Posts not visible in sitemap

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  • Resolved Youri Claessens
    Rank Math free

    Hope you all doing good. Anyone knows why google search console does not recognise my posts? In the settings from RankMath everything is activated.

    When I log in to search console in google, the error message at the post sitemap is: Sitemap could not be read. General http error. I made two screenshots of it here:
    https://ibb.co/q013snK
    https://ibb.co/NKvDt74

    Hope someone can help me

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  • Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math, and sorry for the inconvenience caused.

    Could you please check the following:
    1. Is the sitemap working fine in your browser? You can check that by going domain(.)com/sitemap_index.xml

    If the sitemap is working fine, you can try validating it on this link: https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html

    If the validation works, please move to the second point.

    2. Have you verified the correct version of your website on Google? Please check if you have verified the www (or non-www) and https (or http) version of your website. If there is a mismatch, please fix that.

    3. Finally, make sure you have cleared the cache and excluded Google bot from seeing a cached version of your sitemap.

    If you have followed these and you are able to view your sitemap without any problem, then Rank Math is outputting your sitemap correctly and the error must be coming from Google. You can try and use a 3rd party sitemap plugin to confirm. Just make sure you have disabled the Sitemap module of Rank Math in WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Dashboard when using a 3rd party sitemap plugin.

    If the other plugin works, please do let us know.

    Thank you.

    Thanks!

    1: I did, everything is ok here.
    2: Yes, I have both versions in my search console, the https and the http version. Both versions cannot read the POSTS
    3: I cleared the cache now as well.

    What else can I do ?

    Hello,

    Is the issue resolved?

    If not, would you please share your sitemap URL so we can check from our end?

    Looking forward to helping you.

    Hello,

    I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?

    Thank you.

    Could you find out why it is not working?

    Hello,

    Can you please go through this KB? https://rankmath.com/kb/url-not-in-sitemap/

    We have listed all the reasons why a post might not be in the Sitemap including solutions to them as well.

    Hope that helps.

    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.

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