[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64044: Request to change the limit of each sitemap to 1000 urls instead of 2000 urls as current

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#64044: Request to change the limit of each sitemap to 1000 urls instead of 2000
urls as current
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 Reporter:  phanduynam   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Sitemaps     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Changes (by swissspidy):

 * keywords:  reporter-feedback =>
 * status:  reopened => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 We shouldn't reduce the number of posts per sitemap page because of the
 shortcomings of some external tool's report or export functionality. And
 we can't update it anytime they would change that number. And if a search
 engine has issues crawling a website, they should not fix the crawler. It
 wouldn't be on WordPress to accommodate that.

 Lowering the number of posts per page would have unintended consequences
 like doubling the load on the website when tools access the sitemap. If
 anything, I would actually ''increase'' the number, but that has negative
 consequences as well (e.g. temporary 404s for some paginated requests).

 Considering the scale of WordPress, I doubt that we can change this
 anytime soon.

 Alternatives like filters and plugins have been mentioned already, and I
 strongly suggest looking into that.



 FWIW I didn't wake up one day and put this number there. It's one that the
 group of contributors came up with while working on the
 [https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/wp-sitemaps sitemaps feature plugin].

 **Please do not constantly reopen this ticket.** Discussions can continue
 on closed tickets.

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