Title: Invalid XML sitemap causing errors in Google Webmaster
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Invalid XML sitemap causing errors in Google Webmaster

 *  [MorpheusWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morpheus2012/)
 * (@morpheus2012)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-xml-sitemap-causing-errors-in-google-webmaster/)
 * I’ve tried downloading the plugin files and installing again manually in case
   a file was corrupt. Still getting the errors.
 * Also disabled the XML sitemap generation completely and re-enabled again, still
   doesn’t fix the issue.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/)

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 *  [elovkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elovkoff/)
 * (@elovkoff)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-xml-sitemap-causing-errors-in-google-webmaster/#post-3868113)
 * You can try some stuff from that list – it works for some people
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-http-error-404-not-found-in-google-webmaster-tools?replies=1#post-4353725](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-http-error-404-not-found-in-google-webmaster-tools?replies=1#post-4353725)
 * Also, there is this post as well, which describes the same solutions…
    [http://www.mildtheme.com/tutorial/how-to-fix-yoasts-wordpress-seo-sitemap-404-error/](http://www.mildtheme.com/tutorial/how-to-fix-yoasts-wordpress-seo-sitemap-404-error/)
 * But according to your post it is not really clear what your issue is…

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 * Last reply from: [elovkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elovkoff/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-xml-sitemap-causing-errors-in-google-webmaster/#post-3868113)
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