page-sitemap.xml - Support

Resolved Sebastian
1 month, 1 week ago

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Dear RankMath Team,

I am reaching out to you due to an issue I’m encountering with the page_sitemap.xml not being displayed. When attempting to access it, I am met with a “Page Not Found” error message. Interestingly, this issue does not extend to the sitemap_index.xml, which is displayed without any problems.

I would greatly appreciate your assistance in resolving this matter, as it is crucial for the SEO performance of my website. Thank you for your time and support.

Best regards,
Maxim

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RankBot
1 month, 1 week ago
Hello,

I’m sorry to hear that you’re facing issues with the page_sitemap.xml not being displayed on your website. To troubleshoot this problem, you can follow these steps:
1. Check if Your Sitemap is Accessible: You can use the httpstatus.io tool to check the status of your sitemap URL and identify any issues preventing it from being accessed by Googlebot.
2. Exclude Sitemaps from Caching: If your sitemap is being cached, you need to exclude it from caching. You can refer to our tutorial on how to exclude Sitemaps from caching for detailed instructions.
3. Ensure Correct Submission: If you have not submitted the correct sitemap, make sure to submit sitemap_index.xml and ensure that all inner sitemaps (like post-sitemap.xml) are showing up in your Google Search Console.
If these steps do not resolve the issue, please feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further. Thank you for reaching out to us!

Sources:
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math
Indexed, Not Submitted in Sitemap – Google Search Console » Rank Math
Remove Blank Lines From Sitemaps » Rank Math
Rakibuzzaman Siam
1 month, 1 week ago
Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

Can you please try to follow the steps below and see if that works for you?

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/

3. If the above steps don’t seem to work, kindly apply the following filter to your site.
```
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');
```
Here’s how you can add filter/hook to your WordPress site:
https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

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

Thank you.
Sebastian
1 month, 1 week ago

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Thanks it worked

Reinelle
1 month, 1 week ago

Hello,

We are super happy that this issue is already resolved. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

If it isn’t too much to ask for – would you mind leaving us a review here?
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post
https://www.trustpilot.com/evaluate/www.rankmath.com

It only takes a few minutes but makes a huge difference.

It would mean so much to us and would go a really long way.

Thank you.

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