GMCsitemap — XML sitemap for Joomla 5/6
GMCsitemap — XML sitemap for Joomla 5/6
Generates sitemap XML compliant with the sitemaps.org standard for Joomla 5 and 6. Crawler-based + DB-based, multi-language, with image/video/news subschemas. Auto-update via cron task plugin.
What it does
- Spec-compliant sitemap-index — correctly points to sub-sitemaps (content, categories, menu, tags, images, videos, news)
- Multi-language — on sites with more than 1 language, emits per-language sub-sitemaps plus shared video/image sitemaps
- Built-in crawler — automatically scans published pages and keeps the sitemap current (even for third-party extensions)
- Images and videos — Google sitemaps-image and sitemaps-video schemas, extracted automatically from articles
- Google News — dedicated sitemap for the news section
- Smart cache — params hashed into the cache key, automatic invalidation on save
- IndexNow — automatic notification to Bing, Yandex, Naver when new URLs appear
- Task plugin — daily auto-update via Joomla Scheduled Tasks
Requirements
- Joomla 5.0+ or 6.0+
- PHP 8.2+
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Purchase
€39 one-off (3 sites, lifetime license + 1 year of updates) or €19/year (unlimited sites + continuous updates).
FAQ
How is it different from the native Joomla sitemap?
Joomla does not have a native XML sitemap. Existing extensions on the JED have known bugs with the sitemap-index tag (many emit urlset instead of sitemapindex). GMCsitemap is the first 100% spec-compliant implementation.
Do I need to configure anything?
No. Out of the box it works with all your existing articles, categories, menus and tags. The only optional step is submitting the sitemap-index URL to Google Search Console: https://example.com/index.php?option=com_gmcsitemap&view=sitemap&type=index&format=xml
Are SEF URLs supported?
Yes. In the admin panel enable "Use SEF index URLs", then apply the .htaccess or nginx snippet provided, and you get clean URLs like /sitemap.xml, /sitemap-content.xml, /imagesitemap.xml.
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