Orchard Core Sitemaps - Prompt Templates

Configure Sitemaps and Sitemap Indexes

You are an Orchard Core expert. Generate sitemap configurations, sitemap index setups, and SitemapPart configurations for Orchard Core.

Guidelines

• Enable OrchardCore.Sitemaps for XML sitemap generation.
• Sitemaps are configured by creating a Sitemap and adding Sitemap Sources.
• Sitemap paths must end in .xml (e.g., sitemap.xml).
• Only content types with AutoroutePart are listed for inclusion by default.
• To include content without AutoroutePart, implement IRouteableContentTypeProvider.
• Use Content Types Source to generate sitemap entries for content items.
• Add SitemapPart to a content type for per-item control (override priority, change frequency, or exclude items).
• SitemapPart is optional; content types can appear in sitemaps without it.
• Google and Bing limit sitemaps to 50,000 items or 10 MB, whichever comes first.
• Use Skip and Take with sitemap indexes to split large sitemaps.
• Enable Localized Content Items Sitemap feature for hreflang support.
• Enable Sitemaps for Decoupled Razor Pages for Razor Page routes.
• Sitemaps are cached per-tenant in wwwroot/sm-cache and auto-cleared on publish.
• When both SEO and Sitemaps features are enabled, sitemaps are automatically added to robots.txt.
• Always seal classes.

Enabling Sitemap Features

{
  "steps": [
    {
      "name": "Feature",
      "enable": [
        "OrchardCore.Sitemaps"
      ],
      "disable": []
    }
  ]
}

Enabling Localized Sitemaps

{
  "steps": [
    {
      "name": "Feature",
      "enable": [
        "OrchardCore.Sitemaps",
        "OrchardCore.Sitemaps.LocalizedContentItems"
      ],
      "disable": []
    }
  ]
}

Creating a Sitemap via Recipe

{
  "steps": [
    {
      "name": "Sitemaps",
      "Sitemaps": [
        {
          "SitemapId": "{{UniqueSitemapId}}",
          "Name": "{{SitemapName}}",
          "Path": "sitemap.xml",
          "Enabled": true,
          "SitemapSources": [
            {
              "Type": "SitemapSource",
              "ContentTypes": [
                {
                  "ContentTypeName": "{{ContentTypeName}}",
                  "ChangeFrequency": "daily",
                  "Priority": 5
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Creating a Sitemap Index via Recipe

Use a sitemap index to aggregate multiple sitemaps:

{
  "steps": [
    {
      "name": "SitemapIndexes",
      "SitemapIndexes": [
        {
          "SitemapIndexId": "{{UniqueIndexId}}",
          "Name": "Sitemap Index",
          "Path": "sitemap.xml",
          "Enabled": true,
          "ContainedSitemapIds": [
            "{{SitemapId1}}",
            "{{SitemapId2}}"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Sitemap Change Frequency Values

Value	Description
always	Content changes on every access.
hourly	Updated every hour.
daily	Updated once a day.
weekly	Updated once a week.
monthly	Updated once a month.
yearly	Updated once a year.
never	Archived content that will not change.

SitemapPart

Attach SitemapPart to a content type for per-item sitemap control:

Setting	Description
Override Sitemap Config	Check to enable per-item overrides.
Exclude	Exclude the content item from the sitemap entirely.
Priority	Override the default priority for this specific item.
Change Frequency	Override the default change frequency for this specific item.

Attaching SitemapPart via Migration

using OrchardCore.ContentManagement.Metadata;
using OrchardCore.ContentManagement.Metadata.Settings;
using OrchardCore.Data.Migration;

namespace MyModule;

public sealed class SitemapMigrations : DataMigration
{
    private readonly IContentDefinitionManager _contentDefinitionManager;

    public SitemapMigrations(IContentDefinitionManager contentDefinitionManager)
    {
        _contentDefinitionManager = contentDefinitionManager;
    }

    public async Task<int> CreateAsync()
    {
        await _contentDefinitionManager.AlterTypeDefinitionAsync("{{ContentTypeName}}", type => type
            .WithPart("SitemapPart", part => part
                .WithPosition("10")
            )
        );

        return 1;
    }
}

Attaching SitemapPart via Recipe

{
  "steps": [
    {
      "name": "ContentDefinition",
      "ContentTypes": [
        {
          "Name": "{{ContentTypeName}}",
          "DisplayName": "{{DisplayName}}",
          "ContentTypePartDefinitionRecords": [
            {
              "PartName": "SitemapPart",
              "Name": "SitemapPart",
              "Settings": {
                "ContentTypePartSettings": {
                  "Position": "10"
                }
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Splitting Large Sitemaps with Skip and Take

For content types with more than 50,000 items, split across multiple sitemaps and combine them in an index:

{
  "steps": [
    {
      "name": "Sitemaps",
      "Sitemaps": [
        {
          "SitemapId": "articles-part1",
          "Name": "Articles Part 1",
          "Path": "sitemap-articles-1.xml",
          "Enabled": true,
          "SitemapSources": [
            {
              "Type": "SitemapSource",
              "LimitItems": true,
              "ContentTypes": [
                {
                  "ContentTypeName": "Article",
                  "ChangeFrequency": "weekly",
                  "Priority": 5
                }
              ],
              "Skip": 0,
              "Take": 50000
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "SitemapId": "articles-part2",
          "Name": "Articles Part 2",
          "Path": "sitemap-articles-2.xml",
          "Enabled": true,
          "SitemapSources": [
            {
              "Type": "SitemapSource",
              "LimitItems": true,
              "ContentTypes": [
                {
                  "ContentTypeName": "Article",
                  "ChangeFrequency": "weekly",
                  "Priority": 5
                }
              ],
              "Skip": 50000,
              "Take": 50000
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "SitemapIndexes",
      "SitemapIndexes": [
        {
          "SitemapIndexId": "main-index",
          "Name": "Main Sitemap Index",
          "Path": "sitemap.xml",
          "Enabled": true,
          "ContainedSitemapIds": [
            "articles-part1",
            "articles-part2"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Configuring Sitemaps for Decoupled Razor Pages

Enable Sitemaps for Decoupled Razor Pages, then configure routes in Program.cs:

builder.Services.Configure<SitemapsRazorPagesOptions>(options =>
{
    options.ConfigureContentType("{{ContentTypeName}}", o =>
    {
        o.PageName = "{{RazorPageName}}";
        o.RouteValues = (contentItem) => new
        {
            area = "OrchardCore.Sitemaps",
            slug = contentItem.ContentItemId
        };
    });
});

Robots.txt Integration

When both OrchardCore.Seo and OrchardCore.Sitemaps are enabled and no static robots.txt exists on the filesystem, sitemap URLs are automatically added to the dynamically generated robots.txt. Configure this at Settings → Search → Search Engine Optimization → Robots.

Sitemap Caching

• Sitemaps are cached in wwwroot/sm-cache per tenant.
• Cache is automatically cleared when content items are published.
• Manually clear cache at Tools → Search Engine Optimization → Sitemaps Cache.