Hello,
I apologize for the issue you are facing with your sitemap not being indexed properly. To troubleshoot this issue, you can follow these steps:
- Check if your sitemap is accessible using httpstatus.io. Enter your sitemap URL (https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/An-example-displaying-how-to-validate-a-sitemap-2.png) and check the status to identify any issues preventing your sitemap from being accessed by Googlebot.

- Ensure that you have submitted the correct sitemap. If needed, submit
sitemap_index.xml
and ensure that all inner sitemaps like post-sitemap.xml are showing up in your Google Search Console when clicking on sitemap_index.xml
file.
If the issue persists after following these steps, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.
Thank you for raising this concern.
Sources:
Indexed, Not Submitted in Sitemap – Google Search Console » Rank Math
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math
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.
We checked your sitemap and we can see it is working properly without any issues. In this case, can you please share a screenshot of the error you’re facing with the sitemap? You can use any image-sharing tool like https://imgur.com/upload to share the screenshot with us.
In case, you’re facing the issue on your Google Search Console, 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/
Once done, clear your website cache, remove all the submitted sitemap, and resubmit only the /sitemap_index.xml
in the Search Console.
Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.
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.