Changing Simple XML Sitemap Pagination

Created on 11 March 2025, 26 days ago

Hi everyone,

I’m using Drupal 10 with the Simple XML Sitemap module, and I’m running into an issue with how paginated sitemaps are generated.

Current Issue:
Right now, the sitemap is being generated with paginated URLs like:

sitemap.xml?page=1
sitemap.xml?page=2

Google Search Console is flagging this as a "Nested Indexing Error" because Google expects each sitemap entry to reference a static sitemap file, such as:

sitemap-1.xml
sitemap-2.xml

There doesn’t seem to be a built-in option in Simple XML Sitemap to change this behavior.

I’m looking for a way to modify the sitemap output so that paginated sitemaps use static filenames instead of query parameters.

Thanks in advance for your help!

💬 Support request
Status

Active

Version

4.2

Component

Code

Created by

🇮🇳India sparsh.sinha Bangalore, India

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