News sitemap not up to date

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with your news sitemap not being up to date. The Rank Math plugin is designed to automatically update the sitemap whenever you publish or update a post. However, if you are experiencing issues where it requires manual refreshing, there are a few things you can check:

1. Ensure the News Sitemap Module is Enabled: Make sure that the News Sitemap module is enabled in your Rank Math settings. You can do this by navigating to Rank Math SEO → Dashboard → News Sitemap.
   

2. Check for Caching Issues: Sometimes, caching plugins or server-side caching can prevent the sitemap from updating automatically. Try clearing your cache and see if that resolves the issue.

3. Permalink Settings: Ensure that your permalink settings are correctly configured in Settings → Permalinks in your WordPress dashboard.

4. Server Configuration: If you are using an Apache or Nginx server, ensure that the necessary rewrite rules are correctly set up as mentioned in our documentation. This helps in dynamically generating the sitemap.

   • For Apache, you can add the following to your .htaccess file:

     # START of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules
     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteBase /
     RewriteRule ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
     RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
     RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)?-?sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 [L]
     # END of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules

   • For Nginx, add the following to your config file:

     # START Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps
     rewrite ^/sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 last;
     rewrite ^/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 last;
     rewrite ^/([a-z]+)?-sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 last;
     # END Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps

If after checking these settings the issue persists, we recommend replying to this ticket with your site URL so that a human agent from our support team can assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern!

Sources:
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math