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<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Date</dt> <dd>2023-10-23 15:40:44 +0000 (Mon, 23 Oct 2023)</dd>
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<pre style='padding-left: 1em; margin: 2em 0; border-left: 2px solid #ccc; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 105%; font-family: sans-serif'>Sitemaps: add `lastmod` for individual posts and the homepage.

When the XML sitemaps feature was originally introduced, the `lastmod` field was omitted because guidance at the time indicated it was less important for search engines, plus for some entities it was computationally expensive to add. Now that the guidance has slightly changed, we are revisiting this and adding `lastmod` where easily possible.

- Adds `lastmod` to all individual post objects (of any post type) in the sitemap
- Adds `lastmod` to the homepage sitemap entry if the homepage is set to display the latest posts.

No `lastmod` is added for the individual sitemap pages in the sitemap index, nor for term archives or user archives. Those enhancements require additional changes, such as storing the modified date for a taxonomy term when something is added to that term. They can be revisited in separate follow-up tickets.

Props swissspidy, joemcgill.
Fixes <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52099">#52099</a></pre>

<h3>Modified Paths</h3>
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<li><a href="#trunksrcwpincludessitemapsprovidersclasswpsitemapspostsphp">trunk/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php</a></li>
<li><a href="#trunktestsphpunittestssitemapssitemapsphp">trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/sitemaps/sitemaps.php</a></li>
<li><a href="#trunktestsphpunittestssitemapswpSitemapsPostsphp">trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/sitemaps/wpSitemapsPosts.php</a></li>
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<a id="trunksrcwpincludessitemapsprovidersclasswpsitemapspostsphp"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: trunk/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php</h4>
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<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php      2023-10-23 13:15:17 UTC (rev 56984)
+++ trunk/src/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-posts.php        2023-10-23 15:40:44 UTC (rev 56985)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -112,6 +112,28 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                                'loc' => home_url( '/' ),
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                        );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+                        /*
+                        * Get the most recent posts displayed on the homepage,
+                        * and then sort them by their modified date to find
+                        * the date the homepage was approximately last updated.
+                        */
+                       $latest_posts = new WP_Query(
+                               array(
+                                       'post_type'              => 'post',
+                                       'post_status'            => 'publish',
+                                       'orderby'                => 'date',
+                                       'order'                  => 'DESC',
+                                       'no_found_rows'          => true,
+                                       'update_post_meta_cache' => false,
+                                       'update_post_term_cache' => false,
+                               )
+                       );
+
+                       if ( ! empty( $latest_posts->posts ) ) {
+                               $posts = wp_list_sort( $latest_posts->posts, 'post_modified_gmt', 'DESC' );
+                               $sitemap_entry['lastmod'] = wp_date( DATE_W3C, strtotime( $posts[0]->post_modified_gmt ) );
+                       }
+
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                         /**
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                         * Filters the sitemap entry for the home page when the 'show_on_front' option equals 'posts'.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                         *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -125,7 +147,8 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                foreach ( $query->posts as $post ) {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                        $sitemap_entry = array(
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-                                'loc' => get_permalink( $post ),
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+                         'loc'     => get_permalink( $post ),
+                               'lastmod' => wp_date( DATE_W3C, strtotime( $post->post_modified_gmt ) ),
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                         );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                        /**
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="trunktestsphpunittestssitemapssitemapsphp"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/sitemaps/sitemaps.php</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/sitemaps/sitemaps.php   2023-10-23 13:15:17 UTC (rev 56984)
+++ trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/sitemaps/sitemaps.php     2023-10-23 15:40:44 UTC (rev 56985)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                $post_list = $providers['posts']->get_url_list( 1, 'page' );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+                $post_list_sorted = wp_list_sort( $post_list, 'lastmod', 'DESC' );
+
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                 $expected = $this->_get_expected_url_list( 'page', self::$pages );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                // Add the homepage to the front of the URL list.
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -257,7 +259,8 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                array_unshift(
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                        $expected,
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                        array(
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-                                'loc' => home_url( '/' ),
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+                         'loc'     => home_url( '/' ),
+                               'lastmod' => $post_list_sorted[0]['lastmod'],
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                         )
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -378,7 +381,8 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                return array_map(
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                        static function ( $post ) {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                                return array(
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-                                        'loc' => get_permalink( $post ),
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+                                 'loc'     => get_permalink( $post ),
+                                       'lastmod' => get_post_modified_time( DATE_W3C, true, $post ),
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                                 );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                        },
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                        $posts
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="trunktestsphpunittestssitemapswpSitemapsPostsphp"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/sitemaps/wpSitemapsPosts.php</h4>
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<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/sitemaps/wpSitemapsPosts.php    2023-10-23 13:15:17 UTC (rev 56984)
+++ trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/sitemaps/wpSitemapsPosts.php      2023-10-23 15:40:44 UTC (rev 56985)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                $url_list      = $posts_provider->get_url_list( 1, 'page' );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                $sitemap_entry = array_shift( $url_list );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-                $this->assertArrayHasKey( 'lastmod', $sitemap_entry );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+         $this->assertEqualSetsWithIndex(
+                       array(
+                               'loc'     => home_url( '/' ),
+                               'lastmod' => '2000-01-01',
+                       ),
+                       $sitemap_entry
+               );
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">         }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">        /**
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">         * Callback for 'wp_sitemaps_posts_show_on_front_entry' filter.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">         */
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">        public function _show_on_front_entry( $sitemap_entry ) {
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-                $sitemap_entry['lastmod'] = wp_date( DATE_W3C, time() );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+         $sitemap_entry['lastmod'] = '2000-01-01';
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                return $sitemap_entry;
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">        }
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -93,7 +99,10 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                $expected = array();
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                foreach ( $post_ids as $post_id ) {
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-                        $expected[] = array( 'loc' => home_url( "?p={$post_id}" ) );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+                 $expected[] = array(
+                               'loc'     => home_url( "?p={$post_id}" ),
+                               'lastmod' => get_post_modified_time( DATE_W3C, true, $post_id ),
+                       );
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                 }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">                // Check that the URL list is still in the order of the post IDs (i.e., sticky post wasn't moved to the front).
</span></span></pre>
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