I’d like to inquire about the site map

Hello,

We apologize for the confusion you’re experiencing regarding sitemaps. It’s great that you’ve created a sitemap using an external tool, but we recommend using the sitemap generated by the Rank Math plugin for several reasons:

1. Automatic Updates: Rank Math automatically generates and updates your sitemap whenever you add or remove content from your site. This ensures that your sitemap is always current without any manual intervention.

2. Sitemap Index: Rank Math creates a Sitemap Index that includes all your individual sitemaps (for posts, pages, etc.) in one place. You only need to submit the Sitemap Index URL to Google, which is typically https://yourdomainname/sitemap_index.xml.

3. Integration with SEO Features: Using Rank Math’s sitemap allows you to take advantage of its SEO features, such as controlling which pages are included in the sitemap and setting canonical URLs.

If you decide to use Rank Math’s sitemap, you can enable it by going to WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings. Make sure the Sitemap module is enabled.

If you have any further questions or need assistance with the setup, feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further!

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out.

For the best results, we recommend using only one sitemap to avoid any confusion for search engines. Rank Math’s sitemap is optimized to update automatically with your site content, making it ideal for most setups. You can disable the other sitemap in Google Search Console and rely on Rank Math’s built-in sitemap for a streamlined process.

2. As regards the sitemap cache issue please 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/

If the issue persists then try disabling the transient cache for the sitemap. This will make sure that your XML sitemap always reflects the latest changes on your site. Kindly add this code snippet to your site:

/** 
 * Filter if XML sitemap transient cache is enabled.
 *
 * @param boolean $unsigned Enable cache or not, defaults to true
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');

If you’re not sure how to add this code, you can follow this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/.

After you add the code, please clear any cache on your site or server and check your XML sitemap again. If you’re still facing issues with the sitemap, please let us know – we are happy to investigate further.

Hello,

Those links are author pages, and they’re currently returning 404 errors, which means that the respective authors no longer exist on your website. There’s nothing wrong with this, and after some time, Google will stop crawling the nonexistent page. You do not need to take any action.

We hope this helps clarify the issue. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Hello,

We usually recommend the links per sitemap between 200 and 500 only for faster crawling.

Please note that Google crawls small-sized sitemaps faster. You can also check Google’s guidelines for sitemaps:
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/sitemaps/build-sitemap

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

We’ve checked your page sitemap, and it is working fine.

Please remove all your submitted sitemaps and resubmit your main sitemap only /sitemap_index.xml

Once done, give Google some time to recrawl your site and wait for the “last read” date column to be updated.

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

From the screenshot you shared only the post sitemap last read date was updated. The page sitemap last read date is the same as last time.

Please give Google some time to recrawl your site and wait for the “last read” date column to be updated also for the page sitemap https://politicadeverdade.com/page-sitemap.xml.

Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

Hello,

To get updated information from GSC, please flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast: https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

After this, clear your website cache, remove all the submitted sitemaps, and resubmit only the main sitemap in the Search Console and see if that works for you.

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

Thank you.