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 Version   v8

 Other versions for crawler [v8](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8)

- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/introduction)
- [ Installation & setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/installation-setup)
- [ Support us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/support-us)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/changelog)
- [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/questions-issues)
- [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/about-us)

Creating sitemaps
-----------------

- [ Generating a sitemap ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/creating-sitemaps/generating-a-sitemap)
- [ Manually creating a sitemap ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/creating-sitemaps/manually-creating-a-sitemap)
- [ Creating a sitemap index ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/creating-sitemaps/creating-a-sitemap-index)
- [ Splitting large sitemaps ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/creating-sitemaps/splitting-large-sitemaps)
- [ Adding an XSL stylesheet ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/creating-sitemaps/adding-an-xsl-stylesheet)
- [ Returning a response ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/creating-sitemaps/returning-a-response)
- [ Sorting URLs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/creating-sitemaps/sorting-urls)

Customizing the crawler
-----------------------

- [ Crawl profiles ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/customizing-the-crawler/crawl-profiles)
- [ Filtering URLs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/customizing-the-crawler/filtering-urls)
- [ Configuring the crawler ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/customizing-the-crawler/configuring-the-crawler)

Adding content to URLs
----------------------

- [ Alternates ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/adding-content-to-urls/alternates)
- [ Images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/adding-content-to-urls/images)
- [ Videos ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/adding-content-to-urls/videos)
- [ News ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/adding-content-to-urls/news)
- [ Sitemapable models ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/adding-content-to-urls/sitemapable-models)

Advanced usage
--------------

- [ Scheduled generation ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/advanced-usage/scheduled-generation)
- [ Writing to disks ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sitemap/v8/advanced-usage/writing-to-disks)

 Sorting URLs
============

###  On this page

1. [ Case Sensitivity ](#content-case-sensitivity)
2. [ Method Chaining ](#content-method-chaining)

You can sort the URLs in your sitemap alphabetically using the `sort()` method. This is useful for maintaining a consistent order in your sitemap files.

```
use Spatie\Sitemap\Sitemap;

$sitemap = Sitemap::create()
    ->add('/zoo')
    ->add('/blog')
    ->add('/about')
    ->add('/contact')
    ->sort();
```

The `sort()` method will arrange all URLs in alphabetical order.

Case Sensitivity
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The sort operation is case-sensitive, with uppercase letters sorted before lowercase letters. For example:

```
$sitemap = Sitemap::create()
    ->add('/Zebra')
    ->add('/apple')
    ->add('/BANANA')
    ->sort();

// Results in order: /BANANA, /Zebra, /apple
```

Method Chaining
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The `sort()` method returns the sitemap instance, allowing you to chain it with other methods:

```
$sitemap = Sitemap::create()
    ->add('/page1')
    ->add('/page3')
    ->add('/page2')
    ->sort()
    ->writeToFile(public_path('sitemap.xml'));
```