Title: WP_Sitemaps_Renderer::get_sitemap_stylesheet_url
Published: August 11, 2020
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_Sitemaps_Renderer::get_sitemap_stylesheet_url(): string

## In this article

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

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Gets the URL for the sitemap stylesheet.

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

 string The sitemap stylesheet URL.

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

    ```php
    public function get_sitemap_stylesheet_url() {
    	global $wp_rewrite;

    	$sitemap_url = home_url( '/wp-sitemap.xsl' );

    	if ( ! $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) {
    		$sitemap_url = home_url( '/?sitemap-stylesheet=sitemap' );
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Filters the URL for the sitemap stylesheet.
    	 *
    	 * If a falsey value is returned, no stylesheet will be used and
    	 * the "raw" XML of the sitemap will be displayed.
    	 *
    	 * @since 5.5.0
    	 *
    	 * @param string $sitemap_url Full URL for the sitemaps XSL file.
    	 */
    	return apply_filters( 'wp_sitemaps_stylesheet_url', $sitemap_url );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps-renderer.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps-renderer.php#L65)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps-renderer.php#L65-L85)

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

 [apply_filters( ‘wp_sitemaps_stylesheet_url’, string $sitemap_url )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_sitemaps_stylesheet_url/)

Filters the URL for the sitemap stylesheet.

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Rewrite::using_permalinks()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rewrite/using_permalinks/)`wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php` |

Determines whether permalinks are being used.

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| [home_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/home_url/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the URL for the current site where the front end is accessible.

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| [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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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Sitemaps_Renderer::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps_renderer/__construct/)`wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps-renderer.php` |

[WP_Sitemaps_Renderer](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_sitemaps_renderer/) constructor.

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

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

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