XML Sitemap not showing

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with your XML sitemap not displaying. There could be several reasons for this problem. Here are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot:

1. Check for Errors: Ensure that there are no errors in your server configuration that might be preventing the sitemap from loading. You can try accessing your sitemap directly by visiting `https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Save-Changes-1.jpg. If it loads, then the issue may be related to rewrite rules.

2. Rewrite Rules: If the sitemap does not load, you may need to add some rewrite rules to your server configuration. For Apache servers, you can add the following code to your .htaccess file:

   # START of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteRule ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
   RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
   RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)?-?sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 [L]
   # END of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules

   For Nginx servers, you can add the following code to your Nginx config file:

   # START Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps
   rewrite ^/sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 last;
   rewrite ^/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 last;
   rewrite ^/([a-z]+)?-sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 last;
   # END Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps

3. Plugin Conflicts: Sometimes, other plugins can conflict with Rank Math. You might want to check for any plugin conflicts using the Health Check plugin.

4. Check Robots.txt: Ensure that your robots.txt file is not blocking access to your sitemap. You can check this in the Rank Math settings under Rank Math SEO → General Settings → robots.txt.

If these steps do not resolve the issue, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

Sources:
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math

Hello,

Thank you for contacting support.

We can see that the issue is only related to the stylesheet of the sitemap. The actual XML data for the sitemap is outputted correctly.

The XSL file (stylesheet) contains an incorrect meta entry for the charset that our plugin doesn’t add so it must be done by another plugin or your theme that is “hijacking” that file and adding the incorrect meta tag.

We would recommend the following tutorial to discover the plugin/theme that is conflicting with this: https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/

If you cannot do that, please share working WP credentials in the sensitive data section of this ticket so our team can debug the issue further and assist you with it.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.