Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.
I have enabled the Rank math sitemap module( you seem to have had it disabled) and I can’t replicate the issue. Could you please check and let us know.
Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.
As mentioned in my 2nd post I disabled RankMath’s Sitemap feature and placed the sitemap files manually in the home directory in order to patch the issue. Ive now deleted those files so you can see the problem.
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This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by
Sean Wolf.
Hello,
I see you are using Cloudflare. Could you set it in Development mode (so its cache is disabled), resave the permalinks, and check the sitemap in an Incognito tab?
Looking forward to help you.
@Alberto Thank you for your recommendations. I followed your instructions and executed the following…
– Disabled Cloudflare completely.
– Re-save the permalinks in the WordPress settings.
– Viewed the sitemap in Incognito browser.
The problem still exists.
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.
I have been able to replicate your issue. Could you check if you have server caching enabled. You can also check for htaccess file on your server and check if there are sitemap rewrite rules that might be causing an issue.
Really looking forward to helping you. Thank you.
The website’s caching is disabled and is using the default .htaccess file from WordPress. Any other ideas?
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This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Sean Wolf.
Hello,
I recommend check with your hosting support it since I have just checked the sitemap_index.xml URL and it stills seems to be being cached server-side. Let us know what they find.
Looking forward to help you.
I discussed this issue with my web host (WP Engine) and had them look into this sitemap issue. They have concluded that it’s not an issue with the cache.
I agree with them because the file is being modified and updated on a daily basis without issue. Also… myself and web host staff has cleared the entire cache of the website several times to rule out cacheing as an issue.
Cache is not the problem. Htaccess is not the problem. Do you guys have any other approaches to diagnose sitemap issues?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
Allow us sometime to consult with the dev team and investigate into this issue further.
Really looking forward to helping you. Thank you.
Hi Sean,
I went to WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Sitemap Settings.
I changed the Links Per Sitemap from 200 to 10000. That removed all the 404 post sitemaps from your Sitemap Index.
In the meantime, our dev. team is also looking into this because we cannot seem to be able to replicate this from our send.
We will get back to you.
Thank you.
@Todd Thanks for the help I really appreciate it!
Hello,
We are super happy that this resolved your issue. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.
If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.
If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.
Thank you.
