by Jeff Starr 5 (10 reviews)

Disable WP Sitemaps

Name: Disable WP Sitemaps
Rating: 5.0 (10 reviews)
Author: Jeff Starr

Disables the automatically generated WP Sitemaps.

Disable WP Sitemaps ranks #1,969 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #88 of 4,265 in the SEO & Marketing category, a 5/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Jul 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v1.8.9 Current Version v1.8.9

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 18 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 5 days ago Last Refreshed on

#88 of 4,265 in SEO & Marketing Top 5% by installs Downloads +384.2% this week

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#1,969

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Active Installs

10K+

-25.3%

KW Avg Position

22.3

0.3 worse

Downloads

136.5K

+6 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (10 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 30.9%

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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.8.9
Last Updated: Jul 18, 2026
Requires WP: 5.4+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 5.6.20 or higher
Author: Jeff Starr

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners who don't want WordPress's built-in XML sitemaps. It disables the automatically generated WP Sitemaps and removes the sitemap rule from the virtual robots.txt file.