Title: Sitemaps functionality disabled
Last modified: January 19, 2023

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# Sitemaps functionality disabled

 *  Resolved [joelmellin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joelmellin/)
 * (@joelmellin)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemaps-functionality-disabled/)
 * I get the error: The WordPress sitemaps functionality is disabled. A theme or
   plugin is returning `false` for the ‘wp_sitemaps_enabled’ filter.
   What does this
   mean and could this be remedied?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsitemaps-functionality-disabled%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
 * (@jsmoriss)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemaps-functionality-disabled/#post-16389944)
 * It means exactly that – you have a plugin or theme that has disabled the WordPress
   sitemaps feature. Since this add-on extends the built-in WordPress sitemaps feature,
   it needs to be functioning. 🙂
 * js.
 *  Thread Starter [joelmellin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joelmellin/)
 * (@joelmellin)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemaps-functionality-disabled/#post-16396377)
 * And how do I make it not disabled? Is there any risk of doing that?
 *  Plugin Author [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
 * (@jsmoriss)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemaps-functionality-disabled/#post-16396423)
 * A functioning sitemap is the standard configuration of WordPress, so I would 
   say no, there is no risk – it’s the default for WordPress. 🙂 The WP_Sitemaps
   class was introduced in WP 5.5: [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/)
 * js.

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 * Last reply from: [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemaps-functionality-disabled/#post-16396423)
 * Status: resolved