Filter Everything Pro plugin doesn’t work url’s in sitemap. xml

Hello,

I’m sorry to hear that you are facing issues with the URLs from the Filter Everything Pro plugin not appearing in the sitemap.xml file despite following the instructions provided.

To ensure that the URLs from the Filter Everything Pro plugin are included in the sitemap.xml generated by Rank Math, please check the following:

1. Check Robots Meta Tag: Ensure that the pages/posts affected by the Filter Everything Pro plugin have the correct robots meta tag settings. Pages set to "noindex" will be excluded from the sitemap. You can verify and adjust this setting by navigating to Rank Math SEO → Advanced tab in the post/page editing screen.

2. Exclude Sitemap Files from Caching: If you are using any caching plugins, make sure to exclude the sitemap files generated by Rank Math from being cached. Caching the sitemap can prevent it from reflecting the latest URLs on your website. You can learn how to exclude sitemaps from caching here.

3. Add Rewrite Rules: If the sitemap is not working as expected, you may need to add rewrite rules manually. Depending on your web server (Apache or Nginx), you might need to add specific rewrite rules to ensure the sitemap works correctly. You can find detailed instructions for Apache here and for Nginx here.

If after checking these steps, the issue persists, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.

Thank you for your understanding and patience in resolving this matter.

Warm regards.

Sources:
Why the Sitemap_Index.xml is Throwing a 404 Error » Rank Math
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math

Hello,

Rank Math will only add a URL in the sitemap if that URL is an actual page that you can edit in the backend, it could be a regular post, pages, CPTs, or taxonomies.

From your description, you are talking about dynamic filter pages which are not registered in the database which is why Rank Math hasn’t included it in the sitemap.

If you really need to add those URLs to the sitemap, you’ll have to do it manually by using this filter code below:

add_action('rank_math/sitemap/{$type}_content', function () {
	return '<url>
		<loc>https://rankmath.com/some-custom-url/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-06-10T20:20:20+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>';
});

You may refer to this guide on how to add filters to your website: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Hope that helps.

Hello,

You may need to use the filter my colleague shared above to include those filtered URLs in your sitemap.

Rank Math’s sitemap URLs are from post type where you can edit the pages, as mentioned previously.

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

In this case, this is something we need to check on your WordPress Dashboard.

Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress login in the designated Sensitive Data section.

Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.

It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

We really look forward to helping you.