When the XML sitemaps feature was originally introduced, the `lastmod` field was omitted because guidance at the time indicated it was less important for search engines, plus for some entities it was computationally expensive to add. Now that the guidance has slightly changed, we are revisiting this and adding `lastmod` where easily possible.
- Adds `lastmod` to all individual post objects (of any post type) in the sitemap
- Adds `lastmod` to the homepage sitemap entry if the homepage is set to display the latest posts.
No `lastmod` is added for the individual sitemap pages in the sitemap index, nor for term archives or user archives. Those enhancements require additional changes, such as storing the modified date for a taxonomy term when something is added to that term. They can be revisited in separate follow-up tickets.
Props swissspidy, joemcgill.
Fixes#52099
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Author archives are only generated for users who created at least one post.
Prevent adding author archives to the XML sitemap for users who only authored pages
as the links would otherwise result in a 404.
Props zodiac1978, huzaifaalmesbah.
Fixes#57816.
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When various methods parameters in child classes were renamed to `$item` to match the parent class for PHP 8 named parameter support, most of the methods restored the more descriptive, specific name at the beginning for better readability, with several exceptions for methods consisting only of a few lines.
To avoid confusion about why some methods do that and some don't, this commit aims to bring more consistency to the code, specifically in list tables' `::column_default()` methods.
Follow-up to [51728], [51737], [51786].
See #58831.
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Includes minor formatting edits for consistency.
Follow-up to [53/tests], [12179], [12946], [35288], [37884], [38810], [38928], [46596], [48131], [52955], [53548], [53813], [53873], [54118], [54316], [54420], [54421], [54803].
See #56792.
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Add a forth parameter to the `wp_sitemaps_taxonomies_entry` filter to pass the entire `WP_Term` object.
Correct the documentation for the second parameter of the `wp_sitemaps_taxonomies_entry` filter to indicate it is a term ID rather than term object.
Props RavanH, swissspidy, audrasjb.
Fixes#55239.
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In each child class, renames the parameter to match the parent's method signature.
Why? PHP 8 introduces the ability to pass named arguments to function/method calls. This means the child and parent method signatures (i.e. parameter names) need to match.
Adds @since to clearly specify why the change happened.
Reassigns the generic parameter to the original parameter.
Why? Restoring the original name keeps the context intact within the method and makes the code more readable. An inline comment explains why this reassignment is made.
Note: Reassignment is done after the guard clause.
Why? To avoid unnecessary processing and memory should the method bail out.
Follow-up to [48072].
Props jrf, hellofromTonya, sergeybiryukov, azaozz, desrosj, johnbillion.
See #51553.
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In each child and grandchild class, renames the second parameter to match the parent's method signature.
Why? PHP 8 introduces the ability to pass named arguments to function/method calls. This means the child and parent method signatures (i.e. parameter names) need to match.
Adds @since to clearly specify why the change happened.
Reassigns the generic parameter to the original parameter.
Why? Restoring the original name keeps the context intact within the method and makes the code more readable. An inline comment explains why this reassignment is made.
Follow-up to [48072].
Props jrf, hellofromTonya, sergeybiryukov, azaozz, desrosj, johnbillion.
See #51553.
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This avoids a PHP warning during sitemap generation if `get_term_link()` returns an error, e.g. due to term ID being shared between multiple taxonomies.
Additionally, pass the `$taxonomy` argument to `get_term_link()` to properly disambiguate the call.
Props dd32.
Fixes#51416.
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This brings `wp_count_terms()` in line with other taxonomy functions such as `get_terms()` which technically no longer require a taxonomy. Similar to the previously modified functions, no deprecation warning is triggered when using the legacy signature.
Fixes#36399.
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If there are no pages and no static homepage, there will still be one sitemap including the homepage URL.
This change ensures that this sitemap is correctly listed in the sitemap index.
Props Chouby, pacifika, elrae.
Fixes#50571.
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While web crawlers are able to discover pages from links within the site and from other sites, XML sitemaps supplement this approach by allowing crawlers to quickly and comprehensively identify all URLs included in the sitemap and learn other signals about those URLs using the associated metadata.
See https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/06/10/merge-announcement-extensible-core-sitemaps/ for more details.
This feature exposes the sitemap index via `/wp-sitemap.xml` and exposes a variety of new filters and hooks for developers to modify the behavior. Users can disable sitemaps completely by turning off search engine visibility in WordPress admin.
This change also introduces a new `esc_xml()` function to escape strings for output in XML, as well as XML support to `wp_kses_normalize_entities()`.
Props Adrian McShane, afragen, adamsilverstein, casiepa, flixos90, garrett-eclipse, joemcgill, kburgoine, kraftbj, milana_cap, pacifika, pbiron, pfefferle, Ruxandra Gradina, swissspidy, szepeviktor, tangrufus, tweetythierry.
Fixes#50117.
See #3670. See #19998.
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Sergey Biryukov
Pascal Birchler
audrasjb
John Blackbourn
Peter Wilson
hellofromTonya
Felix Arntz