false.
		 * @param string $taxonomy_name Name of the taxonomy to exclude..
		 */
		if ( apply_filters( 'wpseo_sitemap_exclude_taxonomy', false, $taxonomy_name ) ) {
			return false;
		}

		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the Image Parser.
	 *
	 * @return WPSEO_Sitemap_Image_Parser
	 */
	protected function get_image_parser() {
		if ( ! isset( self::$image_parser ) ) {
			self::$image_parser = new WPSEO_Sitemap_Image_Parser();
		}

		return self::$image_parser;
	}
}