An XML sitemap helps search engines discover online store pages and understand the catalog structure. But a standard Joomla sitemap does not automatically know about JoomShopping products, categories, manufacturers, and other store pages.
Sitemap Plugin for JoomShopping 5+ adds JoomShopping store pages to the XML sitemap generated by JL Sitemap.
JoomShopping catalog in sitemap.xml.
Products, categories, manufacturers, and other store pages can be included in the sitemap together with the rest of your Joomla content.
JoomShopping inside the main XML sitemap
The plugin integrates JoomShopping with
JL Sitemap
,
which is responsible for generating the sitemap.xml file.
With the plugin enabled, JL Sitemap receives information not only about standard Joomla content, but also about the structure of the JoomShopping catalog.
Products
Product pages can be included in the XML sitemap.
Categories
JoomShopping category pages can be added to the sitemap.
Manufacturers
Manufacturer pages can also be represented in the sitemap structure.
Automatic sitemap generation
Once the plugin is connected, JoomShopping data is used by JL Sitemap when the XML sitemap is generated.
This removes the need to manually maintain a list of product and category URLs or create a separate sitemap specifically for the store catalog.
When the store structure changes, JL Sitemap can generate an up-to-date sitemap that includes current JoomShopping pages.
Manual and automatic updates
The sitemap can be updated according to the capabilities of JL Sitemap — manually or automatically.
The plugin therefore does not create a separate sitemap engine. Instead, it extends the existing JL Sitemap system with JoomShopping support.
Why an online store needs an XML sitemap
In a large online store, some product pages may be located deep inside the catalog structure.
An XML sitemap gives search crawlers an additional structured list of URLs that they can discover and inspect.
New products
New catalog pages become easier for search crawlers to discover through an up-to-date sitemap.
Large catalogs
Search engines receive a structured list of important pages even when the store contains many products and categories.
Important:
a sitemap helps search engines discover URLs, but it does not by itself guarantee indexing or higher search rankings.
JL Sitemap is required
This plugin is an integration between JoomShopping and JL Sitemap and does not generate an XML sitemap on its own.
The
JL Sitemap
component must be installed separately.
JL Sitemap generates the sitemap.xml file, while the Nevigen plugin adds JoomShopping page support to it.
Nevigen JShop Product Route support
The plugin supports integration with Nevigen JShop Product Route.
If that solution is used to generate JoomShopping product routes, the sitemap plugin can work with the same URL logic when creating sitemap links.
Together with Basic Product SEO
The sitemap helps search engines discover store pages, while the SEO fields of the products themselves can be automated with
Basic Product SEO for JoomShopping 5+
.
Sitemap Plugin
Provides search engines with a structured list of product, category, and other store pages.
Basic Product SEO
Helps generate Alias, Title, Meta Description, and other product SEO fields in bulk.
Together with Nevigen Audit
For catalog quality control, the sitemap workflow can be complemented with
Nevigen Audit — Management, Audit & Analytics for JoomShopping 5+
.
Nevigen Audit helps identify issues in products and SEO data, while the sitemap plugin handles the inclusion of catalog pages in the XML sitemap.
A practical SEO workflow:
audit the catalog → fill the required SEO fields → generate an up-to-date sitemap with JoomShopping pages.
Free plugin
Sitemap Plugin for JoomShopping 5+ is available free of charge and allows you to connect the JoomShopping catalog to JL Sitemap without purchasing an additional license.
Main features
- JoomShopping integration with JL Sitemap;
- product pages in the XML sitemap;
- JoomShopping categories in the sitemap;
- manufacturer pages in the sitemap;
- support for other important store structure pages;
- single
sitemap.xml generated through JL Sitemap;
- manual sitemap updates;
- automatic updates according to JL Sitemap capabilities;
- Nevigen JShop Product Route integration;
- free distribution.
Sitemap Plugin for JoomShopping 5+ connects your online store catalog to JL Sitemap and helps include products, categories, manufacturers, and other JoomShopping pages in a single XML sitemap.