Post appears multiple times in sitemap - Support

Resolved Miguel
1 year, 4 months ago

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Hi, there are some cases were the post shows two times in different sitemaps, what could be the cause of this issue? Thanks for the help!

Here are the screenshot of the sitemaps where you can find a post with this issue:

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Great
1 year, 4 months ago
Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math support and we apologize for the inconvenience.

The most probable cause of this issue is that your sitemap is being cached – caching can improve the loading speed of your sitemap but it can also create some problems. For instance, when you add or remove posts on your website, the number of post-sitemap on your sitemap index changes, and the cache may not reflect that change right away.

To fix this issue, you need to regenerate your sitemap and then prevent it from being cached.

Here are the steps you need to follow:
- First, watch this video to learn how to regenerate your sitemap: https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp
- Next, read this guide to learn how to exclude your sitemaps from caching: https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/
- Finally, copy and paste this code to your website to disable your sitemap transient cache:
```
/** 
 * Filter if XML sitemap transient cache is enabled.
 *
 * @param boolean $unsigned Enable cache or not, defaults to true
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');
```
  You can find out how to add this code to your website here: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/
Please try these steps and let us know if they work for you. If you still face any issues, please don’t hesitate to contact us again and we’ll be glad to help you further.

Thank you for trusting Rank Math!
Miguel
1 year, 4 months ago

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Hi Anthony, this seems to have solved the issue, but upon closer inspection some posts aren’t showing up at the sitemap, I search for a couple of them and then updated the post, then said post shows up at the first post-sitemap, so the questions are:

If I regenerated the sitemap shouldn’t there be all the post even those that didn’t show up at all before? What can affect this? And, the way that the sitemaps are build is to have the last modified posts first even when said post is an old one? (for example, published 1 month or a year ago)

Thanks for the support!

Reinelle
1 year, 4 months ago

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

Yes, in sitemaps, the last modified/updated page is always the first one in the list even if they have been published before.

If there are posts/pages not showing before updating them, please check this link for the common reasons why they are not getting included:
https://rankmath.com/kb/url-not-in-sitemap/

Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

RankBot
1 year, 3 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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