Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with your sitemap. It seems that your posts are not being discovered as expected. Here are a few things you can check to troubleshoot this issue:
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Correct Sitemap Submission: Ensure that you have submitted the correct XML sitemap to Google. The sitemap should be available at https://yourdomainname/sitemap_index.xml.
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Check for Plugin Conflicts: Sometimes, plugin conflicts can cause issues with sitemaps. You can use the Health Check plugin to identify any conflicts.
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Robots.txt File: Make sure that your sitemap URL is not blocked by your robots.txt file. You can check this by going to Rank Math SEO → General Settings → robots.txt.
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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 for all posts set to Index by default. If you want all your posts to be shown in the sitemap, consider removing the custom canonical from those posts.
If these steps do not resolve the issue, please reply to this ticket with your site URL so that a human agent from the Rank Math Support team can assist you further.
Thank you for raising this concern!
Hello,
Thank you so much for getting in touch.
Please note that Rank Math helps generate and submit sitemaps, but we don’t control how or when Google crawls and indexes your pages.
If all your posts and pages are indexed already, then Google didn’t use the sitemap for the discovery of these content which is perfectly normal as sometimes, Google tends to use internal links over sitemap.
Hope that helps.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
