Title: WP_Sitemaps::sitemaps_enabled
Published: August 11, 2020
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Sitemaps::sitemaps_enabled(): bool

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Determines whether sitemaps are enabled or not.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool Whether sitemaps are enabled.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function sitemaps_enabled() {
    	$is_enabled = (bool) get_option( 'blog_public' );

    	/**
    	 * Filters whether XML Sitemaps are enabled or not.
    	 *
    	 * When XML Sitemaps are disabled via this filter, rewrite rules are still
    	 * in place to ensure a 404 is returned.
    	 *
    	 * @see WP_Sitemaps::register_rewrites()
    	 *
    	 * @since 5.5.0
    	 *
    	 * @param bool $is_enabled Whether XML Sitemaps are enabled or not.
    	 *                         Defaults to true for public sites.
    	 */
    	return (bool) apply_filters( 'wp_sitemaps_enabled', $is_enabled );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps.php#L88)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps.php#L88-L105)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [apply_filters( ‘wp_sitemaps_enabled’, bool $is_enabled )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_sitemaps_enabled/)

Filters whether XML Sitemaps are enabled or not.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [apply_filters()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/apply_filters/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

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| [get_option()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_option/)`wp-includes/option.php` |

Retrieves an option value based on an option name.

  |

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Sitemaps::render_sitemaps()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/render_sitemaps/)`wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps.php` |

Renders sitemap templates based on rewrite rules.

  | 
| [WP_Sitemaps::init()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/init/)`wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps.php` |

Initiates all sitemap functionality.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps/sitemaps_enabled/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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