Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math, and sorry for any inconvenience caused.
I checked the sitemap with XML Sitemap Validator, the sitemap is validated without any issues. Check the screenshot in the sensitive data section.
Please follow these steps to fix the issue.
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/
Once done, clear the website cache, remove the sitemap from the Search Console and add sitemap_index.xml again.
The couldn’t fetch error, is in most cases simply due to a bug in the Search Console.
Check this article for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/couldnt-fetch-error-google-search-console/
Hope this helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
Thank you so much for your quick support. The problem is fixed.
Hello,
Glad that helped.
Please feel free to reach out to us again in case you need any other assistance.
We are here to help.
Thank you.
Hi, Team RankMath
I hope you’re doing great. I want to know why my website post doesn’t auto-update in the search console sitemap? even categories are being updated. I was posted an article on 22/10/2021, it was not updated in the search console sitemap, when I got support then that post was updated. But I have another post but it’s still not updated in the search console sitemap, can you please let me know where is the problem?
Thank you so much.
Hello,
Can you please flush your sitemap cache once again by changing the “Links Per Sitemap” value?
If that updates the sitemap again, then it could be that your sitemap is still heavily cached, please ensure that your sitemap is not cached by your plugins or any caching software from your server: https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/
Do note that it takes Google some time to recrawl your sitemap and update the URL count on your GSC.
Looking forward to helping you with this one.
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.
