Sitemap is giving 404 error

Hello,

I apologize for the issue you are facing with your sitemap returning a 404 error. This can happen for several reasons. Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot and resolve the issue:

1. Check Sitemap URL: Ensure that the sitemap URL you are using is correct. It should be `https://www.seroundtable.com/google-fetch-process-sitemap-file-31042.html. You can try accessing this URL directly in your browser to see if it loads correctly.

2. Permalink Settings: Sometimes, permalink settings can cause issues. Go to Settings → Permalinks in your WordPress dashboard and simply click Save Changes without making any changes. This can refresh the permalink structure.

3. Plugin Conflicts: There might be a conflict with another plugin. You can use the Health Check plugin to check for conflicts without affecting your live site.

4. Server Configuration: If you are using Nginx or Apache, ensure that your server is configured correctly to serve the sitemap. You may need to check your server settings or consult with your hosting provider.

5. Robots.txt File: Make sure that your robots.txt file is not blocking access to the sitemap. You can check this by going to Rank Math SEO → General Settings → robots.txt.

6. Caching Issues: If you have caching plugins enabled, clear the cache to ensure that the latest version of your sitemap is being served.

If you’ve tried these steps and are still encountering the 404 error, please reply to this ticket with any additional details or errors you might be seeing, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

Sources:
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math

Hello,

Thanks for contacting Rank Math support. We apologise for any inconvenience this might have caused you.

Please try to follow the steps below and see if that works for you.

1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast: https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin in your caching plugin. The cache could be via a plugin or from the server. For plugins or Cloudflare, please follow this article:
https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/

3. If the above steps don’t seem to work, kindly apply the following filter to your site.

add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');

Here’s how you can add a filter/hook to your WordPress site:
https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Once done, clear your website cache, remove all the submitted sitemaps, and resubmit only the index sitemap in the Search Console.

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

Thank you.