Can’t add category sitemap

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  • Resolved Kelly

    4 years, 7 months ago

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    As per the sensitive data my developer has spent an hour trying to get the category sitemap to load, after I discovered my categories have been set to noindex, which is extremely worrying – I’d never do that.

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Kelly. Reason: Added info
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  • Kelly

    4 years, 7 months ago

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    Hello,

    I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?

    Thank you.

    Todd

    4 years, 7 months ago

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    Hi Kelly,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us.

    A category (or any sitemap for that matter) in Rank Math is created when it meets to conditions:
    1. You have enabled the sitemap at WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Sitemap Settings
    and
    2. You have at least one category that is indexable and contains a post that is indexable.

    All good on 1, I suppose which brings us to 2. You have categories and each one has at least one post but it looks like your categories are set to noindex. Since you do not want Google to crawl your category archives (accidentally or otherwise), it makes no sense to include them in the sitemap.

    If you wish to change that, please head over to WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Categories

    Then, make sure you haven’t checked the “noindex” option in the robots section.
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    If you have, please uncheck it, clear your website cache and reload the sitemap index. It should show the category sitemap correctly.

    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    RankBot

    4 years, 7 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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