Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.
I believe that this is expected behavior since you have WPML installed on the root folder and thus the links will be generated for both languages.
Please note that you will only be required to submit https://www.lyon-beton.com/sitemap_index.xml as the main sitemap on the search console and thus the additional one will not cause any issues.
Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.
Hi Michael,
Thank you for your answer.
I’ve read somewhere that it is a good practice to have one sitemap per language.
Is it something you’re working on at RankMath?
Thanks.
HI there,
Thanks for the follow up.
Google recommends that if you are using different folders per language you submit just one sitemap. Multilingual plugins will add a hreflang tag to your pages to tell search engines that there are various versions of the page/post.
In the case that you use different domains per language, then submit a sitemap per language. You can ready more about this subject in the following link: https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/using-wordpress-seo-with-wpml/
This will thus be up to the webmaster and the configuration of the site and thus we cannot control this in the plugin.
I hope this helps.
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.
