How to disable wp-sitemap.xml in WordPress 5.5+

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Looking to remove the wp-sitemap.xml introduced in WordPress 5.5? Here’s a quick and easy solution on how to disable this.

Removing wp-sitemap.xml

In order to remove wp-sitemap.xml from your website, add the following code to your functions.php file.

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_enabled', '__return_false' );