diff --git a/hugo.yaml b/hugo.yaml
index ee58b16..dc5bd8f 100644
--- a/hugo.yaml
+++ b/hugo.yaml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ params:
   mainSections: ["post"]
   description: "A blog documenting my homelab journey, covering automation, self-hosted services, and hands-on experiments with open source technologies."
   favicon: "/favicon-32x32.png"
-  excludedFromSitemap: ["/tags/", "/categories/", "/search/"]
+  sitemapFilter: ["/tags/", "/categories/", "/search/"]
 
   sidebar:
     avatar:
diff --git a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
index 2b98530..2dc959f 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
 {{ printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
   xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-  {{ range .Pages }}
-    {{ if not (in .Site.Params.excludedFromSitemap .Data.Plural) }}
-      <url>
-        <loc>{{ .Permalink }}</loc>
-        {{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}
-          <lastmod>{{ .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" | safeHTML }}</lastmod>
-        {{ end }}
-        {{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}
-          <changefreq>{{ . }}</changefreq>
-        {{ end }}
-      </url>
-    {{ end }}
+  {{ range $page := .Data.Pages }}
+    {{- $incldueURL := true -}}
+    {{- range $val :=  $.Site.Params.sitemapFilter -}}
+        {{- if (strings.Contains $page.Permalink $val ) -}}
+            {{- $incldueURL = false -}}
+        {{- end -}}
+    {{- end -}}
+    {{- if and .Permalink $incldueURL -}}
+  <url>
+    <loc>{{ .Permalink }}</loc>{{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}
+    <lastmod>{{ safeHTML ( .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" ) }}</lastmod>{{ end }}{{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}
+    <changefreq>{{ . }}</changefreq>{{ end }}{{ if ge .Sitemap.Priority 0.0 }}
+    <priority>{{ .Sitemap.Priority }}</priority>{{ end }}{{ if .IsTranslated }}{{ range .Translations }}
+    <xhtml:link
+                rel="alternate"
+                hreflang="{{ .Language.Lang }}"
+                href="{{ .Permalink }}"
+                />{{ end }}
+    <xhtml:link
+                rel="alternate"
+                hreflang="{{ .Language.Lang }}"
+                href="{{ .Permalink }}"
+                />{{ end }}
+  </url>
+    {{- end -}}
   {{ end }}
 </urlset>
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