Strapi Sitemap Generator

Generate and serve XML sitemaps in Strapi v5 with a simple admin UI.

Features

• Admin UI for selecting content types with slug
• Custom URL patterns, priority and change frequency per type
• Live URL preview for custom paths
• One-click Generate with live toast feedback
• Preview XML in a new tab
• Public endpoint: /api/strapi-sitemap-generator/sitemap.xml
• Robust service with logging and safe fallbacks

Quick Start

1. Enable plugin in Strapi (already enabled in config/plugins.ts)
2. Open the plugin in Strapi Admin → "Sitemap Generator"
3. Set Base URL (e.g., https://yourdomain.com)
4. Select content types to include
5. Configure custom paths (optional)
6. Click "Generate Sitemap" and "Preview XML"

Custom URL Configuration

For each selected content type, you can customize how URLs are generated:

Default Behavior

If no custom path is specified, URLs use the plural name:

• Content type: articles → URL: https://yourdomain.com/articles/[slug]
• Content type: pages → URL: https://yourdomain.com/pages/[slug]

Custom Path Examples

• Root URLs (no prefix): Set custom path to /

  • Result: https://yourdomain.com/[slug]
  • Use case: Top-level pages like "About", "Contact"

• Different prefix: Set custom path to /blog (when content type is articles)

  • Result: https://yourdomain.com/blog/[slug]
  • Use case: Aligning with frontend routes that differ from Strapi collection names

• Nested paths: Set custom path to /resources/guides

  • Result: https://yourdomain.com/resources/guides/[slug]

SEO Settings

• Priority (0.0 - 1.0): Indicates importance relative to other URLs (default: 0.7)
• Change Frequency: How often content updates (default: monthly)

Notes

• Only content types with a slug field are available
• Only entries with a slug value are included in the sitemap
• Generation saves config, then builds the sitemap from selected content types
• Search engines fetch the XML via the public endpoint (no download button needed)

Endpoints

• Public sitemap: /api/strapi-sitemap-generator/sitemap.xml
• Admin preview data: GET /strapi-sitemap-generator/data
• Admin config: GET/PUT /strapi-sitemap-generator/config
• Admin content types: GET /strapi-sitemap-generator/content-types