Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and we regret the inconvenience caused.
Could you please confirm if the categories are set to Index?
If yes, please follow the below steps:
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/
3. Clear your website and browser’s cache and see if that fixes the issue.
Please let us know how that goes.
Thank you.
Dumb question but where do I see if categories are set to index?
Also, for seo should they be?
Hello,
You can check the global settings under your WordPress admin area > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Categories > Category Archives Robots Meta.
To check the robots meta settings for individual categories, you can edit the category and check the robots meta settings from the Advanced tab of the SEO Meta Box.
For more details, please refer to these tutorial guides:
https://rankmath.com/kb/titles-and-meta/#category-archives-robots-meta
https://rankmath.com/kb/advanced-tab/#robots-meta
Indexing or non-indexing the categories depends on your SEO strategy. You can have a look at this article for more details:
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/noindex-category-archive-pages/374867/
Hope this helps.
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.
