Need to remove rewrite slug url from sitemap.xml

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to us regarding the issue with your Rank Math sitemap. To remove the unwanted rewrite slug URL from your sitemap.xml, you can follow these steps:

1. Open your theme’s rank-math.php file.
2. Add the following code snippet to exclude the specific URL from the sitemap:

add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/entry', 'remove_specific_url_from_sitemap', 10, 3 );

function remove_specific_url_from_sitemap( $url, $type, $post ) {
    // Check if the URL matches the one you want to exclude
    if ( 'YOUR_URL_TO_EXCLUDE' === $url['loc'] ) {
        return false; // Exclude the URL from the sitemap
    }

    return $url;
}

Replace 'YOUR_URL_TO_EXCLUDE' with the URL you want to remove from the sitemap.

If you encounter any difficulties or need further assistance, please feel free to reach out. Thank you for your understanding.

Warm regards,

Sources:
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math
Why the Sitemap_Index.xml is Throwing a 404 Error » Rank Math
Multilingual SEO with Rank Math SEO & WPML » Rank Math

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that this issue might have caused.

It appears Rank Math is not activated on your site at the moment.

Please follow the steps below for initial troubleshooting:

1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast:
https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin in your caching plugin. The cache could be via a plugin or from the server. For plugins or Cloudflare, please follow this article: https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/

If the issue persists then try disabling the transient cache for the sitemap. This will make sure that your XML sitemap always reflects the latest changes on your site. To do this, you need to add a small piece of code to your site’s functions.php file or use a plugin like Code Snippets.
The code you need to add is this:

/** 
 * 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');

If you’re not sure how to add this code, you can follow this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/.

It will show you step-by-step how to use the Code Snippets plugin or edit the functions.php file safely.

After you add the code, please clear any cache on your site or server and check your XML sitemap again. If you’re still facing issues with the sitemap, please let us know – we are happy to investigate further.

Hello,

The URL https://www.bacancytechnology.com/case-study/case_study appears to be set to index and its canonical URL is self-referencing. For that reason, it will be included in the sitemap by default.

You can use the Exclude Posts option in the sitemap settings to exclude that page from the sitemap. Please refer to this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-content-from-sitemap/

Please note that some options are only available in Advance Mode. If you are not able to find the Exclude Posts option in the Sitemap Settings, please try to switch to Advance Mode: https://rankmath.com/kb/switch-from-easy-to-advanced-mode/

Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.

Thank you.