Which Pages Are Included in Your SureRank Sitemap

What’s Included

By default, your SureRank XML sitemap automatically includes:

• All published posts and pages
• Any public custom post types you’ve set up (for example, Products, Portfolio items, Events)
• Public taxonomies (categories, tags, and any custom taxonomies)
• Custom post type archive pages (for example, /products/). Available starting in version 1.9.0.

What’s Left Out

• Attachment or media pages
• The “post format” taxonomy
• Anything not in a published state (drafts, pending review, or private content)
• Any post, page, or term you’ve marked as noindex, whether that’s set globally in your SEO settings or on the individual item

About Custom Post Type Archive Pages

If you have a custom post type like “Products,” its archive page (/products/) will appear in the sitemap as long as:

1. That post type is already included in your sitemap settings
2. The post type has archives enabled
3. The archive page itself isn’t marked noindex
4. There’s at least one indexable (published, non-noindexed) item in that post type

This doesn’t apply to your regular Posts or Pages. Their “archive” is your site’s blog home page, which is handled separately from custom post type archives.

If Something You Expect to See Is Missing

1. Open your sitemap index and check the relevant sub-sitemap for that content type.
2. If it’s a custom post type archive that’s missing, confirm the post type has archives enabled and has at least one published item that isn’t marked noindex.
3. If it’s an individual post, page, or term, check its noindex setting. You’ll find this in the SureRank SEO panel on that item’s edit screen.

Still not showing up as expected? Reach out to support with the specific URL you expected to find, its content type, and your SureRank version number. CPT archive support requires version 1.9.0 or later.