IFTTT Post Formats & Post Types vs Polylang Dynamic Sitemap Generator

IFTTT (if this, then that) is one of the coolest web services available, and allows you to connect your different web service accounts to create ‘recipes’. An example of a recipe that I have is to create a new WordPress post on my blog whenever I favorite a YouTube video. Unfortunately IFTTT doesn’t have a way to specify a post format or a custom post type, so this plugin provides a couple ways to update them. To set the post format, you need to set the category in IFTTT to one of the following categories: ifttt-aside ifttt-gallery ifttt-link ifttt-image ifttt-quote ifttt-status ifttt-video ifttt-audio ifttt-chat So for my YouTube -> WordPress recipe, I have it adding the ‘ifttt-video’ category in IFTTT (IFTTT allows you to specify the category for the posts it creates), and voilà, when it’s published, the format has been set. If you want to instead set the new post to a custom post type, you can do so by setting the category in IFTTT to one that matches this pattern: ifttt-posttype-{post_type_slug}. So if you wanted to create new WordPress pages with IFTTT, you would add the ifttt-posttype-page category. And finally, if you want the IFTTT categories to be stored as a different taxonomy, you can do so by setting the category in IFTTT to one that matches this pattern: ifttt-taxonomy-{taxonomy_slug}. Note: These speciall ifttt-* categories will not actually be set on the post/page/object. These are ‘special’ categories which simply serve as flags for which post format, post-type or taxonomy to send the data to, and they are removed from the list of categories which are actually stored to the post. Hope you find this useful! Feel free to contribute to or fork this plugin on github.

Polylang Dynamic Sitemap Generator is a powerful WordPress plugin that automatically generates SEO-friendly sitemaps for all active languages and post types in your multilingual website powered by Polylang. With this plugin, you can ensure that your website’s sitemap stays up to date with the latest content and accurately reflects the structure of your multilingual website. The plugin seamlessly integrates with Polylang to determine the active languages on your website. It retrieves all published posts and pages for each language and generates separate sitemap files tailored to each language. Additionally, it creates a main sitemap.xml file that serves as the index for the language-based sitemaps. The generated sitemaps follow the XML Sitemap protocol, including the essential elements such as the URL, last modification date, and change frequency for each post. These sitemaps can be easily submitted to search engines, aiding in the efficient indexing of your website and improving its search engine optimization (SEO) performance. Features Generates dynamic sitemaps for all active languages and post types in Polylang. Supports multilingual websites using the Polylang plugin. Includes the URL, last modification date, and change frequency for each post. Generates a main sitemap.xml file that indexes the language-based sitemaps. Sample Output File Names English sitemap: sitemap_en.xml French sitemap: sitemap_fr.xml German sitemap: sitemap_de.xml Main sitemap: sitemap.xml License This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later. Support For support or inquiries, please use the WordPress.org support forums.