Hi Kacper,
The sitemap can hold up to 50.000 links, or up to 10 MiB in size; whichever limit’s reached first. Whether it loads quickly or not doesn’t matter to the crawler. However, a large sitemap does strain your server.
So, your suggestion is a good one, and it’s feasible.
Please note that we need to create a sitemap index first. See the GitHub issue linked below for more information; there, I’ve also forwarded your suggestion.
Which default limit do you suggest, before pagination occurs? 5.000? 10.000?
I’d love to know at which number you consider your sitemap to be speedy again.
https://github.com/sybrew/the-seo-framework/issues/31
I would sugggest 5000 at most – the less strain on the server, the better 🙂
Thank you for considering my suggestion!
Thanks, Kacper! That gave me an idea: I think I’ll keep the current “limit” option, and I will convert that into a “posts per paginated sitemap” option, so users won’t have to readjust those settings when upgrading. 🙂
That’s great! 🙂 I’m looking forward to the update 🙂
