Title: [Plugin: Google XML Sitemaps] Google Webmaster Tools Errors
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Google XML Sitemaps] Google Webmaster Tools Errors

 *  [izkatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izkatel/)
 * (@izkatel)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-google-webmaster-tools-errors/)
 * Hi!
    I am trying to resolve the following error messages that I am receiving 
   in Webmaster Tools after submitting my sitemap to Google:
 * /sitemap.xml – No errors.
 * /sitemap_index.xml – the following 2 errors:
 * 1. General HTTP error: 404 not found
    We encountered an error while trying to
   access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can
   be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.
 * 2. Sitemap is HTML
    Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported
   sitemap format instead.
 * I setup the sitemap with default settings. Am I submitting a wrong location, 
   and if so how do I determine the correct location? Do you have any suggestions!
   Thank you!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/)

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 * Last reply from: [izkatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izkatel/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-google-webmaster-tools-errors/)
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