Issue Excluding Testimonial Archive Page from Sitemap

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with excluding the testimonial archive page from your sitemap. Thank you for providing detailed information about the steps you’ve already taken.

It seems like you are on the right track by using the filter to exclude the URL. However, there are a couple of things you might want to check:

1. Ensure the Filter is Correctly Implemented: Make sure that the filter code is placed correctly in your functions.php file and that there are no syntax errors. The code you provided looks good, but ensure that it is not being overridden by any other code.

2. Check for Caching: Since you’ve already cleared the cache, ensure that there are no other caching plugins or server-side caching that might be affecting the sitemap. Sometimes, caching can cause changes not to reflect immediately.

3. Disable Sitemap Caching: You can also try adding this line to your functions.php file to disable sitemap caching:

   add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false' );

   This will ensure that Rank Math generates the sitemap dynamically without caching issues.

4. Recheck Rank Math Settings: Double-check your Rank Math settings under Sitemap Settings to ensure that there are no conflicting settings that might be causing the archive page to appear in the sitemap.

If after trying these suggestions the issue persists, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will take over and assist you further.

Thank you for your patience, and we hope to resolve this issue for you soon!

Hello,

We have updated the filter on your site to remove the archive link of that post type.

Here’s the revised code for your reference:

add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/post_type_archive_link', function( $archive_url, $post_type ){
if ($post_type == 'testimonial'){ // match to the actual post type name
	$archive_url = false;
}
	return $archive_url;
}, 10, 2 );

Also, please note that the code might get removed once your theme updates since it’s in your theme’s functions.php file. To avoid that, you can apply the filter via the rank-math.php file or Code Snippets plugin.

Here’s a guide you can follow:
https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Hope that helps.

Hello,

We have removed your domain name from the URL in your first post.

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 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.