How to Get Started with Nabu for Sitemap (Onboarding Guide)

After you install Nabu Sitemap from the Shopify App Store (https://apps.shopify.com/nabu-sitemap), follow the steps below to generate your sitemap and submit it to search engines.

Step 1: Open the app after installation

Once the app is installed, Shopify will redirect you to Nabu Sitemap inside your Shopify admin.

You’ll land on a Welcome screen.

Step 2: Add your Contact Details

In the Contact Details section, enter:

• Full Name
• Email ID
• Phone Number (with country code)

This helps our team reach you quickly if we detect issues with sitemap generation or indexing.

Step 3: Choose what to include in your sitemap

In Sitemap Content Creation, select the content you want search engines to discover.

You can typically choose from:

• Products
• Collections
• Pages
• Blog Categories
• Articles

✅ Tip: If you’re not sure, keep the main ones enabled (Products, Collections, Pages, Articles).

You can update these settings anytime later.

Click Next.

Step 4: Enable the App Embed Block (required)

Next you’ll see the App Embed Block step.

What you need to do

1. Click Enable App Embed button (this opens your Shopify theme editor).
2. In the theme editor sidebar, go to App embeds
3. Find Nabu Sitemap and toggle it ON
4. Click Save in the theme editor

Back in the Nabu Sitemap app

1. Return to the app tab
2. Click Refresh & Confirm
3. Once the status shows Enabled, click Continue

Step 5: Generate your sitemap

After enabling the app embed, the app will fetch your store data and create the sitemap.

When it’s done, you’ll see a success message like “Sitemap Generated!”

Click Explore App to go to the dashboard.

Step 6: Use the Sitemap Dashboard

On the Sitemap Dashboard, you’ll see two sitemap options:

1) HTML Sitemap

• This is a human-friendly page that shows your links in an organized format.
• You can click View HTML Sitemap to open it.
• There’s also a Refresh option if you want to regenerate.

⚠️ Important: Don’t submit the HTML sitemap link to Google Search Console.

2) XML Sitemap

• This is the search-engine format (best for Google/Bing).
• Click View XML Sitemap to open it.
• Use Refresh if you’ve made changes and want to regenerate.

What happens next?

• Search engines will start crawling your sitemap.
• Indexing can take from hours to a few days depending on the store size and crawl activity.
• Your sitemap will stay updated as your store changes (based on your configuration).

👉 Next steps:

Check out our other help articles to learn:

• How to add the HTML Sitemap to your Shopify store
• How to submit your XML Sitemap to search engines like Google and Bing

Updated on: 26/12/2025