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    • kisen
      kisen last edited by

      I'm using Yoast SEO plugin to generate XML sitemaps on my e-commerce site (woocommerce). I recently changed the category structure and now only 25 of about 75 product categories are included.

      Is there a way to manually include urls or what is the best way to have them all indexed in the sitemap?

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      • joseph.chambers
        joseph.chambers @kisen last edited by

        Yes,

        You should exclude coupons. I do, personally, at least.

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        • kisen
          kisen last edited by

          I guess I should no-index coupons in the post types section though, right? I have tags and product tags set to no index.

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          • kisen
            kisen last edited by

            Ok, thanks. None are nofollow. But you don't mean I should exclude taxonomies right? See attached how I have it setup in Yoast SEO plugin. Right or Wrong?

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            • joseph.chambers
              joseph.chambers last edited by

              Look here:

              • admin.php?page=wpseo_titles#top#post_types
              • admin.php?page=wpseo_titles#top#taxonomies

              Make sure that you're not nofollowing any of them.. Also look here:

              • admin.php?page=wpseo_xml

              To make sure you're excluding taxonomies. I'm currently using wordpress and woocommerce as well with yoast seo.

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