Create a WordPress HTML Sitemap (Without Plugins)

If you’re looking for a way to create a WordPress HTML sitemap without installing any plugins, this guide is for you. Follow along with the video below…

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Code For Template File

/**
 * The template for displaying the sitemap page
 * Template Name: Sitemap
 *
 * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
 *
 */

Code For Sitemap

<h2 id="sitemap-pages">Pages</h2>
<ul>
<?php 
wp_list_pages( array( 
	'exclude' => '1387',
    'title_li' => '',
  )
);
?>
</ul>

<h2 id="sitemap-posts">Posts</h2>
<ul>
<?php 
$postsArgs = array(
	'post_type' => 'post',
	 'posts_per_page'=>'-1',
	// 'post__not_in' => array(), 
	 );
$postsLoop = new WP_Query( $postsArgs );
while ( $postsLoop->have_posts() ) {
 $postsLoop->the_post();
?>
	<li <?php post_class(); ?>><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php } wp_reset_query(); ?>
</ul>

<h2 id="sitemap-posts-categories">Post Categories</h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_list_categories( array(
    'title_li' => '',
    'show_count' => false,
//  'exclude'    => array(),
) ); ?> 
</ul>

<h2 id="sitemap-posts-tags">Post Tags</h2>
<?php
    $tags = get_tags(array( 
	 // 'exclude' => '',
	)
);
if ($tags) { ?>
<ul>
	<?php foreach ($tags as $tag) { ?>
	 	<li class="tag-id-<?php echo $tag->term_id ?>"><a href="<?php echo get_tag_link( $tag->term_id );?>"><?php echo $tag->name ?></a></li>
	<?php } ?>
</ul>
<? } ?>

<h2 id="sitemap-our-work">Our Work</h2>
<ul>
<?php 
$postsArgs = array(
	'post_type' => 'our-work',
	'posts_per_page'=>'-1',
	//'post__not_in' => array(), 
);
$postsLoop = new WP_Query( $postsArgs );
while ( $postsLoop->have_posts() ) {
	$postsLoop->the_post();
?>
	<li <?php post_class(); ?>><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php } wp_reset_query(); ?>
</ul>

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