

Depending on the file extension you are using read our Setting up dynamic sitemap for next js using Javascript for javascript file extension type and our Setting up dynamic content sitemap in next.js using typescript for typescript extension type.
#Nextjs sitemap how to#
The next step is how to generate the sitemaps for dynamic contents that's been gotten from an api on page load.

We have been able to generate a sitemap for all the static pages in our next.js application using the next-sitemap package on both windows and mac operating systems. In this video well use the next-sitemap package to generate sitemap.xml and robots.txt for our Next.js app. Now do an npm run build again, and everything should work successfully and if you check your public page you should see your sitemap.xml and robots.txt file. Dynamic Open Graph Images: Generate OG images using JSX, HTML, and CSS. With "postbuild": "cross-env next-sitemap -config "Īnd also rename the next-sitemap.js file you created to " " Next.js 13.3 adds popular community-requested features, including: File-Based Metadata API: Dynamically generate sitemaps, robots, favicons, and more. Next go back to your package.json and replace the postbuild script you created with a new script i.e replace "postbuild" : "next-sitemap"
#Nextjs sitemap install#
To fix it install cross-env by using this command npm install cross-env If you are using mac or you didn't get any error then skip the next step. If you are using windows you may run into the error below. Now in your terminal run yarn build or npm run build to build your application.If everything worked successfully at the end postbuild would be called and your sitemap will be generated inside your projects public folder. To know more about the tags in an XML sitemap, refer to the XML sitemap protocols page.
All the URLs inside a sitemap.xml file will be wrapped with witheRobotsTxtOptions is used to specify our robots.txt settings for now with userAgent :"*" we are allowing all crawlers and with allow: "/" we are allowing them to crawl all pages. To add an XML sitemap in a Next.js app, we can simply create a sitemap.xml file inside the public directory. The generateRobotsTxt : true makes a robots.txt file to be automatically created with your specified settings.

Ensure to replace the site url with yours.
#Nextjs sitemap code#
In your code root directory create a next-sitemap.js file then copy and paste in the code below const URL = '' When you deploy your project to a hosting platform, its going to run those scripts in your package.json (i.e run build ) and when that is done the code above ensures that it also runs postbuild which will generate our sitemaps for us. Next step is to go to your projects package.json file and under scripts add a new script called postbuild and set it to call next-sitemap like so "postbuild" : "next-sitemap" Install the next-sitemap package into your project using the command below npm i next-sitemap Step 2 In this post I am going to show you how you can set up a sitemap for your next js website in 5 simple steps. Hello, in this post i am going to show you how you can setup a sitemap for your next.js website using the next-sitemap package.Īfter you have finished coding your website in order for it to get discovered by search engine crawlers you are going to need a sitemap.
