Sitemap Builder

Total CMS provides automatic XML sitemap generation for all collections with built-in filtering capabilities.

Basic Usage

Generate a sitemap for any collection:

/sitemap/{collection}

For example:

/sitemap/blog
/sitemap/products
/sitemap/portfolio

Filtering Objects

The sitemap builder supports powerful filtering using URL parameters to control which objects appear in your sitemap.

📖 See Index Filter Documentation for complete filtering syntax and examples.

Quick Examples

# Exclude draft posts
/sitemap/blog?exclude=draft

# Only featured posts
/sitemap/blog?include=featured

# Only published, non-private posts
/sitemap/blog?include=published&exclude=draft,private

# Only in-stock products
/sitemap/products?include=instock&exclude=discontinued

Filter Syntax Overview

• Include: ?include=property:value - Object must match ALL criteria
• Exclude: ?exclude=property:value - Object excluded if it matches ANY criteria
• Shorthand: ?include=featured - Defaults to featured:true
• Multiple: Use commas to separate multiple filters

Common Use Cases

Blog Posts:

/sitemap/blog?include=published&exclude=draft,archived

E-commerce:

/sitemap/products?include=instock:true&exclude=discontinued

Events:

/sitemap/events?include=status:upcoming&exclude=cancelled

Additional Options

Date Property

Specify which date field to use for lastmod (defaults to updated):

/sitemap/blog?date=created
/sitemap/products?date=lastModified

Advanced Filtering

For detailed filtering documentation including:

• Include/exclude logic
• Boolean and string values
• Multiple criteria
• Precedence rules
• PHP usage examples

See the complete Index Filter Documentation.

Backward Compatibility

All existing sitemaps continue to work unchanged. Filtering is only applied when URL parameters are provided.

The legacy filter parameter is still supported and is automatically mapped to include.