Why on earth doesn’t the shopify sitemap xml even include policy pages?
It only includes:
collections
products
pages
blog
And there is no way to manually add to it or edit it… ouch.
I also have an APP for creating a FAQ page. So now I have an awesome FAQ page, but of course that can’t be added to the XML Sitemap either 
Now it is gonna take ages for google to index my FAQ page and policy pages.
Hi there,
Unlike traditional sitemaps, Shopify’s sitemaps are structured quite a bit differently, which can sometimes cause confusion. While most smaller websites have all the sitemap content listed in a single file, Shopify breaks it down into sections. All of the sections that search engines require are listed in the sitemap’s document tree, making it easy for you to submit a single sitemap.
You can see this by taking a look at the parent sitemap.xml file. There, you’ll notice the sitemap link to individual sections. For example, you’ll notice that the first page listed in your sitemap is specifically for your Products. Below that, you’ll see more subsections, with those links leading to content that includes your Pages, Collections, and Blogs.
When you open the link to Pages sitemap, you’ll see more content including your policy pages.
I hope this answer will help.
Yes I know how it works. I know that it breaks it down into sections. That is why I said this:
"It only includes:
collections
products
pages
blog"
It does NOT Include a Section For “Policy Pages”
And there is no way to manually add anything extra to it either.
So when you use an App that does something like creates a FAQ page (and does NOT put it in the “Pages” section… then it does NOT get into the sitemap.
Basically what I am saying is that you end up with a lot of import pages etc. NOT getting into the sitemap
Maybe by 2032 Shopify will take care of this though 
(Sorry, couldn’t resist
Hey,
I’m sorry to hear that important pages are missing from the sitemap. You may contact Shopify Support to check if they have a solution for this.
Good luck
