mattyfezzer

Thank you this will reduce complaints and adhere to UK law 😉

I think implementing into dashboard would be perfect, On registration form they have to use a first and last name to continue I wondered if was possible in plugin settings it says first and last name could we have a first name option also because the first and last name I understand is taking it from the registartion form ?

Sure I used a snippet that forces all RTCL into sitemap in Yeost, anyone can use this snippet and then clear cache and open sitemap and should see all listed then upload to google console

<?php
/**
 * RTCL Taxonomy Sitemap (REST API)
 * Provides a read-only sitemap of RTCL Locations & Categories
 * and automatically adds it to Yoast's sitemap index.
 *
 * URL: /wp-json/rtcl/v1/sitemap
 */

if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;

/**
 * REST: /wp-json/rtcl/v1/sitemap
 */
add_action('rest_api_init', function () {
    register_rest_route('rtcl/v1', '/sitemap', [
        'methods'  => 'GET',
        'callback' => function () {
            // Use a transient cache to prevent DB overload
            $cached = get_transient('rtcl_rest_sitemap_xml');
            if ($cached !== false) {
                nocache_headers();
                header('Content-Type: application/xml; charset=' . get_bloginfo('charset'), true);
                header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600');
                echo $cached;
                return null;
            }

            // Get public taxonomies only, skip empty terms
            $terms = get_terms([
                'taxonomy'               => ['rtcl_location', 'rtcl_category'],
                'hide_empty'             => true,
                'number'                 => 0,
                'update_term_meta_cache' => false,
            ]);

            if (is_wp_error($terms)) $terms = [];

            $charset = get_bloginfo('charset');
            $lastmod = gmdate('c');

            // Build XML
            $xml  = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="' . esc_attr($charset) . "\"?>\n";
            $xml .= '<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">' . "\n";

            foreach ($terms as $term) {
                $loc = get_term_link($term);
                if (is_wp_error($loc)) continue;
                $xml .= "  <url>\n";
                $xml .= '    <loc>' . esc_url($loc) . "</loc>\n";
                $xml .= '    <lastmod>' . $lastmod . "</lastmod>\n";
                $xml .= "  </url>\n";
            }

            $xml .= "</urlset>";

            // Cache XML for 1 hour
            set_transient('rtcl_rest_sitemap_xml', $xml, HOUR_IN_SECONDS);

            // Output XML
            nocache_headers();
            header('Content-Type: application/xml; charset=' . $charset, true);
            header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600');
            echo $xml;
            return null;
        },
        'permission_callback' => '__return_true', // Public read-only access
    ]);
});

/**
 * Add this sitemap to Yoast's sitemap index
 */
add_filter('wpseo_sitemap_index_links', function ($links) {
    $links[] = [
        'loc'     => home_url('/wp-json/rtcl/v1/sitemap'),
        'lastmod' => gmdate('c'),
    ];
    return $links;
});

/**
 * Optional: redirect /sitemap-rtcl.xml to REST URL
 */
add_action('template_redirect', function () {
    $path = isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH) : '';
    if ($path && rtrim($path, '/') === '/sitemap-rtcl.xml') {
        wp_redirect(home_url('/wp-json/rtcl/v1/sitemap'), 301);
        exit;
    }
});

/**
 * Optional: add sitemap to robots.txt
 */
add_filter('robots_txt', function ($output, $public) {
    $output .= "\nSitemap: " . home_url('/wp-json/rtcl/v1/sitemap');
    return $output;
}, 10, 2);

Worked like a charm 🙂