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Category sitemap page not found

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Resolved Maninut Chanpum
1 year, 7 months ago

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Hello. When I enable rankmath category sitemap, the sitemap page leads to an error page: https://snipboard.io/IQFLBH.jpg

The category sitemap also doesn’t show up in my XML sitemap.

For now, I have disabled the option for include category in sitemap: https://snipboard.io/6i0LD4.jpg
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

I have tried flushing cache and also tried saving permalinks without making changes, as suggested on rankmath website.

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RankBot
1 year, 7 months ago
Hello, I’m sorry to hear that you are facing issues with your category sitemap page not being found and not showing up in your XML sitemap after enabling Rank Math.

One common reason for the category sitemap page not showing up in the XML sitemap is that the category archive page might be empty with no posts attached. In such cases, these archive pages are excluded by default as they contain thin content.

To include these pages in your sitemap, you can follow these steps:
1. Navigate to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings.
2. Enable the Include Empty Terms option in your category/tag/custom taxonomy archive settings.
Here is a screenshot to guide you:

If the issue persists or if you have any other concerns, please feel free to reach out to our dedicated support team here. We are available 24/7, 365 days a year to assist you further. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Sources:
Why Isn’t My URL Included in the Sitemap? » Rank Math
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math
Analyzing Your Site’s SEO with Rank Math’s SEO Analysis Tool
Rakibuzzaman Siam
1 year, 7 months ago

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

Please head over to your WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Categories, and from there make sure the Category Archives Robots Meta is set to index:

Once done, please try to follow the steps below to clear your sitemap cache and see if that works for you:

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/

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

Maninut Chanpum
1 year, 7 months ago

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Oh my, I wasn’t aware there was another setting besides this one: https://snipboard.io/FPcLgf.jpg
Thank you, solved.

Maninut Chanpum
1 year, 7 months ago

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Sorry, not just solved yet, I’m getting this error: https://snipboard.io/nPCtQs.jpg

Maninut Chanpum
1 year, 7 months ago

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It seems there was a small delay, the categories are now indexed.

Rakibuzzaman Siam
1 year, 7 months ago

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 or TrustPilot 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.

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