Date archives not included in sitemap

maybellyne commented 8 months ago

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Please give us a description of what happened

When date archives are enabled, there should be a date archive sitemap

To Reproduce

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

Enable data archives in in WordPress > Yoast SEO > Settings > Advanced > Date archives
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Visit the sitemap index

Expected results

A date archive sitemap should be created

Actual results

Nothing changes in the sitemap index

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Technical info

If relevant, which editor is affected (or editors):
[ ] Block Editor
[ ] Gutenberg Editor
[ ] Elementor Editor
[ ] Classic Editor
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[ ] Chrome
[ ] Firefox
[ ] Safari
[ ] Other:

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PHP version:
WordPress version: 6.4.3
WordPress Theme:
Yoast SEO version: 22.3
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gingrr commented 1 month ago

Any updates on this? I am still experiencing this issue with the most recent updates. Dates are how the content is viewed, and it is very common for users to search for our content by the date.

josevarghese commented 1 month ago

Hi @gingrr

Thanks for the comment. First of all, please note that adding a date or year archive URL on the sitemap is not required to index your articles or pages to get indexed as those page URLs are already in the sitemap. So, this is not an issue, and it will be considered a feature request.

What's next? Our product team will assess feature requests in relation to other open bug reports and new features. Based on their assessment, the feature request will be given a priority level. Our developers work on the highest priority first. Unfortunately, this means we cannot give you an estimate if or when they'll start working on your request.

If you have any further information that may affect the prioritization, please feel invited to reply to this email.

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