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I tried to add sitemap on google search console, But received this following error.
itemap can be read, but has errors
Empty Sitemap
Your Sitemap does not contain any URLs. Please validate and resubmit your Sitemap.Please help to add my sitemap to google search console
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.
Could you please share the affected website URL so we can check as well?
Meanwhile, for initial troubleshooting, please follow these steps (if not yet):
1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast:
https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp2. 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/Then submit your main sitemap index:
https://rankmath.com/kb/submit-sitemap-to-google/Let us know how this goes.
Thank you.
All Recommended steps completed but still sitemap has errors.
sitemap url – https://lockmasterkey.com/?sitemap=1
Hello,
The sitemap is loading fine on
?sitemap=1This means that the redirection in the server configuration is not correctly set up and you need to update it with the following: https://rankmath.com/kb/fix-sitemap-issues/#apache-error
After adding that, the redirection should work correctly and the sitemap will load on the expected URL.
Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.
Still getting same error on google search console
error screenshot attached- https://imgur.com/Jdo6fmG , https://imgur.com/9yYrxKRcan you please check my .htaccess file is ok or any change required?
# BEGIN LSCACHE
## LITESPEED WP CACHE PLUGIN – Do not edit the contents of this block! ##
<IfModule LiteSpeed>
RewriteEngine on
CacheLookup on
RewriteRule .* – [E=Cache-Control:no-autoflush]
RewriteRule \.litespeed_conf\.dat – [F,L]# 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=$1 [L]
# END of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules### marker CACHE RESOURCE start ###
RewriteRule wp-content/.*/[^/]*(responsive|css|js|dynamic|loader|fonts)\.php – [E=cache-control:max-age=3600]
### marker CACHE RESOURCE end ###### marker LOGIN COOKIE start ###
RewriteRule .? – [E=”Cache-Vary:,wp-postpass_61d40703743fe603a614554d28f990f7″]
### marker LOGIN COOKIE end ###### marker FAVICON start ###
RewriteRule favicon\.ico$ – [E=cache-control:max-age=86400]
### marker FAVICON end ###### marker WEBP start ###
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} “image/webp” [or]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} “Page Speed”
RewriteRule .* – [E=Cache-Control:vary=%{ENV:LSCACHE_VARY_VALUE}+webp]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} iPhone.*Version/(\d{2}).*Safari
RewriteCond %1 >13
RewriteRule .* – [E=Cache-Control:vary=%{ENV:LSCACHE_VARY_VALUE}+webp]
### marker WEBP end ###### marker DROPQS start ###
CacheKeyModify -qs:utm*
CacheKeyModify -qs:fbclid*
CacheKeyModify -qs:gclid*
### marker DROPQS end ###</IfModule>
## LITESPEED WP CACHE PLUGIN – Do not edit the contents of this block! ##
# END LSCACHE
# BEGIN NON_LSCACHE
## LITESPEED WP CACHE PLUGIN – Do not edit the contents of this block! ##
### marker BROWSER CACHE start ###
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresByType application/pdf A0
ExpiresByType image/x-icon A0
ExpiresByType image/vnd.microsoft.icon A0
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A0ExpiresByType image/jpg A0
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A0
ExpiresByType image/png A0
ExpiresByType image/gif A0
ExpiresByType image/webp A0ExpiresByType video/ogg A0
ExpiresByType audio/ogg A0
ExpiresByType video/mp4 A0
ExpiresByType video/webm A0ExpiresByType text/css A0
ExpiresByType text/javascript A0
ExpiresByType application/javascript A0
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A0ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A0
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff A0
ExpiresByType application/font-woff A0
ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 A0
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A0
ExpiresByType font/ttf A0
ExpiresByType font/otf A0
ExpiresByType font/woff A0
ExpiresByType font/woff2 A0</IfModule>
### marker BROWSER CACHE end ##### LITESPEED WP CACHE PLUGIN – Do not edit the contents of this block! ##
# END NON_LSCACHE# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between “BEGIN WordPress” and “END WordPress” are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.# END WordPress
Hello,
Please exclude the sitemaps from caching in Cloudflare:
https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/#cloudflareOnce done, purge the cache from Cloudflare and your website and resubmit the sitemap.
Let us know how it goes.
We are here to assist 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.
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