sitemap error

Hello,

I’m sorry to hear that you are facing issues submitting your sitemap at https://www.seroundtable.com/google-fetch-process-sitemap-file-31042.html. To troubleshoot and fix this issue, please follow these steps:

1. Check if Your Sitemap is Accessible: Use this tool to check the accessibility of your sitemap URL. Ensure there are no issues preventing Googlebot from accessing it.

2. Validate Your Sitemap: Confirm that your sitemap is correctly configured by using the Validate XML Sitemap tool. Make sure there are no issues detected.

3. Ensure the Sitemap is Located in the Root Folder: If you manually created the sitemap, ensure it is placed in the root folder of your WordPress installation. The correct path should be like this: https://yourdomainname.com/sitemap_index.xml.

If after following these steps you still encounter issues, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.

Thank you for reaching out with your concern.

Sources:
Indexed, Not Submitted in Sitemap – Google Search Console » Rank Math
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
How to Configure Sitemaps in Rank Math – Best Settings and Tips
Why the Sitemap_Index.xml is Throwing a 404 Error » Rank Math

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

Please note that Rank Math automatically generates your sitemap at /sitemap_index.xml. But after checking your sitemap, we can see some invalid script tags are getting added in the source code which is why Rank Math is unable to generate the sitemap properly.

This issue could be caused by conflicting plugins/themes on your website. Kindly make sure you are using the latest version of all the plugins and themes, please update if not yet.

Here’s a guide for troubleshooting further if the issue persists:
https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/

You can also follow the steps in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIWRhcUP2c

Only the site admin would know and your users won’t be affected by this troubleshooting.

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

Thank you.

Hello,

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/

If the issue persists, then 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/

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

Thank you.