Should this plugin support including the rss feeds into the generated sitemap?

[buanzo]

Hi. I was not able to find feed support in the code, so before suggesting a feature, I would like to ask if the sitemap plugin should incorporate the feeds into the resulting sitemap.

Thanks!

[justinmayer]

As far as I understand it (and my understanding could be woefully wrong), usually web sitemaps are for search engine indexing purposes, such that search engines can display multiple pages from a single site in their search results.

If that understanding is correct, what would be the use case for including Atom/RSS feed paths in the generated sitemap?

[buanzo]

Hey Justin :)

I have my own doubts, as well...

While it's not explicitly supported as a special content type in the sitemap protocol, you can technically include an RSS feed URL in a sitemap. Whether doing so would provide any benefit is not clearly documented by search engine providers... and I kinda would like to know.

I can make my own testing, but I wanted to reach out to more experienced people.

Thanks!

[justinmayer]

To be clear, I'm not opposed to the idea, as long as it is an opt-in feature that is not enabled by default.

One of these days I will get around to styling my feed, at which point I think it would make more sense to have my feed appear in my sitemap. 😊

[buanzo]

Absolutely agree. I would like to get more feedback before deciding to tackle this feature, but yes, most certainly not on by default.

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