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HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)

Name: HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)
Rating: 4.3 (23 reviews)
Author: Angelo Mandato

⤓ Download v2.1.3 on WordPress.org ↗

by Angelo Mandatoupdated 2026-05-24🌟The Rising Star

A simple page indexer that leaves your blog posts out in the cold.

HealthyGrowing

85/100

The plugin provides simple page sitemaps but excludes all blog posts.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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add_shortcode( 'html_sitemap', function( $atts ) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts( [
        'depth'      => 0,
        'child_of'   => 0,
        'exclude'    => '',
        'include'    => '',
        'sort_column'=> 'menu_order, post_title',
        'sort_order' => 'ASC',
        'post_type'  => 'page',
        'post_status'=> 'publish',
        'class'      => 'html-sitemap',
        'id'         => '',
    ], $atts, 'html_sitemap' );

    $pages = wp_list_pages( [
        'title_li'    => '',
        'echo'        => false,
        'depth'       => (int) $atts['depth'],
        'child_of'    => (int) $atts['child_of'],
        'exclude'     => sanitize_text_field( $atts['exclude'] ),
        'include'     => sanitize_text_field( $atts['include'] ),
        'sort_column' => sanitize_text_field( $atts['sort_column'] ),
        'sort_order'  => sanitize_text_field( $atts['sort_order'] ),
        'post_type'   => sanitize_key( $atts['post_type'] ),
        'post_status' => sanitize_text_field( $atts['post_status'] ),
    ] );

    if ( ! $pages ) {
        return '';
    }

    $id    = $atts['id']    ? ' id="' . esc_attr( $atts['id'] ) . '"' : '';
    $class = $atts['class'] ? ' class="' . esc_attr( $atts['class'] ) . '"' : '';

    return '<ul' . $id . $class . '>' . $pages . '</ul>';
} );

Keep in mind:The Gutenberg block, ordered list type, show_date, and several other advanced attributes are not replicated here.

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Active installs

~12,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~11 months

Rating

4.3★

23 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+85%

Growing fast

61 → 113 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +85% in the last year

61/day a year ago→113/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

HTML Page Sitemap is praised for being a simple, lightweight tool that reliably lists pages in a hierarchical, customizable sitemap, though several users report it fails to generate a sitemap or lacks post support.

What people like

+Simple and easy to use, doing exactly what it promises×6
+Creates a hierarchical page sitemap with customizable shortcode parameters×2
+Automatically updates when pages are added or removed
+Fast and accurate performance
+Can generate static HTML code for use on non-WordPress sites
+Improves SEO and site usability by providing a clear page index
+Works well for sites that only have pages and no blog posts×2

Common complaints

−Fails to generate a sitemap or does not work at all×2
−Only includes pages, not posts, making it unsuitable for blogs and limiting SEO value×2
−Exclusion parameter stopped working after version 3.8 (since 3.8)

Review trustMostly organic

4.35★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-09-122025-08-082026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 23 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 23 analyzed

2026-06-01★★★★★Just the job – simple but versatile plugin alcain
2025-04-24★★★★★Clean and functional sitemaps olafkoest
2024-08-29★★★★★works as expected Wolfferth
2024-08-15★★★★★My GO-TO for working on the site SynergyHub
2021-06-08★★★★★Funciona mesmo!dotjunior
2020-04-23★★★★★Not Working gamejump
2019-04-30★★★★★Not even 1 star hadders
2019-03-12★★★★★Nice and easy milkaselnuss
2017-01-11★★★★★Simple Billy Wilcosky
2016-05-11★★★★★Only adds Pages in html sitemap Kevin Perrow

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-24v2.1.3
2026-04-25v2.1.1
2026-04-25v2.1.2
2026-03-30v2.1
2026-03-17v2.0
2026-02-11v1.3.9
2025-12-16v1.3.8
2025-04-22v1.3.7

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

114

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

104

Prior 7-day baseline

161

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

1,721

Mean release-day peak (30d)

146

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+9.6%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

50%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.69

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

83%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.35 → 4.35★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered