How to create a separate xml sitemap for images?

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math support.

While this is technically possible, we want to let you know that it’s not necessary. Rank Math already has a feature that lets you include your images in your existing sitemaps. This means that whenever you have an image in a post, page, or product, Rank Math will tell the search engines about it and they will crawl your images. This is usually enough to get your images indexed and ranked by the search engines.

To enable this feature, you just need to go to Rank Math > Sitemap Settings > General > Images in Sitemaps and turn it on.

However, if you still prefer to create a separate .xml sitemap for your images, you can do that by following this guide for creating custom sitemaps: https://rankmath.com/kb/custom-sitemaps/

We hope this clarifies your query and helps you resolve the issue. If you have any other questions or concerns regarding Rank Math, please don’t hesitate to contact us again. We’re always happy to help.

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Hello @albanosmani

We can see that the shared URL is already on your post-sitemap generated by Rank Math:

We hope this helps.

Thanks.

Hello,

That’s fine. If you get stuck on any of the steps, let us know. We’ll be happy to help!

Cheers!