If no website links to your new blog posts, a sitemap can help search engines quickly discover new pages on your site. Sitemaps can be also used to hide pages from users while still letting search engines crawl them.
Does WordPress need a sitemap?
Important! Before submitting a WordPress site to search engines, you need an XML sitemap URL.
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Do websites need Sitemaps?
Sitemaps are not required for your website to be found by search engines but are HIGHLY encouraged for all websites. A sitemap allows the crawlers of your site to get to all areas of your website no matter the size, with more efficiency.
