Sitemap don’t work

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with your sitemap. There are several common reasons why a sitemap might not work, and we can help you troubleshoot this. Here are some steps you can take:

1. Flush Permalinks: Sometimes, simply flushing the permalinks can resolve the issue. Go to your WordPress admin area, navigate to Settings → Permalinks, and click the Save Changes button, even if you didn’t make any changes. This can often fix 404 errors related to the sitemap.
   

2. Check for Server Configuration: If you are using an Apache or Nginx server, you may need to add specific rewrite rules to your configuration files. For Apache, add the following to your .htaccess file:

   # START of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteRule ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
   RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
   RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)?-?sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 [L]
   # END of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules

   For Nginx, add this to your config file:

   # START Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps
   rewrite ^/sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 last;
   rewrite ^/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 last;
   rewrite ^/([a-z]+)?-sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 last;
   # END Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps

3. Check for Plugin Conflicts: Sometimes, other plugins can interfere with the sitemap functionality. You can use the Health Check plugin to identify any conflicts.

4. Check Robots.txt: Ensure that your sitemap URL is not blocked by your robots.txt file. You can check this in Rank Math SEO → General Settings → robots.txt.

5. Check for Custom Canonicals: If you have set custom canonical URLs for your posts, they may not appear in the sitemap. Consider removing these custom canonicals if you want all posts to be included in the sitemap.

If you’ve tried these steps and are still experiencing issues, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

Hello,

Glad that everything has been sorted out.

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