XML Sitemap Generator for Google vs SEO Recipe Snippets

Generate XML and HTML sitemaps for your website with ease using the XML Sitemap Generator for Google. This plugin enables you to improve your SEO rankings by creating page, image, news, video, HTML, and RSS sitemaps. It also supports custom post types and taxonomies, allowing you to ensure that all of your content is being indexed by search engines. With a user-friendly interface, you can easily configure the plugin to suit your needs and generate sitemaps in just a few clicks. Keep your website up-to-date and make sure that search engines are aware of all of your content by using the XML Sitemap Generator for Google. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content. Supported for more than a decade and rated among the best, it will do exactly what it’s supposed to do – providing a complete XML sitemap for search engines! If you like the plugin, feel free to rate it! 🙂 Related Links: Support Forum License Good news, this plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial site. Translations The plugin comes with various translations, please refer to the WordPress Codex for more information about activating the translation. If you want to help to translate the plugin to your language, please have a look at the sitemap.pot file which contains all definitions and may be used with a gettext editor like Poedit (Windows).

Enables Rich Snippets for search engines. Show recipe name, rating, image, preparation time, and more on Google’s search results. This plugin allows 1 recipe per post. For example, to set the preparation time of your recipe post, add the following shortcode into your post: [recipe type=”prepTime”]1 hour and 45 minutes[/recipe] All supported properties with examples: name The name of the dish. image URL of an image of the dish being prepared. description A short summary describing the dish. rating A numerical rating for the item. ratingCount The count of total number of ratings. prepTime The length of time it takes to prepare the recipe for dish. cookTime The time it takes to actually cook the dish. totalTime The total time it takes to prepare the cook the dish. yield The quantity produced by the recipe. For example: number of people served, or number of servings. instructions The steps to make the dish. ingredient An ingredient used in the recipe. (can have multiples) These properties will be used by search engines and other services to serve better content to your users. If you want to add a property but you don’t want to display the property, you can add display="none". For example: [recipe type=”description” display=”none”]You can see this on Google, but not on my blog[/recipe] Here’s an example of a fully annotated post: [recipe type=”name”]Grandma’s Holiday Apple Pie[/recipe] [recipe type=”image” display=”none”]apple-pie.jpg[/recipe] Published: [recipe type=”datePublished”]November 5, 2009[/recipe] [recipe type=”description”]This is my grandmother’s apple pie recipe. I like to add a dash of nutmeg.[/recipe] [recipe type="rating"]4.0[/recipe] stars based on [recipe type="ratingCount"]35[/recipe] reviews Prep time: [recipe type="prepTime"]30 min[/recipe] Cook time: [recipe type="cookTime"]1 hour[/recipe] Total time: [recipe type="totalTime"]1 hour 30 min[/recipe] Yield: [recipe type="yield"]1 9" pie (8 servings)[/recipe] Ingredients: [recipe type="ingredient"]Thinly-sliced apples: 6 cups[/recipe] [recipe type="ingredient"]White sugar: 3/4 cup[/recipe] ... Directions: [recipe type="instructions"] 1. Cut and peel apples 2. Mix sugar and cinnamon. Use additional sugar for tart apples. ... [/recipe]