seo/get-sitemap-status reports whether Yoast is serving XML sitemaps and where the index lives.
It is the first call when a sitemap is missing from Search Console, because a disabled sitemap and a broken one look identical from outside.
At a glance
| Ability | seo/get-sitemap-status |
| Toolset | Yoast SEO — toolset/yoast-seo |
| Group | Yoast SEO › XML Sitemaps |
| Requires | Yoast SEO, active on the site |
| Capability | manage_options |
| Safety | Read-only — changes nothing |
| Repeatable | Idempotent — running it twice leaves the same result |
| Ships in | AcrossAI Abilities Manager 0.0.34 and later |
How it works
From a search engine’s point of view both produce the same result: a URL that does not return a sitemap. From inside, they are completely different problems — one is a setting and the other is usually a routing or rewrite issue.
Knowing which before investigating saves the investigation. A disabled sitemap is one toggle away from working.
The index location matters too. Yoast serves its index at a specific path, and sites that have migrated from another SEO plugin often have the old plugin’s path registered in Search Console — so the sitemap works and the search engine is looking somewhere else.
This reads the serving state rather than the settings alone, which is what makes it a diagnosis rather than a configuration read.
Input
This ability takes no input.
What comes back
| Name | Type | What it is |
|---|---|---|
enabled | boolean | Whether sitemaps are being served. |
index_url | string | Where the sitemap index lives. |
success | boolean | Whether the call completed. |
message | string | A one-line summary of what happened, suitable for showing a human. |
error_code | string | Present only on failure — a stable machine-readable reason, such as a missing field, a wrong field type or an unmet confirmation. |
Example
Ask your assistant:
Search Console says our sitemap is missing — is it even on?
It resolves to one call:
{
"ability": "seo/get-sitemap-status",
"parameters": {}
}Worth knowing
- Disabled and broken are indistinguishable from outside and completely different inside.
- A migrated site often has the old plugin’s sitemap path registered in Search Console.
- Reads the serving state, not just the setting.
Related abilities
- Get Sitemap Settings — what is included
- Update Sitemap Settings — turn it on
- Invalidate Sitemap Cache — when the content is stale
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