Have you ever wanted to display a site map visible to visiteurs on WordPress? A visible site map allows you to present a hierarchical diagram of your different pages and sections. In this article, we will show you how to create a sitemap in WordPress without writing any code.

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Difference between HTML sitemap, XML sitemap, and WordPress visible sitemap

A site map (sitemap) XML is generated for machines and search engines. It uses the XML markup language to represent the contents of your site. Search engines can use these sitemaps to manage your site's exploitation rate. website.

Additionally, an HTML sitemap is intended for use by visiteurs of your Website (real people). It simply displays a list of your pages and the different sections of your site on one page. Although the site map (sitemap) HTML is used to show the structure of your site, however this is often not the ideal option for displaying the hierarchy of your Website.

This is where a site map visible to users comes in handy. It allows you to display the elements, child elements, sibling elements, all in a tree structure. That being said, let's take a look at how to easily add a user viewable sitemap on WordPress.

Add a site map visible to users in WordPress

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the plugin Slick Sitemap. Now, before installing the plugin, you need to create a navigation menu in WordPress. Using the WordPress navigation menus, you can create menus with submenus. Likewise the sub-menus can have their own sub-menus.

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This navigation menu will contain all the pages or articles that you want to display in your map. You can name this menu " Visible Site Map And save it.

You can also create another menu or use an existing menu with only a few important pages. This menu will be used as the utility menu above your visible site map.

Once you have created the menus, it's time to set up your site map. Just go to page Settings »Slick Sitemap and configure the plugin.

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In the option "Default Sitemap Menu", you must select the main menu "VisualSitemap". Choose the number of columns you want to display. Finally, you have to choose the utility menu and click on the button " Save Changes To save everything.

Display the site map visible on your site WordPress

Now that you have successfully created and configured a user viewable sitemap, the next step is to display this map on a page in your WordPress site.

Simply create a new page in WordPress and add this shortcode in the box contents.

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After that, click on the button " Record " ou "Publish" To save your changes. You can now visit this page and see the site map in action.

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We hope this article helps you add a user visible sitemap on WordPress. If you have comments on this article, or suggestions, please let us know in the dedicated section.