How to Hide XML Sitemap from Everyone except Search Engines

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  • Resolved MD Sakib

    3 years, 9 months ago

    Rank Math free

    I have my website <domain>.com and the sitemap is visible to everyone at <domain>.com/sitemap.xml. What is the procedure to hide it from public view? I don’t want my competitors to see what I have on my website. In fact, my competitors have hidden it, but it is exposed on my website.
    Pls resolve this issue

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  • Reinelle

    3 years, 9 months ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention.

    Sorry to disappoint you, but it is not possible to hide/rename the Sitemaps generated by Rank Math.

    However, if you want, then you can change the base of the sitemap URL using the following filter in your active theme’s functions.php file:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/filters-hooks-api-developer/#change-sitemap-base

    You can set it up like this:

    add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/base_url', function( $base ){
	return 'anyword/';
}, 10, 1 );

    And your sitemap URL will be:
    https://domain.com/anyword/sitemap_index.xml

    I hope that helps.

    Thank you.

    RankBot

    3 years, 8 months 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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