Sitemap not accessible in Google Search Console

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the sitemap not being accessible in Google Search Console. It sounds like you’ve already done a thorough job troubleshooting the problem. Here are a few additional steps you can take to resolve the "Couldn’t fetch" error for your /post-sitemap.xml:

1. Flush Permalinks: Sometimes, simply saving the permalinks can resolve issues with sitemap accessibility. Go to Settings → Permalinks in your WordPress dashboard and click Save Changes without making any modifications.

2. Check Sitemap Location: Ensure that your sitemap is located in the root folder of your WordPress installation. The URL should look like this: `https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/increase-links-per-sitemap-1.jpg.

3. Exclude from Caching: Make sure that your sitemap is not being cached by any caching plugins. You can refer to this article on ensuring that your sitemaps are excluded from caching.

4. Add Correct Site URL to Google Search Console: Ensure that you have added the correct version of your site to Google Search Console. You can check this in Settings → General in your WordPress dashboard.

5. Rename the Sitemap File: As a last resort, you might want to try renaming the sitemap file in Google Search Console and resubmitting it. This can sometimes help if there are issues with how Google is fetching it.

If you’ve tried all these steps and the issue persists, it may be worth waiting a bit longer as sometimes Google takes time to fetch sitemaps correctly. If you continue to experience problems, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

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

Hello,

Thank you for your query and we are so sorry about the trouble this must have caused.

We checked your sitemap and we can see it is working properly without any issues:

In this case, please try to follow the steps below and see if that works for you:

1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast:
https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin in your caching plugin. The cache could be via a plugin or from the server. For plugins or Cloudflare, please follow this article:
https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/

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

Regarding the Noindex issue, please note that sitemaps are by default set to Noindex as they are meant to be crawled and not to be displayed on search results pages.

You should only submit your sitemap to the sitemap section of your GSC account:
https://rankmath.com/kb/submit-sitemap-to-google/

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.