Title: Native SEO Sitemap Customizer Author: Fernando Tellado Published: November 6, 2025 Last modified: June 9, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/native-sitemap-customizer/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3391481) # Native SEO Sitemap Customizer By [Fernando Tellado](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fernandot/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer.1.9.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/) ## Description **This plugin is now part of [Native AEO Pack](https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-aeo-pack/).** Everything this plugin does is bundled into Native AEO Pack, a single lightweight plugin that unifies the three AyudaWP “Native SEO” plugins (Meta Tags, NoIndexer and Sitemap Customizer) into one, built entirely on WordPress native features. This plugin still works and stays available, but new features and fixes now go into Native AEO Pack. If you’re setting up a new site, install Native AEO Pack instead of this one. #### Moving to Native AEO Pack 1. Install and activate **Native AEO Pack**. 2. Open its settings, enable the modules you need (Meta Tags, NoIndex, Sitemap) and set your site-wide options. 3. Deactivate this plugin. Native AEO Pack reminds you while both are active, because running both at once prints duplicate tags. 4. Check your page source: you should see a single set of tags, from Native AEO Pack. Your settings are not imported automatically in this first version. Site-wide options take a minute to re-enter. For per-post values (individual noindex/nofollow, custom titles and descriptions, Open Graph images), deactivate this plugin rather than deleting it, so the data stays in place for the automatic importer planned for a future Native AEO Pack release. ### Support Need help or have suggestions? * [Official website](https://servicios.ayudawp.com) * [WordPress support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/) * [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/AyudaWordPressES) * [Documentation and tutorials](https://ayudawp.com) Love the plugin? Please leave us a [5-star review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/#new-post) and help spread the word! ### About AyudaWP We are specialists in WordPress security, SEO, AI and performance optimization plugins. We create tools that solve real problems for WordPress site owners while maintaining the highest coding standards and accessibility requirements. ### Privacy This plugin does not collect or store any personal data. It only modifies which URLs appear in your public sitemap. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to `/wp-content/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/` or install through WordPress plugins screen 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress 3. Go to Settings > Sitemap to configure your sitemap options 4. Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools ## FAQ ### Should I install Native AEO Pack before or after removing this plugin? Install and activate Native AEO Pack first, configure it, and only then deactivate this plugin. That way your site is never left without meta tags or sitemap output. A short overlap with both active is fine; just don’t leave both on long-term. ### Will my settings move over automatically? Not in this first version. Site-wide settings are quick to re-enter on Native AEO Pack’s settings page. Per-post and per-term values are stored under this plugin’s own meta keys, which Native AEO Pack does not read yet. An importer that moves them across automatically is planned for a later release. ### Can I run both plugins at the same time? Only briefly, while you set up Native AEO Pack. With both active you emit duplicate tags (or duplicate sitemaps), which hurts SEO, so deactivate this plugin once Native AEO Pack is configured. Native AEO Pack detects this plugin and reminds you on its settings screen. ### I have a lot of per-post noindex settings. What’s the safest path? Deactivate this plugin instead of deleting it: deactivating leaves your data in the database untouched, ready for the automatic importer in an upcoming release. If you’d rather not wait, Native AEO Pack’s Quick Edit and Bulk Actions let you re-apply noindex/nofollow across many posts in seconds. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/27614b929429c7182c78810e12f347bdc334c07e2a344105ffed7ab121c5f220? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Saves a lot of time!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saves-a-lot-of-time-58/)󠁿 [Keith Tysinger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/santohost/) May 27, 2026 1 reply Although I like the plugin a lot, I’m only giving it 4 stars because while you can exclude sitelinks easily, there is no way to add additional links, even if the links are in your WP menu (custom links). I found the UI easy to use, but it certainly could be easier and more intuitive. (i.e., how do I enter the slug? is it /blog, blog, or /blog/?) A dropdown list would be even easier to use. In any case, Google was always complaining about bad links (which should not be indexed in the first place). So, this plugin is exactly what I needed. I also have a lot of Google links that are “Discovered – currently not indexed.” I hope this plugin helps resolve this problem too. If there are no links to complain about, maybe it will index the whole website, instead of only a few pages. If you have links that need to be removed from your WP sitemap (yourdomain.com/wp-sitemap.xml), the plugin is a great tool. It does that and nothing else. