simple_sitemap 8.x-3.4

Changes since 3.3

New features

#3045811: Submit generated XML sitemap to search engines automatically

Bug fixes

#3079897: entity_legal add form breaks with simple_sitemap
#3078369: Error: Call to a member function getFileUri()
#3080510: Assertion error on multi-step form node creation
#3078910: Error: Call to a member function set() on null

Improvements

#3070304: Tuning the worker script
#3084261: \Drupal\simple_sitemap\EntityHelper has unused dependency on Connection

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

There is an upgrade path from 8.x-2.x for regular users, however the API of the module has undergone several changes and custom code may need adjustments.

API changes since 3.3

None. Please make sure to use the below simple_sitemap.generator service API instead of accessing the module's configuration storage directly.

API methods

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

Hooks

• 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)

Check out this resource for more details about the module and in-depth tutorials.