# XML Sitemap Generator for Google review (2026): is it any good? > Free WordPress plugin that builds and updates XML and HTML sitemaps Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. XML Sitemap Generator for Google is a free WordPress plugin from Auctollo that builds an XML sitemap of a site's posts, pages, categories, tags and custom post types and keeps it current as content changes. It can also output an HTML sitemap, add the sitemap to robots.txt and tell Bing and other IndexNow search engines about new content. It does only sitemaps, not titles or schema. - **Category:** SEO Plugins & Apps - **Made by:** Auctollo - **Website:** https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as there's no standalone app. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, XML Sitemap Generator for Google is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The whole plugin is free under the GPL from WordPress.org: XML and HTML sitemaps, custom post types and taxonomies, priorities, exclusions, a robots.txt hint and IndexNow. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Community Edition | $0 | The free WordPress.org plugin, for personal or commercial sites, with no published paid tier. | Read from https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with XML Sitemap Generator for Google before buying. ## Key features - **Automatic XML sitemap:** Serves a sitemap at /sitemap.xml, generated on request since version 4, that updates itself when posts are published, edited or deleted. - **Content coverage:** Covers posts, pages, categories, tags, custom post types and taxonomies, WooCommerce products and external URLs you add by hand. WPML sites are supported. - **Priorities and exclusions:** Set change frequencies and priorities, let the plugin weight posts by comment count, and leave out chosen categories or pages. - **HTML sitemap:** An optional HTML version of the sitemap for visitors and for crawlers that do not read XML. - **Search engine notification:** Notifies Bing, Seznam, Naver and Yandex through IndexNow and can add the sitemap address to the virtual robots.txt file. - **Developer filters:** From version 4.1.20, PHP filters let a theme or plugin change sort order, entries per page, URLs and post types, or add other sitemaps to the index. ## Good for - WordPress sites that want a sitemap without a full SEO plugin - Sites whose SEO plugin has no sitemap, or one they have switched off - Developers who want to shape the sitemap with code ## Worth knowing - It runs only inside WordPress; there is no standalone app. - It handles sitemaps only; titles, meta tags, schema and redirects need another plugin. - Auctollo's site describes a Premium Edition with real-time updates and news, video and mobile sitemaps, but gives no price or way to buy it. - Other sitemap generators should be switched off first, since two sitemaps at once can conflict. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. XML Sitemap Generator for Google builds a sitemap of a WordPress site's posts, pages, products and custom post types, keeps it current and tells Bing and other IndexNow engines about new content, all for free. That's the whole plugin, though. Titles, meta tags, schema and redirects need another plugin, and the Premium Edition Auctollo describes has no price and no way to buy it. - **Value for money: A.** Free under the GPL from WordPress.org, for personal or commercial sites, with no paid tier you can buy. XML and HTML sitemaps, exclusions, priorities and IndexNow pings all cost nothing. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Everything listed is free and there's no paid plan holding anything back, so there's no cap to reach. The Premium Edition on Auctollo's site can't be bought. - **Features: C.** XML and HTML sitemaps covering posts, pages, taxonomies, custom post types and WooCommerce products, with exclusions, priorities, IndexNow and PHP filters. It does sitemaps fully, but that's a smaller job: no titles, meta tags, schema or redirects. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but there's nothing to build: once it's on, the sitemap is served at /sitemap.xml and updates itself as posts change. Any other sitemap generator should be switched off first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, inside WordPress, with WooCommerce, WPML, IndexNow, Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools and Site Kit by Google listed, and PHP filters for developers. No standalone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Auctollo's own pages and the plugin's WordPress.org page on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SEO plugins and apps - XML Sitemap Generator for Google's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 76 of the 78 other SEO plugins and apps we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 63 of 78) and worst on features (C, above 9). - XML Sitemap Generator for Google has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-plugins ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** XML Sitemap Generator for Google is free, so making your own would save you nothing. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 76 of the 78 other SEO plugins and apps we grade. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WooCommerce, WPML and IndexNow among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WooCommerce, WPML, IndexNow, Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, Site Kit by Google **Tags:** Open source, Public API ## Alternatives - [Yoast SEO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/yoast-seo): WordPress SEO plugin with content analysis, schema and sitemaps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/xml-sitemap-generator-for-google-vs-yoast-seo) - [Rank Math](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rank-math): WordPress SEO plugin for meta tags, schema, sitemaps and rank tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rank-math-vs-xml-sitemap-generator-for-google) - [All in One SEO (AIOSEO)](https://toolgpa.com/tools/aioseo): WordPress SEO plugin with schema, redirects, link suggestions and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aioseo-vs-xml-sitemap-generator-for-google) - [Slim SEO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slim-seo): WordPress SEO plugin that sets meta tags and schema with no setup. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/slim-seo-vs-xml-sitemap-generator-for-google) - [The SEO Framework](https://toolgpa.com/tools/the-seo-framework): WordPress SEO plugin that fills in meta tags and schema automatically. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/the-seo-framework-vs-xml-sitemap-generator-for-google) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/ - https://auctollo.com/products/google-xml-sitemap-generator/ - https://auctollo.com/products/google-xml-sitemap-generator/premium-pro/ - https://auctollo.com/products/google-xml-sitemap-generator/help/ - https://auctollo.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/xml-sitemap-generator-for-google Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).