Sitemap Generator with IndexNow is a professional free component for Joomla that combines automatic XML sitemap generation with instant search engine notification through the IndexNow protocol — no more waiting days for crawlers to discover your content.
Everything managed from a single, clean dashboard: generate your sitemap, configure your API key, and submit all your URLs to Bing, Yandex, Seznam, and Naver in one click. No complex setup, no hidden settings — install and start improving your SEO immediately.
⚡ Key Features
📊 Automatic Sitemap Generation
Creates standard sitemaps.org-compliant XML sitemaps with clean SEF URLs — no IDs, no "index.php", no "uncategorised". Includes homepage, articles, categories, and menu items with proper priority and change frequency settings.
⚡ IndexNow Integration
Instant notification to Bing, Yandex, Seznam, and Naver the moment your content changes. Batch submission of up to 10,000 URLs at once, with automatic API key verification file creation.
🎛️ Single-Page Dashboard
All functions accessible from one clean interface — no complex menus, no hidden settings. Manage your API key, generate the sitemap, and submit to search engines all from the same screen.
🔍 Smart Content Filtering
Automatic duplicate detection and removal. Only published content is included in the sitemap. Unpublished articles and hidden categories are excluded automatically — no manual configuration needed.
📋 Submission Logging
Detailed logs of every IndexNow submission with HTTP status codes. Know exactly which URLs were sent, when, and whether each one succeeded or failed — full transparency at every step.
🧹 Clean SEF URLs
Generated URLs are always SEO-friendly: yoursite.com/blog/article-title instead of yoursite.com/index.php?id=4. Ready for Google, Bing, and beyond.
Single-page dashboard — API key, sitemap generation, and IndexNow submission in one place
🛠 How It Works
Install
Upload the ZIP via Joomla's Extension Manager. Database setup is fully automatic.
Generate
Go to Components → Sitemap & IndexNow, click "Generate Sitemap". Your sitemap.xml is ready instantly.
Configure
Enter your 32-character IndexNow API key. The verification file is created on your server automatically.
Submit
Click "Submit All URLs" — Bing, Yandex, Seznam, and Naver are notified instantly.
⚙ Sitemap Structure & SEO Settings
The component generates sitemaps following SEO best practices with correct priority and change frequency for each content type:
✅ Clean URLs — what you get
yoursite.com/blog/my-articleyoursite.com/servicesyoursite.com/about-us
❌ Bad URLs — what you don't get
yoursite.com/index.php/blog/4-my-articleyoursite.com/uncategorised/articleyoursite.com/root
💻 System Requirements
🔍 What is IndexNow?
IndexNow is an open protocol created by Microsoft that allows websites to instantly push content updates to search engines — instead of waiting for crawlers to discover them. Once you submit, the following engines are notified immediately:
Microsoft Bing
Second largest search engine worldwide
Yandex
Largest search engine in Russia
Seznam.cz
Leading search engine in Czech Republic
Naver
Dominant search engine in South Korea
🎯 Perfect For
New Websites
Get indexed quickly from day one and start appearing in results fast
News Sites
Instant notification for breaking news and time-sensitive content updates
Business Sites
Faster indexing for new products, services, and landing pages
Developers
Manage SEO indexing across multiple client sites quickly and efficiently
Ready to Get Indexed Faster?
Download Sitemap Generator with IndexNow for free and boost your SEO from day one.
📜 Changelog
Version 1.0.0 — January 2026
- Initial release
- Automatic XML sitemap generation (sitemaps.org compliant)
- Clean SEF URLs — no IDs, no "index.php", no "uncategorised"
- IndexNow integration: Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver
- Automatic API key verification file creation
- Batch URL submission (up to 10,000 URLs)
- Detailed submission logging with HTTP status codes
- Smart content filtering — published content only
- Automatic duplicate detection and removal
- Single-page administration dashboard
- Joomla Update System support
Developed by Michele Bruno — FreeCMSPlugins.com
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