Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and bringing your concern to our attention.
This is just a message with the instructions in case your sitemap doesn’t work properly. If your sitemap is loading properly at /sitemap_index.xml you can simply ignore this.
However, Rank Math automatically updates your sitemap whenever you publish/update any page on your website. If you see the sitemap is not updating, you can follow the steps below to clear your sitemap cache:
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/
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
great thanks
Is it worthwhile to include in the sitemap Lirandash courses and classes that are only available for those who are connected to the site?
Hello,
You should only include URLs to your sitemap that you want to index on Google. If the pages are not accessible for all and Google also cannot access them, you shouldn’t include the pages in your sitemap.
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank 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.
