Optimizing with the XML Sitemaps plugin for WordPress
A sitemap is a page on your website that lists all of the pages on the site, usually in a hierarchical fashion. Having a sitemap on your website makes it easier for the major search engines to find all the pages in your site. An XML sitemap is a sitemap that is generated using the XML coding language. The XML Sitemaps plugin for WordPress allows you to easily add an XML sitemap to your WordPress site.
The XML Sitemaps plugin for WordPress was developed by Semiologic and can be downloaded for free from their website at: http://www.semiologic.com/software/xml-sitemaps/.
Once you have downloaded the plugin file, you install it just as you would with any other WordPress plugin. First, sign in to the admin area of your site and then click on Add New under Plugins on the left side of your dashboard. On the next page, click on Upload. It is at the top of the page under the header. Next, browse to where you saved the plugin file and click on Install...