How To Create A Video Site Map For WordPress

If you have videos embedded on your website you could be missing out a wave of traffic from Google search if you haven’t created & submitted a Video sitemap.

A video sitemap is essential for google to crawl & index your videos correctly, without it spiders simply ignore most of the videos.

Here is a simple video explaining the need for a Video Sitemap by Googlewebmasterhelp

And here is the link to the data & tags required when creating your map: Videositemap

If you are using WordPress there is a simple plugin that can create your Video Sitemap at the click of a button:

Google XML Sitemap For Videos WordPress Plugin

It is limited to YouTube embedded videos only & you must be using your own hosted WordPress blog & not a free blogging platform.

Here is a video tutorial on how to install the plugin & create your sitemap.

How To Create A Video Sitemap For WordPress

If you prefer to install your WordPress plugins via FTP here is the direct link: Google XML SiteMap For Video

As you may have noticed on my tutorial, all videos had the same title as they were embedded solely on a page with no other information. Be sure to add a title heading for your video like my embedded video above.

If you have any further information on Video Sitemaps for other blogging platforms please let me know by posting a comment!

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