mail for example
Added support for other plugins to add content to the sitemap via add_filter()
2005-07-20 2.7 Fixed wrong date format in additional pages
Added Simplified Chinese Language Files by june6 (http://www.june6.cn/)
Added Swedish Language File by Tobias Bergius (http://tobiasbergius.se/)
2006-01-07 3.0b Added different priority calculation modes and introduced an API to create custom ones
Added support to use the Popularity Contest plugin by Alex King to calculate post priority
Added Button to restore default configuration
Added several links to homepage and support
Added option to exclude password protected posts
Added function to start sitemap creation via GET and a secret key
Posts and pages marked for publish with a date in the future won't be included
Improved compatiblity with other plugins
Improved speed and optimized settings handling
Improved user-interface
Recoded plugin architecture which is now fully OOP
2006-01-07 3.0b1 Changed the way for hook support to be PHP5 and PHP4 compatible
Readded support for tools like w.Bloggar
Fixed "doubled-content" bug with WP2
Added xmlns to enable validation
2006-03-01 3.0b3 More performance
More caching
Better support for Popularity Contest and WP 2.x
2006-11-16 3.0b4 Fixed bug with option SELECTS
Decreased memory usage which should solve timeout and memory problems
Updated namespace to support YAHOO and MSN
2007-01-19 3.0b5 Javascripted page editor
WP 2 Design
YAHOO notification
New status report, removed ugly logfiles
Better Popularity Contest Support
Fixed double backslashes on windows systems
Added option to specify time limit and memory limit
Added option to define a XSLT stylesheet and added a default one
Fixed bug with sub-pages. Thanks to:
- Mike Baptiste (http://baptiste.us),
- Peter Claus Lamprecht (http://fastagent.de)
- Glenn Nicholas (http://publicityship.com.au)
Improved file handling, thanks to VJTD3 (http://www.VJTD3.com)
WP 2.1 improvements
2007-01-23 3.0b6 Use memory_get_peak_usage instead of memory_get_usage if available
Removed the usage of REQUEST_URI since it not correct in all environments
Fixed that sitemap.xml.gz was not compressed
Added compat function "stripos" for PHP4 (Thanks to Joseph Abboud!)
Streamlined some code
2007-05-17 3.0b7 Added option to include the author pages like /author/john
Small enhancements, removed stripos dependency and the added compat function
Added check to not build the sitemap if importing posts
Fixed missing domain parameter for translator name
Fixed WP 2.1 / Pre 2.1 post / pages database changes
Fixed wrong XSLT location (Thanks froosh)
Added Ask.com notification
Removed unused javascript
2007-07-22 3.0b8 Changed category SQL to prevent unused cats from beeing included
Plugin will be loaded on "init" instead of direclty after the file has been loaded.
Added support for robots.txt modification
Switched YAHOO ping API from YAHOO Web Services to the "normal" ping service which doesn't require an app id
Search engines will only be pinged if the sitemap file has changed
2007-09-02 3.0b9 Added tag support for WordPress 2.3
Now using post_date_gmt instead of post_date everywhere
Fixed archive bug with static pages (Thanks to Peter Claus Lamprecht)
Fixed some missing translation domains, thanks to Kirin Lin!
Added Czech translation files for 2.7.1, thanks to Peter Kahoun (http://kahi.cz)
2007-09-04 3.0b10 Added category support for WordPress 2.3
Fixed bug with empty URLs in sitemap
Repaired GET building
Added more info on debug mode
2007-09-23 3.0b11 Changed mysql queries to unbuffered queries
Uses MUCH less memory
Fixed really stupid bug with search engine pings
Option to set how many posts will be included
2007-09-24 3.0 Yeah, 3.0 Final after one and a half year
Removed useless functions
2007-11-03 3.0.1 Using the Snoopy HTTP client for ping requests instead of wp_remote_fopen
Fixed undefined translation strings
Added "safemode" for SQL which doesn't use unbuffered results (old style)
Added option to run the building process in background using wp-cron
Removed unnecessary function_exists, Thanks to user00265
Added links to test the ping if it failed.
2007-11-25 3.0.2 Fixed bug which caused that some settings were not saved correctly
Added option to exclude pages or post by ID
Restored YAHOO ping service with API key since the other one is to unreliable. (see 3.0b8)
2007-11-28 3.0.2.1 Fixed wrong XML Schema Location (Thanks to Emanuele Tessore)
Added Russian Language files by Sergey http://ryvkin.ru
2007-12-30 3.0.3 Added Live Search Ping
Removed some hooks which rebuilt the sitemap with every comment
2008-03-30 3.0.3.1 Added compatibility CSS for WP 2.5
2008-04-28 3.0.3.2 Improved WP 2.5 handling
2008-04-29 3.0.3.3 Fixed author pages
Enhanced background building and increased delay to 15 seconds
Background building is enabled by default
2008-04-28 3.1b1 Reorganized files in builder, loader and UI
Added 2 step loader so only code that's needed will be loaded
Improved WP 2.5 handling
Secured all admin actions with nonces
2008-05-18 3.1b2 Fixed critical bug with the build in background option
Added notification if a build is scheduled
2008-05-19 3.1b3 Cleaned up plugin directory and moved asset files to subfolders
Fixed background building bug in WP 2.1
Removed auto-update plugin link for WP < 2.5
2008-05-22 3.1 Marked as 3.1 stable, updated documentation
2008-05-27 3.1.0.1 Extracted UI JS to external file
Enabled the option to include following pages of multi-page posts
Script tries to raise memory and time limit if active
2008-12-21 3.1.1 Fixed redirect issue if wp-admin is rewritten via mod_rewrite, thanks to macjoost
Fixed wrong path to assets, thanks PozHonks
Fixed wrong plugin URL if wp-content was renamed / redirected, thanks to wnorris
Updated WP User Interface for 2.7
Various other small things
2008-12-26 3.1.2 Changed the way the stylesheet is saved (default / custom stylesheet)
Sitemap is now build when page is published
Removed support for static robots.txt files, this is now handled via WordPress
Added compat. exceptions for WP 2.0 and WP 2.1
2009-06-07 3.1.3 Changed MSN Live Search to Bing
Exclude categories also now exludes the category itself and not only the posts
Pings now use the new WordPress HTTP API instead of Snoopy
Fixed bug that in localized WP installations priorities could not be saved.
The sitemap cron job is now cleared after a manual rebuild or after changing the config
Adjusted style of admin area for WP 2.8 and refreshed icons
Disabled the "Exclude categories" feature for WP 2.5.1, since it doesn't have the required functions yet
2009-06-22 3.1.4 Fixed bug which broke all pings in WP < 2.7
Added more output in debug mode if pings fail
Moved global post definitions for other plugins
Added small icon for ozh admin menu
Added more help links in UI
2009-08-24 3.1.5 Added option to completely disable the last modification time
Fixed bug regarding the use of the HTTPS url for the XSL stylesheet if the sitemap was build via the admin panel
Improved handling of homepage if a single page was set for it
Fixed mktime warning which appeared sometimes
Fixed bug which caused inf. reloads after rebuilding the sitemap via the admin panel
Improved handling of missing sitemaps files if WP was moved to another location
2009-08-31 3.1.6 Fixed PHP error "Only variables can be passed by reference"
Fixed wrong URLS of multi-page posts (Thanks artstorm!)
2009-10-21 3.1.7 Added support for custom taxonomies (Thanks to Lee!)
2009-11-07 3.1.8 Improved custom taxonomy handling and fixed wrong last modification date
Changed readme and backlinks
Fixed fatal error in WP < 2.3
Fixed Update Notice in WP 2.8+
Added warning if blog privacy is activated
Fixed custom URLs priorities were shown as 0 instead of 1
2009-11-13 3.1.9 Fixed MySQL Error if author pages were included
2009-11-23 3.2 Added function to show the actual results of a ping instead of only linking to the url
Added new hook (sm_rebuild) for third party plugins to start building the sitemap
Fixed bug which showed the wrong URL for the latest Google ping result
Added some missing phpdoc documentation
Removed hardcoded php name for sitemap file for admin urls
Uses KSES for showing ping test results
Ping test fixed for WP < 2.3
2009-12-16 3.2.1 Notes and update messages could interfere with the redirect after manual build
Help Links in the WP context help were not shown anymore since last update
IE 7 sometimes displayed a cached admin page
Removed invalid link to config page from the plugin description (This resulted in a "Not enough permission error")
Improved performance of getting the current plugin version with caching
Updated Spanish language files
2009-12-19 3.2.2 Fixed PHP4 problems

