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Simple sitemap pagination url

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This module automatically splits large sitemaps into multiple physical XML files, rather than using query parameters, to ensure search engines can properly index all website pages. It also generates a sitemap index file that correctly references these individual sitemap files, resolving indexing errors for sites with many URLs.

According to Google’s documentation on large sitemaps, a sitemap file must adhere to certain size constraints:

  • Maximum of 50,000 URLs per sitemap, or
  • File size must not exceed 50MB (uncompressed).

When a website exceeds these limits, it's necessary to:

  1. Split the sitemap into multiple files.
  1. Use a sitemap index file to reference these multiple sitemaps.

Issue: Nested Indexing Error in Google Search Console
Problem observed:

  • Submitting the sitemap initially appears to work.
  • Upon inspecting individual pages (e.g., sitemap.xml?page=2), Google Search Console reports a "nested indexing error".

Root cause:

The sitemap is being paginated using query parameters (e.g., sitemap.xml?page=1, sitemap.xml?page=2).

However, Google does not support paginated sitemap index files using query strings.

Google expects each sitemap file to be a distinct .xml file, not paginated dynamically.

This incorrect format can result in:

  • Google missing pages.
  • Indexing issues or inconsistent crawl behavior.

Solution Provided by the Module
What the module does:

Automatically splits large sitemaps into multiple physical .xml files instead of using query parameters.

Generates files like:

sitemap-1.xml

sitemap-2.xml

etc.

Creates a sitemap index file (sitemap.xml) that references these individual sitemap files correctly, in accordance with Google's requirements.

Benefits:

  • Eliminates nested indexing errors.
  • Ensures Googlebot can discover and crawl all pages efficiently.
  • Provides SEO compliance for large-scale websites with thousands of URLs.

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Activity

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Jun 2025
Latest release
1 year ago
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Releases

Version Type Core Release date
1.0.2 Stable 10–11 Jun 28, 2025
1.0.x-dev Dev 10–11 Jun 24, 2025