simple_sitemap 8.x-3.9

Changes since 3.8

New features

The module should now be compatible with PHP 8.

Bug fixes

#3070132: Undefined index: changefreq Notice message
PHP 8: #3186997: PHP 8 TypeError: method_exists()

Improvements

#3118519: Move search engine last submitted timestamp away from configuration
#3194130: Lastmod not showing for homepage node
#3188229: Replace uses of REQUEST_TIME and time() with time service
#3195647: Fix recently failing tests

API changes

None.

Changes since 2.x

Ability to create any type of sitemap via plugins

The 8.x-3.x release allows not only for customizing the URL generation through UrlGenerator plugins as 2.x does, but also creating multiple custom sitemap types through sitemapGenerator plugins and running all the sitemaps on the same Drupal instance. Now e.g a Google news sitemap can be added to a Drupal instance. This is possible through the new concept of sitemap variants.

Ability to create sitemap variants of various sitemap types via UI

Now e.g links form a specific entity bundle can be indexed in a specific sitemap variant with its own URL.

No more out of memory/time errors

The generation process has been streamlined to using a single queue regardless of whether batch generation is being used, or backend (cron/drush) processes. This should allow hundreds of thousands of entities/elements being indexed without memory errors.
If there is a problem, the generation process picks up from the last indexed element. The sitemap variants are only published after the generation has been completed.

Other

• Automatic submission to search engines
• Views and views arguments support
• XSL stylesheets for human visitors

Upgrade path from 2.x

The module can be easily upgraded from 8.x-2.x for regular users, however the API has undergone several changes and custom code may need adjustments.

API

Please make sure to use the below simple_sitemap.generator service API instead of accessing the module's configuration storage directly.

• getSetting
• saveSetting
• setVariants
• getSitemap
• removeSitemap
• queue
• rebuildQueue
• generateSitemap
• enableEntityType
• disableEntityType
• setBundleSettings
• getBundleSettings
• removeBundleSettings
• setEntityInstanceSettings
• getEntityInstanceSettings
• removeEntityInstanceSettings
• bundleIsIndexed
• entityTypeIsEnabled
• addCustomLink
• getCustomLinks
• removeCustomLinks
• getSitemapManager
  • getSitemapVariants
  • addSitemapVariant
  • removeSitemapVariants
• getQueueWorker
  • getInitialElementCount
  • getProcessedElementCount
  • generationInProgress

• hook_simple_sitemap_links_alter(&$links, $sitemap_variant)
• hook_simple_sitemap_arbitrary_links_alter(&$arbitrary_links, $sitemap_variant)
• hook_simple_sitemap_attributes_alter(&$attributes, $sitemap_variant)
• hook_simple_sitemap_index_attributes_alter(&$index_attributes, $sitemap_variant)
• hook_simple_sitemap_url_generators_alter(&$url_generators)
• hook_simple_sitemap_sitemap_generators_alter(&$sitemap_generators)
• hook_simple_sitemap_sitemap_types_alter(&$sitemap_types)

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