Hello,
I’m sorry to hear that you’re experiencing issues with your main page not being included in the sitemap. This can impact your website’s visibility and indexing by search engines.
To address this issue, please ensure that the main page is not set to “Noindex” in the Advanced tab settings of Rank Math. If the “Robots Meta” tag is set to “Noindex,” it will prevent the page from being included in the sitemap.
If you have already checked this and the issue persists, you may want to consider enabling the “Include Empty Terms” option in your category/tag/custom taxonomy archive settings. This can be done by navigating to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings and enabling the option.
If none of these solutions resolve the issue, I recommend reaching out to the Rank Math support team for further assistance. You can contact them through their support page: Rank Math Support
I hope this helps! If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, feel free to let us know.
Sources:
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math
Why Isn’t My URL Included in the Sitemap? » Rank Math
Analyzing Your Site’s SEO with Rank Math’s SEO Analysis Tool
I used all the recommendations that you described and still need help
Can I recieve help from you?
Hello,
We can see that your translated homepage is included in the sitemap:
Please follow the steps below for initial troubleshooting:
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 try disabling the transient cache for the sitemap. This will make sure that your XML sitemap always reflects the latest changes on your site. To do this, you need to add a small piece of code to your site’s functions.php file or use a plugin like Code Snippets.
The code you need to add is this:
/**
* 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/.
It will show you step-by-step how to use the Code Snippets plugin or edit the functions.php file safely.
After you add the code, please clear any cache on your site or server and check your XML sitemap again. If you’re still facing issues with the sitemap, please let us know – we are happy to investigate further.
I will check some points with caching and write you here. I need some time, so please do not close this ticket.
Hello,
Sure, let us know how this goes.
Meanwhile, if you have any other concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime to assist you further.
Looking forward to helping you.
Thank you.
thanks, Reinelle.
I will write you here when I try your recommendations and have results
Hello,
Please keep us updated on your progress after the provided solutions. We eagerly await your response.
To ensure you have ample time and support, we’ll keep this support ticket open until your issue is fully resolved.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
