Exclude Woocommerce “/shop/” page from sitemap that does not exist

Hello,

I apologize for the inconvenience you are facing with excluding the “/shop/” page from the sitemap. Since the “/shop/” page does not exist due to the Catalogue Mode plugin hiding it, you can still exclude it from the sitemap by following these steps:

1. Head to your WordPress Dashboard.
2. Navigate to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings → General.
3. Scroll down to Exclude Posts and enter the ID of the “/shop/” page (even though it doesn’t exist) into the field. You can try using a placeholder ID like “9999” for example.
4. Remember to separate multiple IDs with a comma.
5. Scroll down and click Save Changes.

By following these steps, you should be able to exclude the non-existing “/shop/” page from the sitemap. If you encounter any further issues or need additional assistance, please feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you promptly.

Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention. We appreciate your efforts in optimizing your client’s SEO, and we are here to help you resolve this issue efficiently.

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Hello,

Apologies for the inconvenience.

It seems that your shop page is the archive of your products, that’s why it is included in the first line of your product sitemap.

However, to remove the URL from your /shop/ from your sitemap, you may need to use this filter on your site:

add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/post_type_archive_link', function( $archive_url, $post_type ){
if ($post_type == 'product'){ // match to the actual post type name
	$archive_url = false;
}
	return $archive_url;
}, 10, 2 );

And here’s how you can add a filter/hook to your WordPress site:
https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Once done, follow these steps to flush your sitemap cache:
https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

Hope that helps.