Title: Error Last modified: January 23, 2017 --- # Error * Resolved [bpickartz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpickartz/) * (@bpickartz) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-867/) * XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity Location: [http://localhost/timberframemag/sitemap.xml](http://localhost/timberframemag/sitemap.xml) Line Number 18, Column 1: Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Author [Webbjocke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webbjocke/) * (@webbjocke) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-867/#post-8688462) * Hi you got some error going on. If you right click on the page and hit “view source” what does it say? If its just whitespaces at the top check here: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-viewing-xml-sitemap/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-viewing-xml-sitemap/) Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘Error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/simple-wp-sitemap_859b84.svg) * [Simple Wp Sitemap](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-sitemap/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-sitemap/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-wp-sitemap/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-wp-sitemap/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-wp-sitemap/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-wp-sitemap/reviews/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Webbjocke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webbjocke/) * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-867/#post-8688462) * Status: resolved