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---
-title: Sitemap Template
-# linktitle: Sitemap
-description: Hugo ships with a built-in template file observing the v0.9 of the Sitemap Protocol, but you can override this template if needed.
+title: Sitemap Templates
+description: Hugo provides built-in sitemap templates.
date: 2017-02-01
-publishdate: 2017-02-01
-lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [templates]
keywords: [sitemap, xml, templates]
menu:
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draft: false
aliases: [/layout/sitemap/,/templates/sitemap/]
-toc: false
+toc: true
---
-A single Sitemap template is used to generate the `sitemap.xml` file.
-Hugo automatically comes with this template file. *No work is needed on
-the users' part unless they want to customize `sitemap.xml`.*
+## Overview
-A sitemap is a `Page` and therefore has all the [page variables][pagevars] available to use in this template along with Sitemap-specific ones:
+Hugo's built-in sitemap templates conform to v0.9 of the [sitemap protocol].
-`.Sitemap.ChangeFreq`
-: The page change frequency
+With a monolingual project, Hugo generates a sitemap.xml file in the root of the [`publishDir`] using the internal [sitemap.xml] template.
-`.Sitemap.Priority`
-: The priority of the page
+With a multilingual project, Hugo generates:
-`.Sitemap.Filename`
-: The sitemap filename
+- A sitemap.xml file in the root of each site (language) using the built-in [sitemap.xml] template
+- A sitemap.xml file in the root of the [`publishDir`] using the built-in [sitemapindex.xml] template
-If provided, Hugo will use `/layouts/sitemap.xml` instead of the internal `sitemap.xml` template that ships with Hugo.
+## Configuration
-## Sitemap Templates
-
-Hugo has built-on Sitemap templates, but you can provide your own if needed, in either `layouts/sitemap.xml` or `layouts/_default/sitemap.xml`.
-
-For multilingual sites, we also create a Sitemap index. You can provide a custom layout for that in either `layouts/sitemapindex.xml` or `layouts/_default/sitemapindex.xml`.
-
-## Hugo’s sitemap.xml
-
-This template respects the version 0.9 of the [Sitemap Protocol](https://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html).
-
-```xml
-{{ printf "" | safeHTML }}
-
- {{ range .Data.Pages }}
-
- {{ .Permalink }}{{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}
- {{ safeHTML ( .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" ) }}{{ end }}{{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}
- {{ . }}{{ end }}{{ if ge .Sitemap.Priority 0.0 }}
- {{ .Sitemap.Priority }}{{ end }}{{ if .IsTranslated }}{{ range .Translations }}
- {{ end }}
- {{ end }}
-
- {{ end }}
-
-```
-
-## Hugo's sitemapindex.xml
-
-This is used to create a Sitemap index in multilingual mode:
-
-```xml
-{{ printf "" | safeHTML }}
-
- {{ range . }}
-
- {{ .SitemapAbsURL }}
- {{ if not .LastChange.IsZero }}
- {{ .LastChange.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" | safeHTML }}
- {{ end }}
-
- {{ end }}
-
-```
-
-## Configure `sitemap.xml`
-
-Defaults for ``, `` and `filename` values can be set in the site's config file, e.g.:
+Set the default values for [change frequency] and [priority], and the name of the generated file, in your site configuration.
{{< code-toggle file="config" >}}
[sitemap]
- changefreq = "monthly"
+ changefreq = 'monthly'
+ filename = 'sitemap.xml'
priority = 0.5
- filename = "sitemap.xml"
{{ code-toggle >}}
-The same fields can be specified in an individual content file's front matter in order to override the value assigned to that piece of content at render time.
+changefreq
+: How frequently a page is likely to change. Valid values are `always`, `hourly`, `daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`, `yearly`, and `never`. Default is `""` (omitted from rendered sitemap).
+filename
+: The name of the generated file. Default is `sitemap.xml`.
+priority
+: The priority of a page relative to any other page on the site. Valid values range from 0.0 to 1.0. Default is `-1` (omitted from rendered sitemap).
-[pagevars]: /variables/page/
+## Override Default Values
+
+Override the default values for a given page in front matter.
+
+{{< code-toggle file="news.md" fm=true >}}
+title = 'News'
+[sitemap]
+ changefreq = 'weekly'
+ priority = 0.8
+{{ code-toggle >}}
+
+## Override Built-in Templates
+
+To override the built-in sitemap.xml template, create a new file in either of these locations:
+
+- layouts/sitemap.xml
+- layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
+
+When ranging through the page collection, access the _change frequency_ and _priority_ with `.Sitemap.ChangeFreq` and `.Sitemap.Priority` respectively.
+
+To override the built-in sitemapindex.xml template, create a new file in either of these locations:
+
+- layouts/sitemapindex.xml
+- layouts/_default/sitemapindex.xml
+
+## Disable Sitemap Generation
+
+You may disable sitemap generation in your site configuration:
+
+{{< code-toggle file="config" >}}
+disableKinds = ['sitemap']
+{{ code-toggle >}}
+
+[`publishDir`]: {{< relref "getting-started/configuration#publishdir" >}}
+[change frequency]:
+[priority]:
+[sitemap protocol]:
+[sitemap.xml]:
+[sitemapindex.xml]: