Hello, we’re sorry to hear about the issue you’re facing with your sitemap after migrating from Yoast SEO to Rank Math SEO.
The white sitemap issue can be caused by a conflict with another plugin or theme. To determine which plugin or theme is causing this, you can use the Health Check plugin. This will help identify the conflicting plugin or theme.
If you find that there is data in the source code but the sitemap still does not load, flushing the sitemaps cache and excluding it from caching plugins can fix the issue.
Here’s a helpful guide on how to exclude sitemaps from caching: Exclude Sitemaps from Caching.
If you’ve tried these steps and the issue persists, you might need to remove a static file with the same name as your sitemap file (sitemap_index.xml) by FTPing into your server and removing the file.
If none of these steps resolve the issue, please reach out to our support team by opening a support ticket here. Our team will be able to provide more specific guidance based on your website’s configuration.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to resolve this issue for you.
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Hello,
Thank you for your patience.
We’ve checked your sitemap, and it is currently generated by Yoast.
To troubleshoot the issue in Rank Math sitemaps, 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/
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/
Let us know how this goes.
I have already deactivated all plugins, cleared all cache on the server, website, and cloudflare.
The only thing I didn’t do was delete Yoast SEO Premium. I just disabled it.
Hello,
We are glad to hear that this issue has been resolved. Thank you for letting us know. This ticket will be closed now, but you can always open a new one if you have any other questions or concerns. We are here to help you with anything related to Rank Math.
We appreciate your patience and cooperation throughout this process.
Thank you for choosing Rank Math.
