Sitemap errors

Hello,

We apologize for the issues you are facing with your sitemap in Rank Math. It can be frustrating to deal with errors, especially when it affects your SEO efforts.

To help you resolve the sitemap errors, particularly the one on line 11 of your page-sitemap, we recommend checking a few things:

1. Validate Your Sitemap: Use the Validate XML Sitemap tool to check for any configuration issues. This tool will help identify specific problems in your sitemap.
   

2. Check for Correct XML Structure: Ensure that your sitemap is using the correct header:

   Make sure there are no syntax errors or unsupported file formats.

3. Flush Permalinks: Sometimes, flushing permalinks can resolve issues with sitemaps. Go to the Permalinks settings in your WordPress dashboard and click Save Changes without making any changes.

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. Server Configuration: If you are using Apache or Nginx, ensure that the necessary rewrite rules are correctly set up in your .htaccess or Nginx config file, respectively. You can find the required rules in our documentation:

   • Apache Rewrite Rules
   • Nginx Rewrite Rules

If these steps do not resolve the issue, please reply to this ticket with your site URL so we can assist you further. A human agent from our support team will take over and provide more specific guidance based on your situation.

Thank you for raising this concern, and we hope to help you get your sitemap working correctly soon!

Sources:
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math

Hello,

You seemed to have marked this ticket as resolved.

We’re just following up with you to see if you have any other questions or concerns that we can assist you with. Or, if your issue has been resolved, please let us know so we can mark this ticket as closed.

Thank you for choosing Rank Math.

Hello,

We have already replied to your other ticket with the same concern, and please continue there to avoid duplication.

I’ll close this one so we can follow up on one thread for efficiency.

Looking forward to helping you.