next-sitemap
requires a basic config file (next-sitemap.config.js
) under your project root
✅
next-sitemap
will load environment variables from.env
files by default.
/** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ module.exports = { siteUrl: process.env.SITE_URL || 'https://example.com', generateRobotsTxt: true, // (optional) // ...other options }
Add next-sitemap as your postbuild script
{ "build": "next build", "postbuild": "next-sitemap" }
You can also use a custom config file instead of next-sitemap.config.js
. Just pass --config <your-config-file>.js
to build command (Example: custom-config-file)
{ "build": "next build", "postbuild": "next-sitemap --config awesome.config.js" }Building sitemaps with pnpm
When using pnpm you need to create a .npmrc
file in the root of your project if you want to use a postbuild step:
//.npmrc
enable-pre-post-scripts=true
Index sitemaps (Optional)
📣 From next-sitemap
v2.x onwards, sitemap.xml
will be Index Sitemap. It will contain urls of all other generated sitemap endpoints.
Index sitemap generation can be turned off by setting generateIndexSitemap: false
in next-sitemap config file. (This is useful for small/hobby sites which does not require an index sitemap) (Example: no-index-sitemaps)
Define the sitemapSize
property in next-sitemap.config.js
to split large sitemap into multiple files.
/** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ module.exports = { siteUrl: 'https://example.com', generateRobotsTxt: true, sitemapSize: 7000, }
Above is the minimal configuration to split a large sitemap. When the number of URLs in a sitemap is more than 7000, next-sitemap
will create sitemap (e.g. sitemap-0.xml, sitemap-1.xml) and index (e.g. sitemap.xml) files.
standalone
, export
changefreq (optional) Change frequency. Default daily
string priority (optional) Priority. Default 0.7
number sitemapBaseFileName (optional) The name of the generated sitemap file before the file extension. Default "sitemap"
string alternateRefs (optional) Denote multi-language support by unique URL. Default []
AlternateRef[] sitemapSize(optional) Split large sitemap into multiple files by specifying sitemap size. Default 5000
number autoLastmod (optional) Add <lastmod/>
property. Default true
true exclude (optional) Array of relative paths (wildcard pattern supported) to exclude from listing on sitemap.xml
or sitemap-*.xml
. e.g.: ['/page-0', '/page-*', '/private/*']
.
Apart from this option next-sitemap
also offers a custom transform
option which could be used to exclude urls that match specific patterns
.next
string outDir (optional) All the generated files will be exported to this directory. Default public
string transform (optional) A transformation function, which runs for each relative-path
in the sitemap. Returning null
value from the transformation function will result in the exclusion of that specific path
from the generated sitemap list. async function additionalPaths (optional) Async function that returns a list of additional paths to be added to the generated sitemap list. async function generateIndexSitemap Generate index sitemaps. Default true
boolean generateRobotsTxt (optional) Generate a robots.txt
file and list the generated sitemaps. Default false
boolean robotsTxtOptions.transformRobotsTxt (optional) Custom robots.txt transformer function. (Example: custom-robots-txt-transformer)
Default: async(config, robotsTxt)=> robotsTxt
robots.txt
.
Default:
[{ userAgent: '*', allow: '/' }]
IRobotPolicy[] robotsTxtOptions.additionalSitemaps (optional) Options to add additional sitemaps to robots.txt
host entry string[] robotsTxtOptions.includeNonIndexSitemaps (optional) From v2.4x onwards, generated robots.txt
will only contain url of index sitemap
and custom provided endpoints from robotsTxtOptions.additionalSitemaps
.
This is to prevent duplicate url submission (once through index-sitemap -> sitemap-url and once through robots.txt -> HOST)
Set this option true
to add all generated sitemap endpoints to robots.txt
Default false
(Recommended)
Custom transformation provides an extension method to add, remove or exclude path
or properties
from a url-set. Transform function runs for each relative path
in the sitemap. And use the key
: value
object to add properties in the XML.
Returning null
value from the transformation function will result in the exclusion of that specific relative-path
from the generated sitemap list.
/** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ module.exports = { transform: async (config, path) => { // custom function to ignore the path if (customIgnoreFunction(path)) { return null } // only create changefreq along with path // returning partial properties will result in generation of XML field with only returned values. if (customLimitedField(path)) { // This returns `path` & `changefreq`. Hence it will result in the generation of XML field with `path` and `changefreq` properties only. return { loc: path, // => this will be exported as http(s)://<config.siteUrl>/<path> changefreq: 'weekly', } } // Use default transformation for all other cases return { loc: path, // => this will be exported as http(s)://<config.siteUrl>/<path> changefreq: config.changefreq, priority: config.priority, lastmod: config.autoLastmod ? new Date().toISOString() : undefined, alternateRefs: config.alternateRefs ?? [], } }, }Additional paths function
additionalPaths
this function can be useful if you have a large list of pages, but you don't want to render them all and use fallback: true. Result of executing this function will be added to the general list of paths and processed with sitemapSize
. You are free to add dynamic paths, but unlike additionalSitemap
, you do not need to split the list of paths into different files in case there are a lot of paths for one file.
If your function returns a path that already exists, then it will simply be updated, duplication will not happen.
/** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ module.exports = { additionalPaths: async (config) => { const result = [] // required value only result.push({ loc: '/additional-page-1' }) // all possible values result.push({ loc: '/additional-page-2', changefreq: 'yearly', priority: 0.7, lastmod: new Date().toISOString(), // acts only on '/additional-page-2' alternateRefs: [ { href: 'https://es.example.com', hreflang: 'es', }, { href: 'https://fr.example.com', hreflang: 'fr', }, ], }) // using transformation from the current configuration result.push(await config.transform(config, '/additional-page-3')) return result }, }Google News, image and video sitemap
Url set can contain additional sitemaps defined by google. These are Google News sitemap, image sitemap or video sitemap. You can add the values for these sitemaps by updating entry in transform
function or adding it with additionalPaths
. You have to return a sitemap entry in both cases, so it's the best place for updating the output. This example will add an image and news tag to each entry but IRL you would of course use it with some condition or within additionalPaths
result.
/** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ const config = { transform: async (config, path) => { return { loc: path, // => this will be exported as http(s)://<config.siteUrl>/<path> changefreq: config.changefreq, priority: config.priority, lastmod: config.autoLastmod ? new Date().toISOString() : undefined, images: [{ loc: 'https://example.com/image.jpg' }], news: { title: 'Article 1', publicationName: 'Google Scholar', publicationLanguage: 'en', date: new Date(), }, } }, } export default configFull configuration example
Here's an example next-sitemap.config.js
configuration with all options
/** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ module.exports = { siteUrl: 'https://example.com', changefreq: 'daily', priority: 0.7, sitemapSize: 5000, generateRobotsTxt: true, exclude: ['/protected-page', '/awesome/secret-page'], alternateRefs: [ { href: 'https://es.example.com', hreflang: 'es', }, { href: 'https://fr.example.com', hreflang: 'fr', }, ], // Default transformation function transform: async (config, path) => { return { loc: path, // => this will be exported as http(s)://<config.siteUrl>/<path> changefreq: config.changefreq, priority: config.priority, lastmod: config.autoLastmod ? new Date().toISOString() : undefined, alternateRefs: config.alternateRefs ?? [], } }, additionalPaths: async (config) => [ await config.transform(config, '/additional-page'), ], robotsTxtOptions: { policies: [ { userAgent: '*', allow: '/', }, { userAgent: 'test-bot', allow: ['/path', '/path-2'], }, { userAgent: 'black-listed-bot', disallow: ['/sub-path-1', '/path-2'], }, ], additionalSitemaps: [ 'https://example.com/my-custom-sitemap-1.xml', 'https://example.com/my-custom-sitemap-2.xml', 'https://example.com/my-custom-sitemap-3.xml', ], }, }
Above configuration will generate sitemaps based on your project and a robots.txt
like this.
# * User-agent: * Allow: / # test-bot User-agent: test-bot Allow: /path Allow: /path-2 # black-listed-bot User-agent: black-listed-bot Disallow: /sub-path-1 Disallow: /path-2 # Host Host: https://example.com # Sitemaps Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml # Index sitemap Sitemap: https://example.com/my-custom-sitemap-1.xml Sitemap: https://example.com/my-custom-sitemap-2.xml Sitemap: https://example.com/my-custom-sitemap-3.xmlGenerating dynamic/server-side sitemaps
next-sitemap
now provides two APIs to generate server side sitemaps. This will help to dynamically generate index-sitemap
(s) and sitemap
(s) by sourcing data from CMS or custom source.
getServerSideSitemapIndex
: Generates index sitemaps based on urls provided and returns application/xml
response. Supports next13+ route.{ts,js} file.
getServerSideSitemapIndexLegacy
instead.getServerSideSitemap
: Generates sitemap based on field entires and returns application/xml
response. Supports next13+ route.{ts,js} file.
getServerSideSitemapLegacy
instead.Here's a sample script to generate index-sitemap on server side.
