{"title":"Manage the sitemap for your store","slug":"sitemap-file","url":"https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/sitemap-file","url_markdown":"https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/sitemap-file.md","subtitle":null,"summary":"StoreConnect auto-generates a daily sitemap.xml for each store. Ensure pages, articles, products, and categories meet visibility prerequisites to appear in the sitemap for search engine crawling.","type":"Help_Documentation","video_url":"","keywords":"sitemap, sitemap.xml, xml sitemap, seo, search engine indexing, site discoverability, search engine crawling, pages visibility, product indexing, article indexing, sitemap prerequisites, automatic sitemap, location groups, stealth mode, custom sitemap","last_modified":"2026-08-21T07:12:35+0000","body_markdown":"A sitemap is an XML file that lists your store's important pages, products, and articles. It functions as a roadmap for search engines, allowing bots to efficiently crawl and index your site, enhancing discoverability.\n\nStoreConnect auto-generates a sitemap file for your store, which refreshes daily. To include store information on the sitemap, you need to ensure your articles, pages, products and product categories meet the conditions below.\n\nYour store's sitemap is available at all times via `your-store.com/sitemap.xml`. If you are running multiple stores, each store has its own sitemap. [Learn more about Sitemaps](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/sitemaps/overview).\n\n## Conditions for appearing in the sitemap\n\nTo have a page show up in the sitemap feed, the following must be true of each page:\n\n1.  It must be published\n2.  It must not be hidden\n3.  It must not be restricted to members only\n\nTo have an article show up in the sitemap feed, the following must be true of each article:\n\n1.  It must be published\n2.  It must not be restricted to members only\n\nTo have a product show up in the sitemap feed, the following must be true of each product:\n\n1.  It must be active\n2.  It must not be deleted\n3.  It must have an available on date in the past or be discontinued\n4.  It must belong to a product category within your store taxonomy\n\nTo have a product category show up in the sitemap feed, the following must be true of each product category:\n\n1.  It must not be hidden\n2.  It must belong to your store taxonomy\n\nTo have a location show up in the sitemap feed, the following must be true of each location group:\n\n- It must be active\n\nOnce the requirements have been met, the page, article, product, product category, or location will show up the next day in your `/sitemap.xml` file on your store site.\n\n## Stealth mode\n\nStores with [Stealth Mode](stealth-mode) enabled do not have a sitemap. The `/sitemap.xml` URL will return a 404.\n\n## Custom sitemap\n\nIf you need full control over your sitemap content, you can create a Content Page with the path `sitemap.xml`. When this page exists, StoreConnect will serve it instead of the auto-generated sitemap. This lets you use Liquid to build a fully custom XML sitemap.\n\n## View your sitemap\n\nYour sitemap lives at `yourstore.com/sitemap.xml`. To view the latest version and avoid viewing a cached copy, open your sitemap URL in a private/incognito browser.\n\nThe sitemap looks like this:\n\n```\n\nhttp://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9\"\u003e\n\n    https://getstoreconnect.com/\n    2021-09-23\n    daily\n    1.0\n\n\n    https://getstoreconnect.com/hidden-services\n    2021-08-22\n    daily\n    0.8\n\n\n    https://getstoreconnect.com/plans\n    2021-09-19\n    daily\n    0.8\n\n\n    https://getstoreconnect.com/annual-plans\n    2021-08-22\n    daily\n    0.8\n```"}