Disable WP Sitemaps vs Prime SEO

This plugin prevents WordPress from adding its own sitemaps. Also stops WordPress from adding a sitemap rule to the virtual robots.txt file. 👉 Uses only 1KB of code, so super lightweight, fast, and effective. Features Lightweight – only one line of code Simple to use – activate and done No settings to worry about Easy peasy. About WP Sitemaps You can check your WP Sitemap located at /wp-sitemap.xml Your sitemap should look similar to this. For more information about WP Sitemaps: New XML Sitemaps Functionality in WordPress 5.5 About the New WP Sitemaps and How to Disable Privacy This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way. Disable WP Sitemaps is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author. Support development I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books: The Tao of WordPress Digging into WordPress .htaccess made easy WordPress Themes In Depth Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins: BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress REST Pro Tools – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

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