Hello,
I’m sorry to hear that you’re experiencing issues with your website’s sitemap. It’s important to ensure that your sitemap is set up correctly to avoid any indexing issues in Google Search Console.
To troubleshoot the sitemap issue, you can follow these steps:
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Check if Your Sitemap is Accessible: You can use the httpstatus.io tool to check the accessibility of your sitemap URL and identify any issues preventing it from being accessed by the Googlebot.
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Validate Your Sitemap: Use the Validate XML Sitemap tool to confirm that your sitemap is correctly configured.
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Ensure the Sitemap is Located in the Root Folder: Make sure that your sitemap is installed in the root folder of your WordPress installation.
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Ensure Your Posts Are Set to Index: Check if your posts are set to index in the Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta settings.
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Flush the Cache: If your sitemap appears outdated, you can flush the sitemap cache by navigating to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings and increasing the value of the Links Per Sitemap.
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Exclude the Sitemap From Caching: Ensure that your sitemap is not being cached by following the steps outlined in our tutorial on how to exclude sitemaps from caching.
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Add the Correct Version of Your Sitemap to Google Search Console: Make sure you’ve added the correct URL variation of your site to Google Search Console.
If you’ve completed these steps and are still facing issues, please feel free to reply here, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.
I hope this helps!
Sources:
Indexed, Not Submitted in Sitemap – Google Search Console » Rank Math
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Remove Blank Lines From Sitemaps » Rank Math
How to Fix “Incorrect HTTP Header Content-Type” Error in Sitemaps » Rank Math
I have tried all methods but error still occurs.actually my website have four pages including blog post page but only three showing in Google serach consol sitemap section. And now my website ranking also affected. Please guide me.
site examtest.co/sitemap_index.xml
Hello,
Thank you for your patience.
Your blog page is included in your https://www.examtest.co/post-sitemap.xml since it is the archive of your posts. So, your page sitemap is correct containing 3 pages.
If there are any other issues, please share them so we can check and advise accordingly. You can upload screenshots using this tool and add the link here.
Looking forward to helping you.
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.
