Sitemaps Not Updating To Include New Pages

Hello,

I apologize for the issue you are facing with the sitemaps not updating to include new pages. This can indeed affect the indexing of your new content by Google.

Here are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot and resolve this issue:

1. Check Sitemap Settings: Ensure that your sitemap settings in Rank Math are configured correctly. You can do this by navigating to Rank Math > Sitemap Settings in your WordPress dashboard. Make sure that the post types and taxonomies you want to include in the sitemap are enabled.

2. Regenerate the Sitemap: Sometimes, regenerating the sitemap can help. You can do this by going to Rank Math > Sitemap Settings and clicking on the Save Changes button, which will regenerate the sitemap.

3. Clear Cache: If you are using a caching plugin, clear your site cache to ensure that the latest version of your sitemap is being served.

4. Submit Sitemap to Google Search Console: After ensuring that your sitemap is updated, submit it again in Google Search Console. This can help prompt Google to crawl your new pages more quickly.

5. Check for Conflicts: Sometimes, other plugins or themes can conflict with Rank Math. Try disabling other plugins temporarily to see if that resolves the issue.

If you’ve tried these steps and the problem persists, we recommend replying to this ticket with more details about your sites, including their URLs, so a human agent from our support team can assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

Sources:
Discovered – Currently Not Indexed in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Why Google Hasn’t Indexed Your Post, Page, and/or Website? » Rank Math
How to Fix Indexing Issues in Google Search Console » Rank Math

Hello,

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, 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.