dynamic sitemaps serving only static sitemap

  • Resolved RonBPalmer

    (@ronbpalmer)


    4 years, 10 months ago

    When I click on open sitemap aioseo opens a sitemap but when I look in the source it says it is a static file. When I look further it shows old last updated dates. There is no sitemap file on my server. There were several from several places. I renamed them all. I shut off sitemaps saved and turned it on again. I still get the exact same static sitemap.

    First, where is this static sitemap coming from?

    Second, how do I get the dynamic sitemap to function.

    I installed a different sitemap.xml plugin and ran it. The same aioseo sitemap is produced. How is this posible?

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by RonBPalmer.
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  • Plugin Author arnaudbroes

    (@arnaudbroes)

    4 years, 10 months ago

    @ronbpalmer we’d be more than happy to take a look, but you’ll have to post your site URL here first. Off the top of my head, I’d say you should take a look at Sitemaps > General > Advanced Settings and check that “Dynamically Generate” isn’t disabled. If you don’t see that setting, dynamic generation is enabled by default.

    Thread Starter RonBPalmer

    (@ronbpalmer)

    4 years, 10 months ago

    I have resolved the issue. There were a number of issues combined. Caching was part of it. The new wordpress default sitemap generator may have been a part of it. My lms plugin was creating sitemaps,

    I disabled the wordpress default sitemap.
    I turned off the aioseo sitemap.
    I removed every sitemap file from my website root.
    I cleared my cache.
    Then I restarted the aioseo sitemap and it worked.

    If sitemaps are going to be dynamic they really need to post a generated date on the display page. Requiring us to look at the source code is just asking for seo problems. I would like to see a visible log of sitemap generation in the aioseo panel as a reassurance that it is working as intended. Automation is wonderful until it turns an occasional problem into 10,000 problems per day. Sitemaps are critically important and mine has been broken for an unknown but substantial period of time even though by all appearances it was performing perfectly. The financial loss to me is impossible to measure but undoubtedly substantial.

    Ideally, I would prefer static maps of my pages and my products and a dynamic map of my posts. After this experience, I will be looking into how that might be possible and will find a solution even if I have to code it myself.

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