Post Sitemap not apperaing in Google Search Console within XML Sitemap.

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with your Post Sitemap not appearing in Google Search Console and the indexing problems with your posts. Thank you for raising this concern.

Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot the issue:

1. Validate Your Sitemap

Make sure your sitemap is correctly configured. You can validate it using the Validate XML Sitemap tool. If there are any issues, they will be highlighted.

2. Check Sitemap Location

Ensure that your sitemap is located in the root folder of your WordPress installation. The URL should look like this:
https://yourdomainname.com/sitemap_index.xml

3. Ensure Posts Are Set to Index

If your posts are set to noindex, they won’t appear in the sitemap. Go to Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta and ensure that the Index checkbox is enabled for your posts.

4. Flush Permalinks

Sometimes, flushing permalinks can resolve issues with sitemaps. Go to Settings → Permalinks in your WordPress dashboard and click Save Changes without making any changes.

5. Check for Plugin Conflicts

There might be a plugin conflict affecting your sitemap. You can use the Health Check plugin to identify any conflicts.

6. Custom Canonicals

If you have set custom canonical URLs for your posts, they may not appear in the sitemap. Consider removing these custom canonicals to allow Rank Math to generate them correctly.

7. Clear Cache

If you are using a caching plugin, clear your website cache and try submitting your sitemap again in Google Search Console.

If you’ve tried all these steps and the issue persists, please reply to this ticket with your site URL so that a human agent from our support team can assist you further.

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

Sources:
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math

Hello,

Thank you for contacting support.

Please share screenshots of the error for the sitemap shown on Google Search Console.

We look forward to hearing back from you.

Thank you.

Hello,

Please follow the steps below for initial troubleshooting:

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/

If the issue persists then try disabling the transient cache for the sitemap. This will make sure that your XML sitemap always reflects the latest changes on your site. Kindly add this code snippet to your site:

/** 
 * Filter if XML sitemap transient cache is enabled.
 *
 * @param boolean $unsigned Enable cache or not, defaults to true
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');

If you’re not sure how to add this code, you can follow this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/.

After you add the code, please clear any cache on your site or server and check your XML sitemap again. If you’re still facing issues with the sitemap, please let us know – we are happy to investigate further.

Hello,

It looks like your sitemap is currently blocking Googlebot from accessing it. See screenshot below:

Please make sure to whitelist your sitemap in Cloudflare so Google can effectively crawl and access your sitemaps.

Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

Hello,

We can see that RankBot can now access the post sitemap.

You can test the same by following the steps here to set your browser to use the Googlebot user-agent: https://firstpage.com.au/learning-centre/small-business/how-to-use-chromes-googlebot-mode-to-view-a-website/

We hope this helps. Please let us know if you have further questions or concerns.

Thank you.

Hello,

Please note that when you submit your sitemap on GSC, it takes some time to crawl and process it fully.

In case you’ve been facing this issue for a long time, then you can remove all your submitted sitemaps and resubmit your /?sitemap=1 only to your Google Search Console.

Once done, give Google some time to recrawl your sitemaps. You can monitor the “Last read/crawl date” column in the sitemap index as it will update the date when Google crawls your sitemap.

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

Thank you