Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math support and we’re sorry for any inconvenience you may have faced with your sitemap.
We checked the sitemap URL you provided (https://www.silkyflowerstore.com/product-sitemap289.xml) and it seems to be unavailable now. However, your other sitemaps from product-sitemap1 to product-sitemap257 are working fine. This could mean that you have fewer products on your site now and you don’t need the extra sitemaps anymore, from product-sitemap257 to product-sitemap298.
The reason why these ‘extra sitemaps’ are still showing on your sitemap index could be because there are still some caching issue on your site. To fix this, please add a small piece of code to your site that will disable the caching of your sitemaps. You can copy and paste this code:
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');
If you’re not sure how to add the code, please check out this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/
Now, coming back to your original question: We can see that images are appearing on your other sitemaps, which means the feature is working correctly. But here are some possible reasons why your image was not showing up on that sitemap:
- You may be using a page builder or a special plugin to add the images to your products. Sometimes Rank Math may not recognize images that are added using other plugins or page builders.
- The images may not be hosted on your own domain. Rank Math only lists images that are hosted on your own domain. If you’re using a CDN or an external image hosting service to host the image, Rank Math may not recognize it. If the images are hosted on your subdomain, you’ll need to let Rank Math know using this code: https://rankmath.com/kb/filters-hooks-api-developer/#sitemap-cdn-urls
- It’s also important to know that Rank Math only includes images that are in the main content area of your products, not in the featured images or custom fields.
We hope this helps you understand and solve the issue. If you still have any questions or problems, please let us know. We’re always here to help.
Thank you for choosing Rank Math!
Thank you, I have added the snippet and understand the explanation, thank you S
Hi there,
We’re delighted to hear that this issue has been resolved. We appreciate your kind words and your support.
I’m closing this ticket now but if you ever have another question or need any help in the future, please don’t hesitate to create a new forum topic. We’ll be more than happy to assist you again.
Thank you for choosing Rank Math and have a wonderful day!
Cheers
