10 Best XML Sitemaps Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
XML Sitemaps has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to XML Sitemaps
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Sitemap by click5
Closest match4.2 (26) 6,000+ active installsBest WordPress Sitemap plugin to generate and customize HTML & XML sitemaps for your website.
Shares the google sitemap, xml sitemap tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since September 28, 2023.
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4.7 (46) 20,000+ active installsBoost SEO 🚀 with powerful XML, HTML, Image, Video & Google News sitemaps for better search engine indexing.
Shares the xml sitemap tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 9 days ago.
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Sitemap by BestWebSoft – WordPress XML Site Map Page Generator Plugin
4.3 (115) 20,000+ active installsGenerate and add XML sitemap to WordPress website. Help search engines index your blog.
Shares the google, google sitemap tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated May 14, 2026.
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XML Sitemap Generator for Google
Paid version available4.8 (2,233) 1 million+ active installsGenerate multiple types of sitemaps to improve SEO and get your website indexed quickly.
Shares the xml sitemap tag on WordPress.org. About 500 times the installs, last updated May 31, 2026.
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HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)
4.4 (24) 10,000+ active installsAdds an HTML (Not XML) sitemap of your pages (not posts) by using the HTML Sitemap Block or shortcode, perfect for those who use WordPress as a CMS.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.6 (25) 9,000+ active installsA sitemap plugin to make it easier for your site to show all your pages, posts, archives, categories and tags in an easy to read format.
About 4.5 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.9 (30) 400+ active installsDisplay an interactive visual sitemap of pages, tags, and categories in admin.
About a quarter of the installs, no update since December 26, 2017.
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Companion Sitemap Generator – Simple, Smart, and SEO-Ready
4.7 (55) 7,000+ active installsCreate clean, complete, and up-to-date sitemaps for your WordPress website automatically.
About 3.5 times the installs, last updated April 23, 2026.
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SEO Engine – Smart SEO with AI, Schema & Redirection for WordPress
4.9 (45) 1,000+ active installsMade it through the SEO plugin wasteland? You've earned a coffee ☺️ Quietly powerful AI SEO that actually works. No bloat, just results. Enjoy! 💕
About half the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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ThinkRank AI SEO – AI SEO Plugin for WordPress: Schema, XML Sitemaps, Meta Tags, Search Console & Local SEO
4.8 (26) 10,000+ active installsWordPress SEO plugin with AI SEO: meta descriptions, schema, XML sitemaps, Search Console, llms.txt, AEO & GEO. Your AI SEO assistant runs it via MCP.
Shares the xml sitemap tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated today.
Switching from XML Sitemaps: common questions
What is the best alternative to XML Sitemaps?
Sitemap by click5 is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 6,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which XML Sitemaps alternative has the most users?
XML Sitemap Generator for Google, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which XML Sitemaps alternative is rated highest?
XML Sitemap Generator for Google, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 2,233 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these XML Sitemaps alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with XML Sitemaps score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against XML Sitemaps on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Sitemap by click5 is the closest match to XML Sitemaps by the data we track, and XML Sitemap Generator for Google has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. ThinkRank shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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