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Someone talk me through creating an xml sitemap?

probably a basic question, but how do you actually create an xml sitemap? a site that was migrated last year, for context. how do you do it?
create xml sitemap
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vikramj Nov 04, 2026
michael_smithie
if it's wordpress, you already have one. yoast, rank math, or even core wordpress generate it at /sitemap.xml or /sitemap_index.xml, nothing to create. most other platforms (shopify, squarespace, wix) generate one automatically too. then paste that address into search console under sitemaps and you're done. migrated site is the catch. open the sitemap and check it only lists new urls that return 200, no old-domain urls, no redirecting urls, no noindex pages. a sitemap full of old addresses is worse than none.
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