simple_sitemap_pagination_url

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.