Exclude Specific Posts From the Rank Math Sitemap
Leaves the posts and pages you list out of Rank Math's XML sitemaps without changing their robots settings.
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Code
// IDs to leave out.
$wpide_rm_sitemap_exclude = array( 12, 34 );
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/entry', function ( $url, $type, $object ) use ( $wpide_rm_sitemap_exclude ) {
if ( 'post' === $type && $object instanceof WP_Post && in_array( (int) $object->ID, array_map( 'intval', $wpide_rm_sitemap_exclude ), true ) ) {
return false;
}
return $url;
}, 10, 3 );Notes
Rank Math caches sitemaps; clear the cache or update a post to see the change.
How to add this snippet
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