cluded taxonomies.
	 */
	public function includedTaxonomies() {
		$taxonomies = [];
		if ( aioseo()->options->sitemap->{aioseo()->sitemap->type}->taxonomies->all ) {
			$taxonomies = get_taxonomies();
		} else {
			$taxonomies = aioseo()->options->sitemap->{aioseo()->sitemap->type}->taxonomies->included;
		}

		if ( ! $taxonomies ) {
			return [];
		}

		$options          = aioseo()->options->noConflict();
		$dynamicOptions   = aioseo()->dynamicOptions->noConflict();
		$publicTaxonomies = aioseo()->helpers->getPublicTaxonomies( true );
		foreach ( $taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
			// Check if taxonomy is no longer registered.
			if ( ! in_array( $taxonomy, $publicTaxonomies, true ) || ! $dynamicOptions->searchAppearance->taxonomies->has( $taxonomy ) ) {
				$taxonomies = aioseo()->helpers->unsetValue( $taxonomies, $taxonomy );
				continue;
			}

			// Check if taxonomy isn't noindexed.
			if ( aioseo()->helpers->isTaxonomyNoindexed( $taxonomy ) ) {
				$taxonomies = aioseo()->helpers->unsetValue( $taxonomies, $taxonomy );
				continue;
			}

			if (
				$dynamicOptions->searchAppearance->taxonomies->$taxonomy->advanced->robotsMeta->default &&
				! $options->searchAppearance->advanced->globalRobotsMeta->default &&
				$options->searchAppearance->advanced->globalRobotsMeta->noindex
			) {
				$taxonomies = aioseo()->helpers->unsetValue( $taxonomies, $taxonomy );
				continue;
			}
		}

		return $taxonomies;
	}

	/**
	 * Splits sitemap entries into chuncks based on the max. amount of URLs per index.
	 *
	 * @since 4.0.0
	 *
	 * @param  array $entries The sitemap entries.
	 * @return array          The chunked sitemap entries.
	 */
	public function chunkEntries( $entries ) {
		return array_chunk( $entries, aioseo()->sitemap->linksPerIndex, true );
	}

	/**
	 * Formats the last Modified date of a user-submitted additional page as an ISO 8601 date.
	 *
	 * @since 4.0.0
	 *
	 * @param  object $page The additional page object.
	 * @return string       The formatted datetime.
	 */
	public function lastModifiedAdditionalPage( $page ) {
		return gmdate( 'c', strtotime( $page->lastModified ) );
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a list of excluded post IDs.
	 *
	 * @since 4.0.0
	 *
	 * @return string The excluded IDs.
	 */
	public function excludedPosts() {
		return $this->excludedObjectIds( 'excludePosts' );
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a list of excluded term IDs.
	 *
	 * @since 4.0.0
	 *
	 * @return string The excluded IDs.
	 */
	public function excludedTerms() {
		return $this->excludedObjectIds( 'excludeTerms' );
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a list of excluded IDs for a given option as a comma separated string.
	 *
	 * Helper method for excludedPosts() and excludedTerms().
	 *
	 * @since   4.0.0
	 * @version 4.4.7 Improved method name.
	 *
	 * @param  string $option The option name.
	 * @return string         The excluded IDs.
	 */
	private function excludedObjectIds( $option ) {
		$type = aioseo()->sitemap->type;
		// The RSS Sitemap needs to exclude whatever is excluded in the general sitemap.
		if ( 'rss' === $type ) {
			$type = 'general';
		}

		// Allow WPML to filter out hidden language posts/terms.
		$hiddenObjectIds = [];
		if ( aioseo()->helpers->isWpmlActive() ) {
			$hiddenLanguages = apply_filters( 'wpml_setting', [], 'hidden_languages' );
			foreach ( $hiddenLanguages as $language ) {
				$objectTypes = [];
				if ( 'excludePosts' === $option ) {
					$objectTypes = aioseo()->sitemap->helpers->includedPostTypes();
					$objectTypes = array_map( function( $postType ) {
						return "post_{$postType}";
					}, $objectTypes );
				}

				if ( 'excludeTerms' === $option ) {
					$objectTypes = aioseo()->sitemap->helpers->includedTaxonomies();
					$objectTypes = array_map( function( $taxonomy ) {
						return "tax_{$taxonomy}";
					}, $objectTypes );
				}

				$dbNoConflict = aioseo()->core->db->noConflict();
				$rows         = $dbNoConflict->start( 'icl_translations' )
					->select( 'element_id' )
					->whereIn( 'element_type', $objectTypes )
					->where( 'language_code', $language )
					->run()
					->result();

				$ids = array_map( function( $row ) {
					return (int) $row->element_id;
				}, $rows );

