Sitemap can be read, but has errors

#70650
  • Resolved Shahbaj Rangrej
    Rank Math free

    Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format instead. i am getting 1 error in sitemap. my sitemap couldn’t work in google search console and also not open directly. please fix it.

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  • Hello,

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

    This is usually an issue with caching. Please exclude your sitemap URLs from being cached then re-save your permalink and sitemap settings, then re-submit your main sitemap on your GSC. Let us now how this goes.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    how can i exclude urls from cached. can you explain me step by step.

    Hello,

    It is depends on what caching plugin you are using. If you have W3Total cache, please check Performance > Page cache and check for never exclude page field. For WP Fastest cache head over to the plugin and you should see an exclude tab. If you are unable to, please get in touch with your cache provider to guide you how to exclude pages/URLs from being cached.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    I don’t see proper setting that’s why I removed cache plugin(w3 total cache).
    But still, I am getting the same error. why..

    I made redirection 404 pages to the homepage. now I switched off the redirection then automatically problem solved. my sitemap page working fine. thanks for the response.

    Alberto
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

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

    If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

    If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

    My sitemap page open but category and post pages are still getting error. How can i solve this

    Alberto
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Then I think we might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.
    Sensitive Data Section

    It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below 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 use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

    We really look forward to helping you.

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Alberto.

    Hello,

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

    Thank you.

    i have updated sensitive data details please check and fix my issue as soon as possible.

    Hello,

    I added your sitemap URLs to be excluded in Litespeed cache > Cache > Excludes and your sitemaps seem to be now accessible without issue, please check. You can now re-submit your main sitemap in your GSC and let us know if you face any othe issue.

    If you have any further question(s), please let us know. Thank you.

    I resubmit my sitemap but I still getting the same error. “Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format instead.” … why this is happening. please help me. fix this issue.

    ok well, category and post sitemap automatically fixed. I think it takes some time. to fix this issue according to your changes in cache plugin let’s see. I will reply as soon as possible that the problem is fully fixed or not or any other problem appear.

    Hello,

    We are glad to hear the good news. Please let us know if the issue is resolved.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    my sitemap issue is fixed. thanks for helping me. and your sensitive data feature is awesome. again thank you very much.

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