Remove some CPTs (based on a custom field) from sitemap

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Last updated by Luo Yang 1 year, 10 months ago.

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January 4, 2023 at 10:04 pm #2527367

mayurJ

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I want to selectively eliminate some custom post types from this sitemap file: hidden link for which a custom field called "Show on website" (slug: show-on-website) is "No".

I already have included this meta tag using dynamic conditions (it only shows when flag above is "no"):

Is there any documentation that you are following?
None

Is there a similar example that we can see?
None that I'm aware of

What is the link to your site?
hidden link

January 5, 2023 at 7:56 am #2527603

Luo Yang

Hello,

It depends on the sitemap plugin you are using.

I assume you are using Yoast SEO plugin to generate the XML sitemap, you can follow their document to exclude those posts which custom field "show-on-website" values are "No":
hidden link
section "Exclude specific posts"

You can get all post IDs which custom field "show-on-website" values are "No" using WordPress built-in class WP_Query:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#custom-field-post-meta-parameters

One thing need to pay attention:
If the custom field "show-on-website" is created with Toolset Types plugin, in your custom PHP codes, you need to add "wpcf-" prefix before field slug, for example: "wpcf-show-on-website"
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/