Sitmape Not Updating, No Search Console Data & No Instant Indexing Option

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  • Resolved John
    Rank Math free

    In your documentation, it states “After your sitemaps are submitted, any new content that you add to your website will be updated by Rank Math to the respective sitemaps automatically”

    During this Coronavirus stay-at-home situation I have been overhauling my website. Making important changes to every page DIALY.

    1) The sitemap has not updated (pages) since April 10th. I have been submitting each page and change manually.
    2) Also, I have connected my Search Console from the first day (two weeks ago) and no data.
    3) Also, no Instant Indexing option

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  • Todd
    Rank Math free

    Hi John,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us.

    1. I am sorry but can you please let me know which post is missing from the sitemap? I checked your latest post and it is present in the sitemap. You might want to clear cache and then do a hard refresh while sitemap file is open
    Windows: Ctrl + F5
    Mac/Apple: Apple + R or command + R
    Linux: F5

    2. You can go to WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > Search Console. Hit the update cache manually button:

    It should happen automatically though. Please talk to your web hosting provider and see why your corn jobs aren’t running. They will know what to do.

    3. Instant Indexing API plugin is not part of the Rank Math SEO Suite. It needs to be installed separately:
    https://rankmath.com/blog/google-indexing-api/

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

    John
    Rank Math free

    Thanks for getting back to me.

    1) Sitemap
    there is no “post missing”. I said I make changes to my “pages” all-day-everyday lately and it is not update since April 10th. I have tried clearing cache (F5) and I use WP Rocket. I have been clearing cache contently because of all the changes I’ve been making

    Sitemap Update Date

    2) I did the manual update and still nothing. However as it refreshes for a nanosecond it seems I see something blip and then nothing.

    3) I’ll look at installing that indexing thing

    Thanks

    Todd
    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    1. I see the page sitemap updated to 16 Apr:
    null

    I updated one of the posts and that sitemap got updated too:
    null

    Always remember to clear your browser cache before testing:
    Windows: Ctrl + F5
    Mac/Apple: Apple + R or command + R
    Linux: F5

    2. Assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins and the themes (please update if not yet), it would seem like a conflict with one of the plugins or the theme you are using.

    To determine that, please follow this troubleshooting guide:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/

    Please let me know if you find the culprit.

    Only the site admin would know and your users won’t be affected by this troubleshooting.

    3. Great.

    Let us know if you continue to face any issue.

    John
    Rank Math free

    Interesting. I am ALWAYS hitting F5 as I make changes to a page (sometimes multiple times an hour). And then like I said I clear the cache using WP Rocket. Hmmm?

    Anyway, I’m glad you can see the changes, maybe Google does too huh πŸ˜‰

    What about the search console not sinking?

    Thanks

    John
    Rank Math free

    I see what you mean about the F5. I need to hit while on THAT page. Duh.

    So I just submitted it to Search Console and I get an error saying that..

    Site Map Submission Error

    Robot text file pic

    What’s up with that?

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.

    It looks like there is a static robots.txt file on the root of your site folder.

    Please login to your site via FTP and delete the robots.txt file to allow Rank Math to dynamically manage this file.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

    ​​​​​​

    John
    Rank Math free

    What I realized is that I was adding it to the “inspect section” like I would to index any other page. However, with the sitemap, it needs to be “submitted” in the add sitemap section.

    And it’s all good! It got “submitted” on May 30th and last read today April 17th.

    So I think we’re all good on the sitemap issue!

    Why isn’t the search console sinking up? It’s sinked on Googles end and the API key is connected in the dashboard.

    I don’t get it

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    Please head over to Rank Math > General Settings > Search console > Delete recent cache and clicking on this option to clear all the local cache.
    Next, click on β€œUpdate cache manually” and then hit save and this will refresh the search console data on your site.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

    John
    Rank Math free

    Didn’t work. Still no data

    Hello,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us.

    Please make sure that you have verified the correct version of your website on the Google Search Console (http or https, www or non-www). Your site seems to be non-www

    Then, please make sure that the Google account you used to connect your Google Search Console profile is the same one you have used to verify your domain on GSC.
    I hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    ​​​​​​

    John
    Rank Math free

    That did it but it kept defaulting to the www version with no option for the other. I had to De- Authorize and start over.

    Thanks

    Todd
    Rank Math free

    Hi John,

    Did that fix the issue?

    John
    Rank Math free

    YES! Thank you πŸ˜‰

    Alberto
    Rank Math business

    Hello John,

    We are super happy that this resolved your issue. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

    If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

    If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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