1. Index sitemap (app directory)Create app/server-sitemap-index.xml/route.ts
file.
// app/server-sitemap-index.xml/route.ts import { getServerSideSitemapIndex } from 'next-sitemap' export async function GET(request: Request) { // Method to source urls from cms // const urls = await fetch('https//example.com/api') return getServerSideSitemapIndex([ 'https://example.com/path-1.xml', 'https://example.com/path-2.xml', ]) }2. Index sitemap (pages directory) (legacy)
Create pages/server-sitemap-index.xml/index.tsx
file.
// pages/server-sitemap-index.xml/index.tsx import { getServerSideSitemapIndexLegacy } from 'next-sitemap' import { GetServerSideProps } from 'next' export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async (ctx) => { // Method to source urls from cms // const urls = await fetch('https//example.com/api') return getServerSideSitemapIndexLegacy(ctx, [ 'https://example.com/path-1.xml', 'https://example.com/path-2.xml', ]) } // Default export to prevent next.js errors export default function SitemapIndex() {}Exclude server index sitemap from robots.txt
Now, next.js
is serving the dynamic index-sitemap from http://localhost:3000/server-sitemap-index.xml
.
List the dynamic sitemap page in robotsTxtOptions.additionalSitemaps
and exclude this path from static sitemap list.
// next-sitemap.config.js /** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ module.exports = { siteUrl: 'https://example.com', generateRobotsTxt: true, exclude: ['/server-sitemap-index.xml'], // <= exclude here robotsTxtOptions: { additionalSitemaps: [ 'https://example.com/server-sitemap-index.xml', // <==== Add here ], }, }
In this way, next-sitemap
will manage the sitemaps for all your static pages and your dynamic index-sitemap
will be listed on robots.txt.
Here's a sample script to generate sitemaps on server side.
1. Sitemaps (app directory)Create app/server-sitemap.xml/route.ts
file.
// app/server-sitemap.xml/route.ts import { getServerSideSitemap } from 'next-sitemap' export async function GET(request: Request) { // Method to source urls from cms // const urls = await fetch('https//example.com/api') return getServerSideSitemap([ { loc: 'https://example.com', lastmod: new Date().toISOString(), // changefreq // priority }, { loc: 'https://example.com/dynamic-path-2', lastmod: new Date().toISOString(), // changefreq // priority }, ]) }2. Sitemaps (pages directory) (legacy)
Create pages/server-sitemap.xml/index.tsx
file.
// pages/server-sitemap.xml/index.tsx import { getServerSideSitemapLegacy } from 'next-sitemap' import { GetServerSideProps } from 'next' export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async (ctx) => { // Method to source urls from cms // const urls = await fetch('https//example.com/api') const fields = [ { loc: 'https://example.com', // Absolute url lastmod: new Date().toISOString(), // changefreq // priority }, { loc: 'https://example.com/dynamic-path-2', // Absolute url lastmod: new Date().toISOString(), // changefreq // priority }, ] return getServerSideSitemapLegacy(ctx, fields) } // Default export to prevent next.js errors export default function Sitemap() {}
Now, next.js
is serving the dynamic sitemap from http://localhost:3000/server-sitemap.xml
.
List the dynamic sitemap page in robotsTxtOptions.additionalSitemaps
and exclude this path from static sitemap list.
// next-sitemap.config.js /** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ module.exports = { siteUrl: 'https://example.com', generateRobotsTxt: true, exclude: ['/server-sitemap.xml'], // <= exclude here robotsTxtOptions: { additionalSitemaps: [ 'https://example.com/server-sitemap.xml', // <==== Add here ], }, }
In this way, next-sitemap
will manage the sitemaps for all your static pages and your dynamic sitemap will be listed on robots.txt.
Add the following line of code in your next-sitemap.config.js
for nice typescript autocomplete! 💖
/** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */ module.exports = { // YOUR CONFIG }
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