Maybe Todo:
==============================================================================
- Your wishes

License:
==============================================================================
Copyright 2005 - 2009 ARNE BRACHHOLD (email : himself - arnebrachhold - de)

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Developer Documentation
==============================================================================

Adding other pages to the sitemap via other plugins

This plugin uses the action system of WordPress to allow other plugins
to add urls to the sitemap. Simply add your function with add_action to
the list and the plugin will execute yours every time the sitemap is build.
Use the static method "GetInstance" to get the generator and AddUrl method
to add your content.

Sample:

function your_pages() {
$generatorObject = &GoogleSitemapGenerator::GetInstance(); //Please note the "&" sign for PHP4!
if($generatorObject!=null) $generatorObject->AddUrl(“http://blog.uri/tags/hello/”,time(),”daily”,0.5);
}
add_action(“sm_buildmap”,”your_pages”);

Parameters:
– The URL to the page
– The last modified data, as a UNIX timestamp (optional)
– The Change Frequency (daily, hourly, weekly and so on) (optional)
– The priority 0.0 to 1.0 (optional)

Rebuilding the sitemap on request

If you want to rebuild the sitemap because dynamic content from your plugin has changed,
please use the “sm_rebuild” hook which is available since 3.1.9.
All other methods, like calling the Build method directly are highly unrecommended and might
not work anymore with the next version of the plugin. Using this hook, the sitemap plugin will
take care of everything like loading the required classes and so on.

Sample:

do_action(“sm_rebuild”);

The sitemap might not be rebuild immediately, since newer versions use a background WP-Cron
job by default to prevent that the user has to wait and avoid multiple rebuilds within a very short time.
In case the sitemap plugin is not installed, nothing will happen and no errors will be thrown.

===============================================

Adding additional PriorityProviders

This plugin uses several classes to calculate the post priority.
You can register your own provider and choose it at the options screen.

Your class has to extend the GoogleSitemapGeneratorPrioProviderBase class
which has a default constructor and a method called GetPostPriority
which you can override.

Look at the GoogleSitemapGeneratorPrioByPopularityContestProvider class
for an example.

To register your provider to the sitemap generator, use the following filter:

add_filter(“sm_add_prio_provider”,”AddMyProvider”);

Your function could look like this:

function AddMyProvider($providers) {
array_push($providers,”MyProviderClass”);
return $providers;
}

Note that you have to return the modified list!