Excluding Images from the XML Sitemap

By default, All in One SEO includes the images contained in your content in the XML Sitemap that is provided to search engines.

This is what's known as an Image Sitemap and it helps search engines find images that they might not otherwise discover.

If you don't want to include images in your XML Sitemap then you can disable this option by going to Sitemaps in the All in One SEO menu.

You should see the General Sitemap screen, scroll down to the Advanced Settings section and click the toggle to display the Advanced Settings.

Advanced Settings in the XML Sitemap settings

Here you'll see a setting for Exclude Images, set this to Yes if you don't want images included in your XML Sitemap.

Exclude Images in the XML Sitemap settings