Exclude external images from Sitemap – How to?

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.

The Prime logo image is being added to your content as <img> tag, that’s why they are getting included in your post sitemap.

However, to exclude them from your sitemap, you may need to use and customize this filter:

/**
 * Filter images to be included for the post in XML sitemap.
 *
 * @param array $images  Array of image items.
 * @param int   $post_id ID of the post.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/urlimages', function( $images, $post_id ){
	return $images;
}, 10, 2);

And here’s a guide on how you can add a filter to your website:
https://rankmath.com/kb/filters-hooks-api-developer/

Also, please check your site’s configuration if there are some PHP values that are too low and which you should increase to fix the sitemap loading issue.

You can get in touch with your web host and ask them to set the following values (if not yet):

PHP Memory Limit: 512M
Max input time: 150
PHP time limit: 120
PHP max input variables: 1000

Hope that helps.

Thank you.

Hello,

The filter code will allow you to validate each image path that comes in your sitemap. Here’s an example of its usage:

add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/urlimages', function( $images, $post_id ){
	foreach($images as $image ){
		if($image['src'] == 'https://aurandus.com/wp-content/plugins/aawp/assets/img/icon-check-prime.svg'){
			return false;
		}
	}
	return $images;
}, 10, 2);

The image URL in the code will be excluded from the sitemap.

Or, you can do so like this which will allow you to exclude any AAWP image assets:

add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/urlimages', function( $images, $post_id ){
	foreach($images as $image ){
		if ((strpos($image['src'], 'https://aurandus.com/wp-content/plugins/aawp/asssets') !== false)) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	return $images;
}, 10, 2);

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

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

In this case, we might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.

Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.

It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

We really look forward to helping you.