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Will "Google XML Sitemaps" plugin work without "wp_head();" ?

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More important question: why is there no call to wp_head()? – Chip Bennett Jul 1 '11 at 12:34

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This one?

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/

Looks like it should as I do not see wp_head being hooked into anywhere.

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yeap that one I will give it a try without "wp_head();" .... ;) – Matus Jul 1 '11 at 7:40
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Which makes sense, right? A sitemap usually isn't linked from the document head, but rather saved in the document root, where a robot would expect to find it. By the time the robot gets to the document header, it is presumably already traversing the document tree. But still my primary concern is: why is there no call to wp_head()? No Theme should ever omit this call. It is critical. – Chip Bennett Jul 1 '11 at 12:38
I have sites without "wp_head();" and they work just fine. I use as few plugins as possible. They load faster. I am not an expert so maybe I am missing something. – Matus Jul 2 '11 at 10:26
Matus, In a "controlled environment" it's fine to omit the call to wp_head(). I've done it myself before. But after a while I stopped. I needed functionality that could only be provided by plugins utilizing the hooks used inside this function. Which lead to more than one headache. I would have to agree with Chip that no theme should ever omit it, although I do not believe that it is critical. – mfields Jul 3 '11 at 1:39
"wp_head();" is in my head :) when I will have problems, it will be the first thing I will think about. – Matus Jul 5 '11 at 14:45

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