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sitemap missing (Nuxt)

What this means

Section titled “What this means”

No @nuxtjs/sitemap module, no server/routes/sitemap.xml.ts endpoint, and no static public/sitemap.xml. Without a sitemap, search engines cannot efficiently discover your pages, and newly published content may take weeks to appear in results.

How to fix it

Section titled “How to fix it”

@nuxtjs/sitemap is the recommended approach. It generates the sitemap automatically from your routes and integrates with @nuxtjs/robots.

Terminal window
npm install @nuxtjs/sitemap
nuxt.config.ts
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@nuxtjs/sitemap'],
  site: {
    url: 'https://example.com',
  },
})

The sitemap is available at /sitemap.xml after the next build or server start.

For dynamic content, tell the module where to source additional URLs.

nuxt.config.ts
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@nuxtjs/sitemap'],
  site: {
    url: 'https://example.com',
  },
  sitemap: {
    sources: ['/api/__sitemap__/urls'],
  },
})

For a simple static site with no module, public/sitemap.xml works fine.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://example.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-01-01</lastmod>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>
</urlset>

Verify the fix

Section titled “Verify the fix”
Terminal window
curl https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

Confirm the response is valid XML with <urlset> or <sitemapindex> as the root element. Then re-run orino audit.

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