				$hiddenObjectIds = array_merge( $hiddenObjectIds, $ids );
			}
		}

		$hasFilter = has_filter( 'aioseo_sitemap_' . aioseo()->helpers->toSnakeCase( $option ) );
		$advanced  = aioseo()->options->sitemap->$type->advancedSettings->enable;
		$excluded  = array_merge( $hiddenObjectIds, aioseo()->options->sitemap->{$type}->advancedSettings->{$option} );

		if (
			! $advanced &&
			empty( $excluded ) &&
			! $hasFilter
		) {
			return '';
		}

		$ids = [];
		foreach ( $excluded as $object ) {
			if ( is_numeric( $object ) ) {
				$ids[] = (int) $object;
				continue;
			}

			$object = json_decode( $object );
			if ( is_int( $object->value ) ) {
				$ids[] = $object->value;
			}
		}

		if ( 'excludePosts' === $option ) {
			$ids = apply_filters( 'aioseo_sitemap_exclude_posts', $ids, $type );
		}

		if ( 'excludeTerms' === $option ) {
			$ids = apply_filters( 'aioseo_sitemap_exclude_terms', $ids, $type );
		}

		return count( $ids ) ? esc_sql( implode( ', ', $ids ) ) : '';
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the URLs of all active sitemaps.
	 *
	 * @since   4.0.0
	 * @version 4.6.2 Removed the prefix from the list of URLs.
	 *
	 * @return array $urls The sitemap URLs.
	 */
	public function getSitemapUrls() {
		static $urls = [];
		if ( $urls ) {
			return $urls;
		}

		$addonsUrls = array_filter( aioseo()->addons->doAddonFunction( 'helpers', 'getSitemapUrls' ) );

		foreach ( $addonsUrls as $addonUrls ) {
			$urls = array_merge( $urls, $addonUrls );
		}

		if ( aioseo()->options->sitemap->general->enable ) {
			$urls[] = $this->getUrl( 'general' );
		}
		if ( aioseo()->options->sitemap->rss->enable ) {
			$urls[] = $this->getUrl( 'rss' );
		}

		return $urls;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the URLs of all active sitemaps with the 'Sitemap: ' prefix.
	 *
	 * @since 4.6.2
	 *
	 * @return array $urls The sitemap URLs.
	 */
	public function getSitemapUrlsPrefixed() {
		$urls = $this->getSitemapUrls();

		foreach ( $urls as &$url ) {
			$url = 'Sitemap: ' . $url;
		}

		return $urls;
	}

	/**
	 * Extracts existing sitemap URLs from the robots.txt file.
	 * We need this in case users have existing sitemap directives added to their robots.txt file.
	 *
	 * @since   4.0.10
	 * @version 4.4.9
	 *
	 * @return array The sitemap URLs.
	 */
	public function extractSitemapUrlsFromRobotsTxt() {
		// First, we need to remove our filter, so that it doesn't run unintentionally.
		remove_filter( 'robots_txt', [ aioseo()->robotsTxt, 'buildRules' ], 10000 );
		$robotsTxt = apply_filters( 'robots_txt', '', true );
		add_filter( 'robots_txt', [ aioseo()->robotsTxt, 'buildRules' ], 10000 );

		if ( ! $robotsTxt ) {
			return [];
		}

		$lines = explode( "\n", $robotsTxt );
		if ( ! is_array( $lines ) || ! count( $lines ) ) {
			return [];
		}

		return aioseo()->robotsTxt->extractSitemapUrls( $robotsTxt );
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the URL of the given sitemap type.
	 *
	 * @since 4.1.5
	 *
	 * @param  string $type The sitemap type.
	 * @return string       The sitemap URL.
	 */
	public function getUrl( $type ) {
		$url = home_url( 'sitemap.xml' );

		if ( 'rss' === $type ) {
			$url = home_url( 'sitemap.rss' );
		}

		if ( 'general' === $type ) {
			// Check if user has a custom filename from the V3 migration.
			$filename = $this->filename( 'general' ) ?: 'sitemap';
			$url      = home_url( $filename . '.xml' );
		}

		$addon = aioseo()->addons->getLoadedAddon( $type );
		if ( ! empty( $addon->helpers ) && method_exists( $addon->helpers, 'getUrl' ) ) {
			$url = $addon->helpers->getUrl();
		}

		return $url;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns if images should be excluded from the sitemap.
	 *
	 * @since 4.2.2
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public function excludeImages() {
		$shouldExclude = aioseo()->options->sitemap->general->advancedSettings->enable && aioseo()->options->sitemap->general->advancedSettings->excludeImages;

		return apply_filters( 'aioseo_sitemap_exclude_images', $shouldExclude );
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the post types to check against for the author sitemap.
	 *
	 * @since 4.4.4
	 *
	 * @return array The post types.
	 */
	public function getAuthorPostTypes() {
		// By default, WP only considers posts for author archives, but users can include additional post types.
		$postTypes = [ 'post' ];

		return apply_filters( 'aioseo_sitemap_author_post_types', $postTypes );
	}
}