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BotsMap – XML Sitemap Manager

by Bhumika Goel

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Description

BotsMap – XML Sitemap Manager gives you absolute control over your website’s search engine visibility and indexation. By default, WordPress generates native XML sitemaps that may include pages, author archives, or hidden post types you don’t want search engines crawling.

This plugin acts as a lightweight XML sitemap manager, letting you clean up your site’s structural footprint, protect your crawl budget, and block unwanted bots from tracking unoptimized content.

Key Features:

✅ Disable Native Sitemaps: Instantly turn off default WordPress XML sitemaps without hassle or custom code snippets.

✅ Individual Post Exclusion and Archive Control: Easily remove any single post or page.

✅ Crawl Budget Optimization: Automatically prunes low-value URLs (like empty archives or thin content) before a bot even attempts to visit them.

✅ Improve SEO & Crawl Efficiency: Stop search engines from indexing low-value archive pages or duplicate URLs.

✅ Smart WooCommerce Filtering: Prevent “Out of Stock” or “Hidden” products from diluting your search presence.

✅ Lightweight & Fast: Built for performance with zero bloat, ensuring your site speed remains unaffected.

✅ Automatic Meta Description Tags: Dynamically includes HTML meta descriptions across post types to optimize on-page SEO.
Give search engines a cleaner, more direct path to your valuable content.

Docs and FAQ

You can find docs, FAQ.

Privacy

This plugin does not set cookies or track individual users.

It manages and controls WordPress core XML sitemaps. These sitemaps are shared with third‑party search engines (such as Google and Bing) to improve site indexing and visibility. No personal data is collected, stored, or transmitted by this plugin.

Site owners should be aware that search engines may process the sitemap data according to their own privacy policies.

Installing BotsMap

  1. Download and Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.

  2. Go to Settings BotsMap. Toggle the options to include or exclude item from sitemaps list.

  3. Edit any specific post or page and check the “Exclude from Sitemap” box to omit it from the sitemap.

Find more information on how to install plugin.

Uninstalling BotsMap
To uninstall/remove the plugin, visit the Plugins screen, deactivate and delete the plugin.

  1. BotsMap Admin Interface path to manage sitemaps settings

    BotsMap Admin Interface path to manage sitemaps settings

  2. Admin Interface to change the show/hide settings of different xml sitemaps generated automatically by WordPress.

    Admin Interface to change the show/hide settings of different xml sitemaps generated automatically by WordPress.

  3. Individual page/post settings option to exclude from sitemap listing.

    Individual page/post settings option to exclude from sitemap listing.

Does this work with custom post types?

Yes, but not for individual custom posts.

Does this affect Yoast or Rank Math sitemaps?

No. This plugin only modifies WordPress’s native sitemap. For third-party SEO plugins, use their built-in filters.

Where is the sitemap located?

WordPress\’s default sitemap is available at /wp-sitemap.xml.

Does this plugin create new sitemaps?

No. It works with existing WordPress or SEO plugin sitemaps and lets you control which ones are visible to search engine bots.

Will hiding a sitemap affect my SEO?

It depends on your strategy. Hiding certain sitemaps can prevent bots from indexing unwanted content, but make sure you keep important sitemaps visible for proper search engine coverage.

Does the plugin store or share any user data?

No. This plugin is privacy‑friendly and does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data.

More Questions

Send any questions or feedback via my contact form.

Great plugin for SEO

By lori30 on April 20, 2026

We've been using this for a few weeks and it's made a real difference. Our site stays fast, indexing isnoticeably better, and setup was pretty painless. Really happy with how well-optimized it is.

One thing that would be amazing in a future update: AI-powered features for smarter sitemap managementand security. Like auto-generating robots.txt rules based on crawl patterns, or intelligent scraper detectionand blocking. We've been dealing with aggressive scrapers lately and having that built-in would save a tonof time.

Solid tool, definitely recommend it if you're serious about your site's SEO.

If you like BotsMap XML Sitemap Manager, please take a moment to give a 5-star rating. It helps to keep the plugin going strong, and is greatly appreciated.

1.0

  • Initial release.

1.1

  • Updated code logic with conditional filtering of post types from sitemap.

1.1.1

  • Release.

1.2

  • Added privacy feature.

1.3

  • Added WooCommerce Sitemap Support.

1.4

  • Added WooCommerce Sitemap Support.

1.5

  • Added html meta desciption tag support.

1.6

  • Added new dashboard features like sitemap preview and more.
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