Create a sitemap for your Gatsby site.
NOTE: This plugin only generates output when run in production
mode! To test your sitemap, run: gatsby build && gatsby serve
npm install gatsby-plugin-sitemap
// In your gatsby-config.js
siteMetadata: {
// If you didn't use the resolveSiteUrl option this needs to be set
siteUrl: `https://www.example.com`,
},
plugins: [`gatsby-plugin-sitemap`]
Above is the minimal configuration required to have it work. By default, the generated sitemap will include all of your site's pages, except the ones you exclude.
You then can point your service (e.g. Google Search Console) at https://www.example.com/sitemap/sitemap-index.xml
.
You probably do not want to use the defaults in this plugin. Here's an example of the default output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://example.net/blog/</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>0.7</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://example.net/</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>0.7</priority>
</url>
</urlset>
See the changefreq
and priority
fields? Those will be the same for every page, no matter how important or how often it gets updated. They will most likely be wrong. But wait, there's more, in their docs Google says:
- Google ignores
<priority>
and<changefreq>
values, so don't bother adding them.- Google reads the
<lastmod>
value, but if you misrepresent this value, we will stop reading it.
You really want to customize this plugin config to include an accurate lastmod
date. Checkout the example for an example of how to do this.
The default config
can be overridden.
The options are as follows:
output
(string =/sitemap
) Folder path where sitemaps are stored.createLinkInHead
(boolean = true) Whether to populate the<head>
of your site with a link to the sitemap.entryLimit
(number = 45000) Number of entries per sitemap file. A sitemap index (assitemap-index.xml
) will always be created and multiple sitemaps are created for everyentryLimit
increment (e.g under 45000 entries onlysitemap-0.xml
will be created).excludes
(string[] = []) An array of paths to exclude from the sitemap. While this is usually an array of strings it is possible to enter other data types into this array for custom filtering. Doing so will require customization of thefilterPages
function.query
(GraphQL Query) The query for the data you need to generate the sitemap. It's required to get the site's URL, if you are not fetching it fromsite.siteMetadata.siteUrl
, you will need to set a customresolveSiteUrl
function. If you override the query, you may need to pass in a customresolvePagePath
,resolvePages
to keep everything working. If you fetch pages without usingallSitePage.nodes
query structure you will definitely need to customize theresolvePages
function.resolveSiteUrl
(function) Takes the output of the data query and lets you return the site URL. Sync or async functions allowed.resolvePagePath
(function) Takes a page object and returns the uri of the page (no domain or protocol).resolvePages
(function) Takes the output of the data query and expects an array of page objects to be returned. Sync or async functions allowed.filterPages
(function) Takes the current page a string (or other object) from theexclude
array and expects a boolean to be returned.true
excludes the path,false
keeps it.serialize
(function) Takes the output offilterPages
and lets you return a sitemap entry. Sync or async functions allowed.
The following pages are always excluded: /dev-404-page
,/404
&/offline-plugin-app-shell-fallback
, this cannot be changed even by customizing the filterPages
function.
const siteUrl = process.env.URL || `https://fallback.net`
// In your gatsby-config.js
module.exports = {
plugins: [
{
resolve: "gatsby-plugin-sitemap",
options: {
query: `
{
allSitePage {
nodes {
path
}
}
allWpContentNode(filter: {nodeType: {in: ["Post", "Page"]}}) {
nodes {
... on WpPost {
uri
modifiedGmt
}
... on WpPage {
uri
modifiedGmt
}
}
}
}
`,
resolveSiteUrl: () => siteUrl,
resolvePages: ({
allSitePage: { nodes: allPages },
allWpContentNode: { nodes: allWpNodes },
}) => {
const wpNodeMap = allWpNodes.reduce((acc, node) => {
const { uri } = node
acc[uri] = node
return acc
}, {})
return allPages.map(page => {
return { ...page, ...wpNodeMap[page.path] }
})
},
serialize: ({ path, modifiedGmt }) => {
return {
url: path,
lastmod: modifiedGmt,
}
},
},
},
],
}
Sync or async functions allowed.
Returns: string
- - site URL, this can come from the graphql query or another scope.
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | object |
Results of the GraphQL query |
If you don't want to place the URI in path
then resolvePagePath
is needed.
Returns: string
- - uri of the page without domain or protocol
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
page | object |
string |
This allows custom resolution of the array of pages. This also where users could merge multiple sources into a single array if needed. Sync or async functions allowed.
Returns: object[]
- - Array of objects representing each page
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | object |
results of the GraphQL query |
This allows filtering any data in any way.
This function is executed via:
allPages.filter(
page => !excludes.some(excludedRoute => thisFunc(page, excludedRoute, tools))
)
allPages
is the results of the resolvePages
function.
Returns: Boolean
- - true
excludes the path, false
keeps it.
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
page | object |
|
excludedRoute | string |
Element from exclude Array in plugin config. |
tools | object |
contains tools for filtering { minimatch, withoutTrailingSlash, resolvePagePath } |
This function is executed by:
allPages.map(page => thisFunc(page, tools))
allpages
is the result of the filterPages
function. Sync or async functions allowed.
Kind: global variable
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
page | object |
A single element from the results of the resolvePages function |
tools | object |
contains tools for serializing { resolvePagePath } |