How To Create a Sitemap in Wordpress

Sitemap is a page that shows the parts or links contained on the site. Sitemap devoted to two things for search engines and for the user (human). This time I will give a little tutorial on how to create a sitemap in wordpress for user. Here I am using a CMS wordpress hosting service that has the facility to use a PHP file. OK we just practice how to create a sitemap in wordpress.

The steps that you should follow the following :

1. Login to cpanel your website
   
2. Open the file manager
   
3. Go to the directory of your website template is being actively used
   example: public_html / wp-content / themes / name-theme
   
4. Create a new file with the name sitemap.php
5. Copy or type the code below in file sitemap.php

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Sitemap
   */
   ?>
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
   <div id="content" >
     <div class="post">
       <div class="title">
         <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
           <?php the_title(); ?>
   <!-- ----------------- Display Post with its relative category ----------------- -->
           </a></h2>
       </div>
       <div class="entry siteMap">
         <h2 id="posts">Posts</h2>
         <ul>
           <?php
   // Add categories seprated with comma (,) you'd like to hide to display on sitemap
   $cats = get_categories('exclude=');
   foreach ($cats as $cat) {
     echo "<li><h3>".$cat->cat_name."</h3>";
     echo "<ul>";
     query_posts('posts_per_page=-1&cat='.$cat->cat_ID);
     while(have_posts()) {
       the_post();
       $category = get_the_category();
     
       for($xi=0;$xi<=5;$xi++){
       if ($category[$xi]->cat_ID == $cat->cat_ID) {
         echo '<li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.get_the_title().'</a></li>';
       }
       }
     }
     echo "</ul>";
     echo "</li>";
   }
   ?>
         </ul>
   <!-- ----------------- Display Categories ----------------- -->
         <h2>Categories</h2>
         <ul>
           <?php wp_list_cats("sort_column=name&feed_image=/wp-content/themes/wizer/images/rss-ball.jpg&optioncount=1&hierarchical=0"); ?>
         </ul>
   <!-- ----------------- Display Pages ----------------- -->
         <h2 id="pages">Pages</h2>
         <ul>
           <?php
   // Add pages seprated with comma[,] that you'd like to hide to display on sitemap
   wp_list_pages(
     array(
       'exclude' => '',
       'title_li' => '',
     )
   );
   ?>
         </ul>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
   <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

6. Save file sitemap.php
7. Login to your-domain/wp-admin
8. Click the page menu
9. Select add new
10. Type the title "Sitemap" without quotes
11. On the Page Attributes -> Template
    
    
12. Select sitemap
13. Click Publish

Now look at the results in your web menus. For demo please visit this website.

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