WP_Sitemaps::redirect_sitemapxml │ public │ WP 5.5.0

Deprecated since 6.7.0. It is no longer supported and may be removed in future releases. See WP_Rewrite::rewrite_rules()}.

Redirects a URL to the wp-sitemap.xml

Method of the class: WP_Sitemaps{}

No Hooks.

Returns

true|false. Bypass value.

Usage

$WP_Sitemaps = new WP_Sitemaps();
$WP_Sitemaps->redirect_sitemapxml( $bypass, $query );
$bypass(true|false) (required)
Pass-through of the pre_handle_404 filter value.
$query(WP_Query) (required)
The WP_Query object.

Changelog

Since 5.5.0 Introduced.
Deprecated since 6.7.0 Deprecated in favor of {@see WP_Rewrite::rewrite_rules()}

WP_Sitemaps::redirect_sitemapxml() code WP 6.9.1

wp-includes/sitemaps/class-wp-sitemaps.php 
public function redirect_sitemapxml( $bypass, $query ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '6.7.0' );

	// If a plugin has already utilized the pre_handle_404 function, return without action to avoid conflicts.
	if ( $bypass ) {
		return $bypass;
	}

	// 'pagename' is for most permalink types, name is for when the %postname% is used as a top-level field.
	if ( 'sitemap-xml' === $query->get( 'pagename' )
		|| 'sitemap-xml' === $query->get( 'name' )
	) {
		wp_safe_redirect( $this->index->get_index_url() );
		exit();
	}

	return $bypass;
}