Sitemap is not generated

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with your sitemap not being generated. Since you’ve already flushed the permalinks, here are a few additional steps you can try:

1. Check Sitemap Settings: Ensure that the Sitemap module is enabled in Rank Math. You can do this by navigating to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings and confirming that the settings are correctly configured.

2. Exclude Sitemap from Caching: Make sure your sitemap is not being cached. You can refer to our article on excluding sitemaps from caching for guidance.

3. Disable Transient Caching: If the above solutions don’t work, you can add a filter to your theme’s rank-math.php file to disable transient caching of your sitemap:

   /**
   * Filter if XML sitemap transient cache is enabled.
   *
   * @param boolean $unsigned Enable cache or not, defaults to true
   */
   add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');

4. Check for Plugin Conflicts: Sometimes, other plugins may conflict with Rank Math. You can use the Health Check plugin to identify any potential conflicts.

5. Check for Content: Ensure that you have content on your website and that you are not blocking any posts/pages from appearing in your sitemap. You can check this in Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings.

If you continue to experience issues, please reply to this ticket with your website URL so that a human agent from our support team can assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern!

Sources:
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math
Rank Math XML Sitemaps on NGINX Servers » Rank Math
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math

Hello,

We can see your sitemap is properly generated at /sitemap_index.xml. Please check the screencast in the sensitive data section for your reference.

Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
 
Thank you.

Hello,

From your screenshot, you submitted your /sitemap_index.xml and the /page-sitemap, which is inside it.

You should only submit your main sitemap /sitemap_index.xml, and Google will use it to crawl your sub-sitemaps.

Also, in the screenshot, you’re referring to the IndexNow API, which is for Bing and Yandex search engines only:
https://rankmath.com/kb/how-to-use-indexnow/

You can follow our guide here to ensure that your site is already set to index:
https://rankmath.com/kb/google-index/

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

This might be a glitch on Google’s side, which means it could go away on its own in a few days. Sometimes Google shows the “couldn’t fetch” error instead of the “pending” status. We checked if Google can see your page using the Google Rich Test, and it can.

You can also do this yourself by going to the Google URL Inspection Tool and entering your full sitemap URL. Then click “Live Test” (https://i.rankmath.com/i/qi72Gd) and switch to the Source tab (https://i.rankmath.com/i/VHkaDV). You should see the XML content of your sitemap there. If you do, then it means Google can fetch your content, and the error on your search console is just a temporary glitch on Google’s end.

In addition, you can try to flush the Sitemap cache one more time by following this video screencast:
https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

Once done, clear your website cache, remove all the submitted sitemaps, and resubmit only the /sitemap_index.xml in the Search Console.

Hope this helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

Thank you.