Improving SEO with Dynamic Sitemap XML Files in Laravel

As web developers, we know that a sitemap is an essential tool for improving our website’s search engine optimization (SEO). A sitemap is a file that contains a list of all the pages on our website, and it helps search engines like Google crawl and index our site more efficiently. In this story, I’ll show my experience on how to generate a dynamic sitemap XML file in Laravel.

To generate a dynamic sitemap XML file in Laravel, we’ll use a package called laravel-sitemap. You can install it via Composer by running the following command.

composer require spatie/laravel-sitemap

Next, we’ll create a controller that will generate the sitemap XML file dynamically. You can do this by running the following command.

php artisan make:controller SitemapController

Then, open the SitemapController file and add the following code.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Carbon\Carbon;
use Spatie\Sitemap\Sitemap;
use Spatie\Sitemap\Tags\Url;

class SitemapController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $sitemap = Sitemap::create()
            ->add(Url::create('/'));

        $articles = Article::all();

        foreach ($articles as $article) {
            $url = Url::create(route('articles.show'…