GMC Sitemap — Documentation (WordPress)

GMC Sitemap for WordPress generates a complete XML sitemap of your site and keeps it fresh on its own. Instead of listing only standard posts, it runs a BFS crawler that follows your site's real link structure, so posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, images, videos and news entries are all covered. It can write static sitemap files for fast serving, ping search engines through IndexNow when content changes, and emit hreflang alternates for multilingual sites built with WPML or Polylang. It is aimed at content-heavy, media-rich or multilingual WordPress sites that need a dependable sitemap to submit to Google Search Console once and then forget about.

Requirements: WordPress 6.0 or newer, PHP 8.1 or newer. The plugin ships in English, Italian and Spanish.

Installation

1. Download the plugin .zip from your purchase email or your account. Keep it zipped.
2. In your WordPress dashboard go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin.
3. Choose the .zip file, click Install Now, then Activate.
4. After activation the plugin's settings screen appears in the admin menu.

If you are upgrading and an old plugin folder is briefly present next to the new one, the extra copy stays dormant — no duplicate-constant warnings — so upgrades stay clean.

Configuration

Open the plugin's settings screen from the admin menu after activation. The main things to set up:

• Download Key — enter the key you received with your licence email in the field on the settings screen. This unlocks licensed one-click updates from the update server (see Updates & licence below).
• URL exclusions — add any URLs or sections you want kept out of the sitemap. Everything else the crawler discovers from your real link structure is included automatically.
• IndexNow — enable it so search engines are pinged the moment content changes.
• WP-Cron recrawl — optionally schedule automatic recrawls so the sitemap keeps itself current as the site grows.
• Static files — use Generate & deploy static files to write static copies of the sitemaps, which can be served directly instead of being generated on every request.

Multilingual support needs no special setup: if the site runs WPML or Polylang, the sitemap emits hreflang alternates for your languages automatically.

Using the plugin

Generating and checking the sitemap

The sitemap is generated dynamically as a sitemap index with dedicated sitemaps for your content and media — posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, images, videos and news. Visit /sitemap.xml on your site to confirm it renders. Because URLs are discovered by crawling your real link structure rather than reading a fixed list, new content is picked up as you publish, without registering each new section by hand.

Static file deployment

For speed, click Generate & deploy static files on the settings screen. This writes static sitemap files that can be served directly, avoiding regeneration on every request. Re-run it (or let the WP-Cron recrawl handle it) after large content changes.

Submitting to Google Search Console

Submit /sitemap.xml once in Google Search Console. From then on the plugin maintains itself: the crawler keeps coverage current, and IndexNow pings search engines when content changes so updates are discovered quickly.

Multilingual sites

On sites using WPML or Polylang, each URL carries hreflang alternates so search engines map the right page to the right language. News entries help time-sensitive content surface in the right search features, while image and video entries give media its own path to discovery.

Updates & licence

• Automatic updates: the plugin checks the GMC / FuerteventuraTV update server on its own (about every 12 hours) and shows new versions under Plugins and Dashboard → Updates, like any other plugin.
• Download Key: updates flow as long as your licence is active and the Download Key is entered on the plugin's settings screen. You can also re-download the latest build from your account at any time.
• Licence: the software is released under the GNU GPL. Your purchase covers the official build, licensed one-click updates and support for one site. For more sites or client projects, contact us for a volume or agency arrangement.
• Scope: the WordPress licence covers the gmc-sitemap-wp plugin only; the Joomla edition (GMCsitemap) is a separate product.

Support

For help, reply to your purchase email or message us on WhatsApp at +34 633 168 995 (the same line appears in your licence email). Please include the product name and version, your WordPress and PHP version, and a public URL or screenshot with any keys masked. We answer in English, Italian and Spanish.

If the product does not work as described and we cannot fix it for you, you can request a refund within 14 days of purchase.