Title: Error on adding Sitemap XML
Last modified: June 20, 2019

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# Error on adding Sitemap XML

 *  Resolved [apriest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apriest/)
 * (@apriest)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-adding-sitemap-xml/)
 * Hello,
 * I am trying to add a sitemap xml file to Google Webmaster Tools.
 * I installed the plugin Google Sitemap XML into wordpress (XML Sitemap Generator
   for WordPress 4.1.0.)
 * This is the URL the plugin provided me:
    The URL to your sitemap index file is:
   [http://scouteats.com/sitemap.xml](http://scouteats.com/sitemap.xml)
 * When I pasted this url into the sitemap section of google webmaster tools, I 
   received the following message:
 * “Error
    Please enter a valid path to a sitemap in your site.”
 * Can someone please help me get this fixed?
 * Thank you
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ferror-on-adding-sitemap-xml%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [grh395](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grh395/)
 * (@grh395)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-adding-sitemap-xml/#post-11687030)
 * I am no expert at all so I’m sorry if this is a stupid suggestion – but have 
   you entered your URL as https, or http? because when I enter your URL in the 
   address bar you appear as https so I think you should enter it as https and see
   if it works.
 * My guess … I hope it helps…but apologies if it’s just a red herring!
 * Graham
 *  Thread Starter [apriest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apriest/)
 * (@apriest)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-adding-sitemap-xml/#post-11689753)
 * I tried adding https and it didn’t work… I ended up just adding “sitemap.xml”(
   which I tried before) and it worked! Not sure what changed. Thanks for the reply!

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 * Last reply from: [apriest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apriest/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-adding-sitemap-xml/#post-11689753)
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