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WP Sitemap Control — WordPress Sitemap Plugin

by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak) · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.1 Tested up to WP 6.8.8 PHP 8.0+

WP Sitemap Control has 400+ active installs on WordPress.org and 5,844 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on October 16, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

WP Sitemap Control at a glance

Active installs
400+
Total downloads
5,844
Downloads, last 30 days
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is WP Sitemap Control well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.8.8, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Report Bugs: If you find a bug, error or other problem, please report it! You can do this by creating a new topic in the plugin forum. Once a developer can…
  • Suggest New Features: Have an awesome idea? Please share it! Simply create a new topic in the plugin forum to express your thoughts on why the feature should…
  • Issue Pull Requests: If you’re a developer, the easiest way to get involved is to help out on issues already reported in GitHub. Be sure to check out the…

WP Sitemap Control reviews and ratings

6 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

5.0 out of 5

6 reviews

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  • Thank you for this plugin. It's light and very useful

    Thank you for this plugin Marcin.

    Szymon Kryczka
  • Absolutely amazing sitemap control plugin for WordPress

    Does the exact amount of control of the sitemap you want from the very publishing moment for your website. A recommended gem for website enthusiasts.

    @anansi.pro
  • iyi görünüyor

    iş görür gibi..

    izistanbul
  • Great

    Great, it can easily change the wp-sitemap.xml file

    lukas22
  • Very good

    Make WP sitemap controllable, like others. Great.

    colfer
  • The simplest sitemap plugin

    There is no need to install sitemap plugin when your WP is up-to-date. But WP puts all pages into it and you cannot exclude some of them. Thanks to this very light and easy-to-use plugin you can chose what should be excluded from the WP's sitemap.

    Sebastian Misniakiewicz

Where WP Sitemap Control ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that WP Sitemap Control appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Sitemap Plugins #38 by tag, #35 in search #26

Details

WP Sitemap Control allow choosing which public post types or taxonomies should be able in the /wp-sitemap.xml

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings WP Sitemap Control competes in

Tags

  • post type
  • post types
  • sitemap
  • sitemap.xml

More from iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
Oct 16, 2025
First published
Nov 25, 2020
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
8.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

WP Sitemap Control FAQ

What does WP Sitemap Control do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, WP Sitemap Control offers Report Bugs: If you find a bug, error or other problem, please report it! You can do this by creating a new topic in the plugin forum. Once a developer can, Suggest New Features: Have an awesome idea? Please share it! Simply create a new topic in the plugin forum to express your thoughts on why the feature should and Issue Pull Requests: If you’re a developer, the easiest way to get involved is to help out on issues already reported in GitHub. Be sure to check out the.

How many active installs does WP Sitemap Control have?

WordPress.org reports 400+ active installs for WP Sitemap Control as of September 7, 2026.

Is WP Sitemap Control still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on October 16, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Is WP Sitemap Control free?

WP Sitemap Control is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does WP Sitemap Control rank among Sitemap Plugins?

WP Sitemap Control is #26 in the WordPress.org Sitemap Plugins ranking.