Sitemaps Not Working

Hello,

I’m sorry to hear that you’re facing issues with your sitemaps. It sounds like you’ve already taken some steps to troubleshoot the problem. Here are a few additional suggestions that might help:

1. Check for Plugin Conflicts: Sometimes, other plugins can interfere with the sitemap functionality. You can use the Health Check plugin to identify any conflicts.

2. Flush Permalinks: Go to your WordPress admin area, navigate to Settings → Permalinks, and click the “Save Changes” button. This can often resolve 404 errors related to sitemaps.
   

3. Check .htaccess or Nginx Configuration: If you’re using Apache, ensure your .htaccess file has the correct rewrite rules for Rank Math sitemaps. If you’re on Nginx, check your Nginx configuration file for the appropriate rewrite rules as well. Here are the rules you might need:

   • For Apache:

     # START of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules
     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteBase /
     RewriteRule ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
     RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
     RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)?-?sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 [L]
     # END of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules

   • For Nginx:

     # START Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps
     rewrite ^/sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 last;
     rewrite ^/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 last;
     rewrite ^/([a-z]+)?-sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 last;
     # END Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps

4. Check for Static Files: Ensure there are no static files named sitemap_index.xml or similar in your server’s root directory that could be conflicting with the dynamic sitemap generation.

5. Cache Issues: If you have caching enabled, try clearing your cache or temporarily disabling the caching plugin to see if that resolves the issue.

If these steps do not resolve the issue, please reply to this ticket with any error messages you may be seeing or any additional details about your setup, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

Sources:
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

The issue in your sitemap is due to the invalid character ® added in your Local sitemap title:

“Locations Sitemap – Well Family® Psychology”

To fix this issue, we have removed the character from Rank Math > Local SEO > Website Name and your WordPress dashboard > Settings > General > Site Title.

Looking forward to helping you.