Title: WordPress Sitemap Plugin Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # WordPress Sitemap Plugin * Resolved [johnhenrychartrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenrychartrand/) * (@johnhenrychartrand) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/) * In the past I have been generating a new sitemap.xml file everytime I added a new post then uploaded it with FileZila. * Today, I installed and activated a Sitemap.xml plugin for WordPress. So what happens from here. Is there anything more I have to do, or does the plugin work in the background generating a new sitemap.xml file with every change I make. * If not, can someone please tell me how to use this plugin simple-google-sitemap- xml/simple-google-sitemap-xml.php. * thanks Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/) * (@crondeau) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2550981) * I use the [Google XML sitemap generator plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/). Once installed, activated, it does everything for you. * You an also use [WordPress SEO](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/) by yoast and it incorporates Google sitemap. * Easy peasy * Thread Starter [johnhenrychartrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenrychartrand/) * (@johnhenrychartrand) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2550985) * thanks Christine, Is there a way to check that it’s actually generating the sitemap. I find it hard to believe that once activated, you just forget about it and it generates sitemaps automatically. * thanks * Thread Starter [johnhenrychartrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenrychartrand/) * (@johnhenrychartrand) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2550986) * I know, I find it hard to believe something I can’t see. * [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/) * (@crondeau) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2550991) * When you submit the sitemap it tells you if it was successful or that. Additionally it also generates the xml and sticks in your root folder. I don’t see why you would need more than that. * Thread Starter [johnhenrychartrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenrychartrand/) * (@johnhenrychartrand) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2551004) * I don’t think it’s working. I checked my root folder and I see an older version of sitemap.xml, one that I manually uploaded last month. You said that it tells you if it was successful in submitting. How does it do that? * [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/) * (@crondeau) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2551006) * In the admin, you need to submit the sitemap the first time… There should be a settings for google xml sitemap. It’s under tools I think. * I would delete the one from your ftp and submit it again. It should say something.. like submitted to google successfully, bing, yahoo,… etc… * Thread Starter [johnhenrychartrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenrychartrand/) * (@johnhenrychartrand) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2551009) * Oh I finally got it to work. People create great plugins but they don’t tell you how to use them. * I would be interesting to know how many WordPress website designers are actually using WordPress properly. * [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/) * (@crondeau) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2551014) * sorry but when you say: * > I would be interesting to know how many WordPress website designers are actually > using WordPress properly. * I don’t know what you mean?????????? * WordPress is used by millions of people????? What are you suggesting? * Thread Starter [johnhenrychartrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnhenrychartrand/) * (@johnhenrychartrand) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2551049) * I’m not sure how I can word my statement any clearer, but then again, there are people who give instructions thinking they are providing perfectly clear instructions when, in fact, they’re not clear at all. * I guess I’m saying that WordPress is an amazing platform, a God send, but very few can explain even the simplest of instructions sometimes. A good example is the Sitemap Plugin that I easily installed and activated, but one that I had to fiddle around with it for about an hour to learn how easy it really was to set it up. 1 2 3 instruction, a one minute video tutorial, a 3 line document would have done it. * [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/) * (@crondeau) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2551057) * The [installation instructions](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/installation/) are pretty clear and straightforward in my opinion. The only change I can see is that the Options tab has been renamed Tools. * You need as well to consider the fact that plugin developers do this for free. * I’m marking this post as resolved now so others can find a solution if they have a similar issue. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘WordPress Sitemap Plugin’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [sitemap plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sitemap-plugin/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/) * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sitemap-plugin-2/#post-2551057) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics