Site Map Configuration

Your site map should be updated as frequently as the content on your site changes, which could be on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. The configuration lets you set the frequency and priority for each type of content.

Step 1. Set the Frequency and Priority of Content Updates

1. On the Admin sidebar, go to Stores > Settings > Configuration.

2. In the left panel, expand Catalog and choose XML Sitemap.

3. Expand the Categories Options section and do the following:

   If needed, clear the Use system value checkbox to change these settings.

   • Set Frequency to one of the following:

     • Always
     • Hourly
     • Daily
     • Weekly
     • Monthly
     • Yearly
     • Never

   • For Priority, enter a value between 0.0 and 1.0. Zero has the lowest priority.

   Categories Options

4. Expand the Products Options section and complete the Frequency and Priority settings as needed.

5. To determine the extent that images are included in the sitemap, set Add Images into Sitemap to one of the following:

   • None
   • Base Only
   • All

   Products Options

6. Expand the CMS Pages Options section and complete the Frequency and Priority settings as needed.

   CMS Pages Options

7. When complete, click Save Config.

Step 2. Complete the Generation Settings

1. Expand the Generation Settings section.

   If needed, clear the Use system value checkbox to change these settings.

   Generation Settings

2. To generate a sitemap, set Enabled to Yes and do the following:

   • Set Start Time to the hour, minute, and second that you want the sitemap to be updated.

   • Set Frequency to one of the following:

     • Daily
     • Weekly
     • Monthly

   • In the Error Email Recipient field, enter the email address of the person who is to receive notification if an error occurs during a sitemap update.

   • Set Error Email Sender to the store contact who appears as the sender of the error notification.

   • Set Error Email Template to the template used for the error notification.

Step 3. Set the Site Map File Limits

1. Expand the Sitemap File Limits section.

   If needed, clear the Use system value checkbox to change these settings.

2. For Maximum No of URLs per File, enter the maximum number of URLs that can be included in the sitemap. By default, the limit is 50,000.

3. For Maximum File Size, enter the largest size in bytes that is allocated for the sitemap. The default size is 10,485,760 bytes.

   Sitemap File Limits

Step 4. Set the Search Engine Submission Settings

1. Expand the Search Engine Submission Settings section.

   If needed, clear the Use system value checkbox to change these settings.

2. If using a robots.txt file to provide instructions to search engines that crawl your site, set Enable Submission to Robots.txt to Yes.

   Search Engine Submission Settings

3. When complete, click Save Config.