Custom XML

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.

Please note that the custom-sitemap.php file should be created in your theme/child theme folder:
https://rankmath.com/kb/custom-sitemaps/#num-1-create-a-new-file-in-the-child-theme

To include the URLs in the sitemap, you can use this filter as well:
https://rankmath.com/kb/filters-hooks-api-developer/#add-extra-urls-in-sitemap

Then, replace {$type} with the custom sitemap you have created.

Hope that helps.

Thank you.

Hello,

For each item of the sitemap, you need to enclose it with <url>. Please refer to this example instead:

add_action( 'rank_math/sitemap/custom_content', function() {
	return '<url>
			<loc>https://rankmath.com/some-custom-url/</loc>
			<lastmod>2020-06-10T20:20:20+00:00</lastmod>
		</url>

		<url>
			<loc>https://rankmath.com/some-custom-url/</loc>
			<lastmod>2020-06-10T20:20:20+00:00</lastmod>
		</url>
	';
});

Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need my assistance with anything else.

Hello,

Can you please follow these steps?
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/

That should fix the issue.

If the issue persists, 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.