Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math, and sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Can you please follow these steps?
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/
To exclude the posts/pages from the sitemap, go to Rank Math > Sitemap settings > General > Exclude posts.
Here is a guide for your reference:
https://rankmath.com/kb/configure-sitemaps/#exclude-posts
Do note that some options are only available when you enable the Advanced Mode in the Rank Math dashboard:
https://i.rankmath.com/JAj5ak
Once done, remove the sitemaps from the Search Console and add sitemap_index.xml again.
That should fix the issue. Please let me know if that does not. We are here to assist.
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.