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8439c0b8e69dba402a16468e80e8f09ee3113b50c71fecbe41426ef070b3d1cd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[performance improvement](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-improvement-7/)󠁿 [Alvaro Torres](https://profiles.wordpress.org/algato333/) January 16, 2026 1 reply If you don’t want an SEO plugin that consumes your resources, this is for you. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5b0a1b43796cabd58557441ad319e078e81a1cf7020562e73b1c377da0d5bd37? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good option](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-option-10/)󠁿 [Héctor Tellado](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hectortellado/) January 12, 2026 If you dont need or want a full seo plugin this just does enough ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/61f65f3fd455c819f0ab19857da529d9560f6e653e3c75367a2dbd4b2a904c90? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Donde lo complicado se hace fácil](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/donde-lo-complicado-se-hace-facil/)󠁿 [abrahamcb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abrahamcb/) November 27, 2025 1 reply Es un plugin lo he instalado después de que el mapa de RankMath no dejar a de darme problemas en una web en concreto. Y, ahora, ya tengo muy claro que voy a aprovechar el mapa de WP. Y, en lugar de crear un mapa del sitio extra, se integra a la perfección con la funcionalidad nativa de WordPress (wp-sitemap.xml). Además su diseño garantiza que el plugin sea extremadamente liviano y está perfectamente optimizado, ya que aprovecha los recursos que WordPress ya tiene incorporados, logrando una funcionalidad avanzada sin añadir peso innecesario. La experiencia de uso es inmejorable gracias a su sencillez, ofreciendo una interfaz intuitiva que permite un control granular y preciso sobre el mapa del sitio en cuestión de minutos.¡Que me ha encantado! ¿ Qué más te puedo decir?Abraham Velázquez de Creando Blog [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Native SEO Sitemap Customizer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Fernando Tellado ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fernandot/) * [ Ayuda WordPress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ayudawp/) “Native SEO Sitemap Customizer” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Native SEO Sitemap Customizer” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/native-sitemap-customizer) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/native-sitemap-customizer/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/native-sitemap-customizer/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/native-sitemap-customizer/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/native-sitemap-customizer/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.9.1 * Fix: cross-promo banner styling at the bottom of the settings page. The CSS rules were chained to a wrapper class and heading level that the markup never used ( since 1.8.0), so the “Install” buttons stretched to full column width with WordPress’s default 40px-tall sizing instead of the compact inline layout the rest of the AyudaWP plugins use. #### 1.9.0 * New: static sitemap file detector — warns when a physical `sitemap.xml`, `sitemap_index. xml`, `news-sitemap.xml`, etc. exists in the WordPress root. These files are served by the web server before reaching PHP, silently bypassing the native dynamic sitemap and all configuration in this plugin. Includes a one-click “Delete file” button per detected file, with nonce + capability checks and a whitelist of accepted filenames. * Improved: cross-promo banner catalog refreshed with three newly published AyudaWP plugins (DietPress, EU Withdrawal Compliance, Terms & Conditions Consent Log). * Fix: removed the orphan `NSM_Promo_Banner` class file. It was superseded by the shared `NSEO_Core_Promo_Banner` in 1.8.0 but the old file kept shipping unused inside the plugin .zip. * Fix: Native SEO Meta Tags now appears again in the cross-promo banner rotation. Since 1.8.0 a duplicate array key was silently overriding its entry, so the slot was effectively unreachable. For older changelog entries, please check the [changelog.txt](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/native-sitemap-customizer/trunk/changelog.txt) file ## Meta * Version **1.9.1** * Last updated **4 days ago** * Active installations **70+** * WordPress version ** 5.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/native-sitemap-customizer) * Tags * [google](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google/)[seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) [sitemap](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sitemap/)[wp sitemap](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-sitemap/) [xml sitemap](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/xml-sitemap/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/native-sitemap-customizer/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Fernando Tellado ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fernandot/) * [ Ayuda WordPress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ayudawp/) ## Support Got something to say? 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