Potential Sitemap Issue

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  • Resolved Philip Mervis

    2 months, 3 weeks ago

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    I just set up Rank Math SEO on my website to evaluate the possibility of upgrading and paying for it. Under the Sitemap settings, it displays the following message. I attempted to configure on my own and brought my whole site down momentarily. When I asked my website host for help, they said I do not appear to have an issue and the Rank Math SEO error message may have been accidentally generated. Can you please take a look at my sitemap (https://summitrealtor.com/sitemap_index.xml) and let me know if all is well – or if there’s something else I need to do?

    Since you are using an NGINX server, you may need to add the following code to your configuration file if your Sitemap pages are not loading. If you are unsure how to do it, please contact your hosting provider. Click here to see the code.

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  • RankBot

    2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,

    We apologize for the issue you are facing with your sitemap. Since you are using an NGINX server, it’s important to ensure that the necessary rewrite rules are added to your NGINX configuration file to allow Rank Math to generate the sitemap correctly.

    To check if your sitemap is working, please visit this link. If it loads correctly, then Rank Math is generating the sitemap, but if you encounter issues, you may need to add the following rewrite rules to your NGINX configuration:

    # START Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps
rewrite ^/sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 last;
rewrite ^/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 last;
rewrite ^/([a-z]+)?-sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 last;
# END Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps

    After adding these rules, make sure to flush your sitemap settings by going to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings in your WordPress admin area and making any minor changes before saving.

    If you’re unsure how to proceed with these changes, we recommend reaching out to your hosting provider for assistance. Thank you for raising this concern, and if you have any further questions or need additional help, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent will assist you further!

    Sources:
    Rank Math XML Sitemaps on NGINX Servers » Rank Math
    Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math

    Philip Mervis

    2 months, 3 weeks ago

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    I really can’t tell for sure whether my sitemap is working properly. A bunch of sitemap checkers can’t find it. Still need human help

    Jeremy

    2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for your query and we are so sorry about the trouble this must have caused.

    Your sitemap is loading fine when you visit it in the browser. However, crawlers are currently greeted with a blockage as you can see from the screenshots below:

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    This is something you need to check with your hosting provider and make sure your sitemap is reachable to search engine crawlers.

    Let us know how that goes. Looking forward to helping you.

    RankBot

    1 month, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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