Title: Disable WP Sitemaps Author: Jeff Starr Published: ജൂലൈ 29, 2020 Last modified: ഏപ്രിൽ 17, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/disable-wp-sitemaps/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=2381391) # Disable WP Sitemaps By [Jeff Starr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/specialk/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps.1.8.8.zip) * [Details](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/#description) * [Reviews](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/#installation) * [Development](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/) ## Description This plugin prevents WordPress from adding its own sitemaps. Also stops WordPress from adding a sitemap rule to the virtual robots.txt file. 👉 Uses only 1KB of code, so super lightweight, fast, and effective. **Features** * Lightweight – only one line of code * Simple to use – activate and done * No settings to worry about * Easy peasy. **About WP Sitemaps** You can check your WP Sitemap located at `/wp-sitemap.xml` Your sitemap should look similar to [this](https://dev-tricks.com/wp-sitemap.xml). For more information about WP Sitemaps: * [New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/) * [About the New WP Sitemaps and How to Disable](https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-disable-wp-sitemaps/) **Privacy** This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way. Disable WP Sitemaps is developed and maintained by [Jeff Starr](https://x.com/perishable), 15-year [WordPress developer](https://plugin-planet.com/) and [book author](https://books.perishablepress.com/). **Support development** I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can [make a donation](https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html) or purchase one of my books: * [The Tao of WordPress](https://wp-tao.com/) * [Digging into WordPress](https://digwp.com/) * [.htaccess made easy](https://htaccessbook.com/) * [WordPress Themes In Depth](https://wp-tao.com/wordpress-themes-book/) * [Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress](https://books.perishablepress.com/downloads/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress/) And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins: * [BBQ Pro](https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/) – Blazing fast WordPress firewall * [Blackhole Pro](https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/) – Automatically block bad bots * [Banhammer Pro](https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/) – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys * [GA Google Analytics Pro](https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/)– Connect WordPress to Google Analytics * [Head Meta Pro](https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/) – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress * [REST Pro Tools](https://plugin-planet.com/rest-pro-tools/) – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API * [Simple Ajax Chat Pro](https://plugin-planet.com/simple-ajax-chat-pro/) – Unlimited chat rooms * [USP Pro](https://plugin-planet.com/usp-pro/) – Unlimited front-end forms Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂 ## Installation **Installing the plugin** Activate like any other plugin and done. There are no settings, works automatically. More info on [installing WP plugins](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-plugins/#installing-plugins-1) **Uninstalling** To uninstall/remove the plugin, visit the Plugins screen, deactivate and delete the plugin. This plugin makes no changes to the WP database. ## FAQ ### Why is this useful? Because many sites add their own sitemaps via dedicated SEO plugins or custom code. So when WordPress adds its own sitemaps, there may be duplicate and/or conflicting sitemaps. Duplicate and conflicting sitemaps are discouraged as they may confuse the search engines. You don’t want to confuse the search engines, do you. Think SEO here. So you have a choice. To avoid duplicate/conflicting sitemaps, you can either remove your existing sitemap solution, or you can activate this plugin to disable WP’s automatically generated sitemaps. Or maybe you have a site that does not _need_ sitemaps. Or maybe you just don’t _want_ sitemaps, that’s your business pal. Whatever the reason, this plugin will do the job with a click. ### Got a question? Send any questions or feedback via my [contact form](https://plugin-planet.com/support/#contact) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/af236cd346c1130b4a40fa0371d6d0a4dab4cd8306a93013c15ede1c1b9e1195? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple. Easy. Just Works.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-easy-just-works-2/)󠁿 [nyxmidnight](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nyxmidnight/) ഒക്ടോബർ 7, 2024 Does exactly what it says on the tin, no bloat, no extraneous (and useless) features. It does one thing and it does that one thing perfectly. Love it. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6c5bf309878dc96bf4c8b471f3074049a91ff06a77b3adb9339f8266ff940d13? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I use my own sitemap, disable Yoast sitemap, and use this to disable WP sitemaps](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-use-my-own-sitemap-disable-yoast-sitemap-and-use-this-to-disable-wp-sitemaps/)󠁿 [JJulien](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scabuster/) ജൂൺ 5, 2024 ABC ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f3bd680f2c42589a3418be8ab529ab097060edb793ad7ab255a10c4bb1e6e376? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works Really Well!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-really-well-259/)󠁿 [caroltheo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/caroltheo/) മാർച്ച്‌ 2, 2024 This plugin works very well – does what it says on the tin! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07d6a79827f5aee7acb9b220ff5721459f1e4c66e342fab02fc7f75ccc68d679? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy Solution for a bad Design](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-solution-for-a-bad-design/)󠁿 [LSBK](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lsbk/) ഒക്ടോബർ 25, 2023 Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/515535dd50b9575566f1e0878f29f67209d556ff2e5a2b399289ebde7fa34017? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Thank you!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-3039/)󠁿 [wardencenter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wardencenter/) ഫെബ്രുവരി 13, 2022 Always worry when something needs to be added to functions.php, because I know I’ll forget about it when a theme update rolls around. Thanks for this simple, and so useful, plugin! It just works. Cheers ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f42e86fd3281f32ba108cd0b814a786436b7b3cf3a8ffd0ac37716a7016eca1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Thanks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-2101/)󠁿 [hsbkader](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hsbkader/) ജൂൺ 30, 2021 Thanks.. I took advantage [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Disable WP Sitemaps” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jeff Starr ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/specialk/) “Disable WP Sitemaps” has been translated into 8 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Disable WP Sitemaps” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-wp-sitemaps/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-wp-sitemaps/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-wp-sitemaps/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-wp-sitemaps/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog If you like Disable WP Sitemaps, please take a moment to [give a 5-star rating](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?rate=5#new-post). It helps to keep the plugin going strong, and is greatly appreciated. **1.8.8 (2026/04/17)** * Improves readme.txt documentation * Tests on PHP 8.4 and 8.5 * Tests on WordPress 7.0 Full changelog @ [https://plugin-planet.com/wp/changelog/disable-wp-sitemaps.txt](https://plugin-planet.com/wp/changelog/disable-wp-sitemaps.txt) ## Meta * Version **1.8.8** * Last updated **2 ദിവസങ്ങൾ ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.4 അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിലും ഉയര്‍ന്നത് ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 5.6.20 അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിലും ഉയര്‍ന്നത് ** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/), [Croatian](https://hr.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/), [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/), ഉം [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps) * Tags * [disable](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/)[sitemap](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sitemap/) [sitemaps](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sitemaps/) * [Advanced View](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-sitemaps/advanced/) ## Ratings 5ൽ 5 നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ. * [ 10 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-sitemaps/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jeff Starr ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/specialk/) ## Support Got something to say? 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