Problem with post-sitemap.xml

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the post-sitemap.xml not listing your posts correctly. Thank you for providing detailed information about the steps you’ve already taken.

Since you’ve already tried flushing permalinks, purging cache, and modifying Nginx rules without success, here are a few additional things to check:

1. Check Post Visibility: Ensure that the posts you want to appear in the sitemap are set to "Public" and not set to "Private" or "Draft."

2. Sitemap Settings: Go to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings and verify that the post types you want included in the sitemap are checked. If they are unchecked, they won’t appear in the sitemap.

3. Custom Canonicals: If you have set custom canonical URLs for your posts, they may not appear in the sitemap. Rank Math includes a self-referencing canonical by default, so consider removing any custom canonicals if applicable.

4. Plugin Conflicts: Since you mentioned running on Vanilla WordPress, ensure that no other plugins are interfering with Rank Math’s functionality. You can use the Health Check plugin to help identify any conflicts.

5. Check for Errors: Look for any errors in your sitemap by checking the source code of your post-sitemap.xml. Ensure there are no blank spaces or errors at the beginning of the file, as this can cause issues.

If after checking these points the issue persists, please reply to this ticket with any error messages or additional details, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.

We hope this helps you resolve the issue!

Hello,

Please follow the steps below to see if it 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 doesn’t seem to work, kindly apply the following filter code 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/

Once done, remove all your submitted sitemaps and resubmit your main sitemap only.

Let us know how this goes.

Hello,

To investigate this issue further, we might need to take a closer look at your website and settings. Please follow these steps:

• Edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress and FTP logins in the Sensitive Data section. This is a secure section that only our support staff can access.
  
• Make sure you take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.
• If you prefer, you can use this plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead: https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/
• You can also use this plugin to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any): https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

We appreciate your cooperation and patience.

Thank you for choosing Rank Math.