# sitemap priority settings

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## Optimizing Hugo Sitemaps to prioritize posts crawling over taxonomies

DevFeed: [Optimizing Hugo Sitemaps to prioritize posts crawling over taxonomies](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/optimizing-hugo-sitemaps-to-prioritize-posts-crawling-over-taxonomies-27713.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2024/05/optimizing-hugo-sitemaps-to-prioritize-posts-crawling-over-taxonomies/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2024-05-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>), [Search engine optimization (SEO)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/seo.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>)

Tags: [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo.md>), [hugo-changefreq-settings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo-changefreq-settings.md>), [hugo-site-seo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo-site-seo.md>), [hugo-sitemap-optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo-sitemap-optimization.md>), [robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robots.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [search-engine-optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search-engine-optimization.md>), [search-engines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search-engines.md>), [seo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/seo.md>), [seo-sitemap-tuning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/seo-sitemap-tuning.md>), [sitemap-priority-settings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sitemap-priority-settings.md>), [structure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/structure.md>), [taxonomy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/taxonomy.md>)

### AI overview

A practical guide to customizing Hugo sitemaps so posts receive higher crawl priority than taxonomy pages. It explains adjusting change frequency and priority while avoiding sitemap and breadcrumb issues that can appear in Google Search Console.

### Source excerpt

Learn how to optimize your Hugo site's sitemap by adjusting priority and change frequency settings to improve SEO and guide search engine crawlers effectively.