sitemap not updating

Hello, we’re sorry to hear that you’re facing issues with your sitemap not updating correctly. It seems like the number of URLs in your sitemap is lower than expected, which can happen for a few reasons.

Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot this issue:

1. Check for Custom Canonicals: If you have set custom canonical URLs for your posts, those posts may not appear in the sitemap. Ensure that you remove any custom canonicals if you want all your posts to be included in the sitemap.

2. Sitemap Settings: Make sure that the Sitemap module is enabled in Rank Math. You can check this by navigating to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings in your WordPress dashboard.

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

4. Sitemap Cache: If you have caching enabled on your site, it might be serving an outdated version of your sitemap. Clear your cache and check again.

5. Server Resources: If your server is under-resourced, it might affect how the sitemap is generated. Check your server settings as mentioned in our sitemap issues article.

If you’ve gone through these steps and are still experiencing issues, please reply to this ticket with your site 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

Hello,

In this case, please follow these steps to flush your sitemap cache:

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/

3. Disable the transient cache for the sitemap by applying this filter. This will make sure that your XML sitemap always reflects the latest changes on your site:

/** 
 * 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');

If you’re not sure how to add this code, you can follow this guide:
https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

If the issue persists, then please check this guide for the common reasons why a URL is not included in the sitemap:
https://rankmath.com/kb/url-not-in-sitemap/

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

Checking your sitemap, I see that the sitemap is updated with a total of 799 game posts. Can you please confirm if your issue is resolved?

If not, please share a URL that is not included in your sitemap so we can check the issue further.

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

We might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.

Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.

It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

We really look forward to helping you.