sitemap issue

Hello, we apologize for the issue you are facing with your sitemap. To assist you better, could you please provide more details about the specific problem you’re encountering?

Here are some common sitemap issues and their potential fixes:

1. Blank or White Page: If your sitemap shows a blank page, check the source code. If the source code is empty, there may be a conflict with another plugin or theme. You can use the Health Check plugin to identify conflicts.
   

2. 404 Error: If Google can’t access your sitemap, try flushing permalinks by going to the Permalinks page in your WordPress dashboard and clicking Save Changes.

3. Sitemap Not Working on Apache/Nginx: You may need to add specific rewrite rules to your server configuration. For Apache, add the following 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, add this to your 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

4. Sitemap URL Blocked by robots.txt: Check your robots.txt file for any rules that might be blocking access to your sitemap.

If these suggestions do not resolve your issue, please reply to this ticket with more details about the specific error or behavior you’re experiencing, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.