Title: simetap
Last modified: June 21, 2021

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# simetap

 *  Resolved [Ocio132](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ocio132/)
 * (@ocio132)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simetap/)
 * hello good I get an error in the sitemap that says the following Your sitemap
   appears to be an HTML page. a supported sitemap format.
    [https://ibb.co/YW7183G](https://ibb.co/YW7183G)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsimetap%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * (@rankmath)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simetap/#post-14581651)
 * Hello [@ocio132](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ocio132/),
 * Thank you for contacting the support and sorry for any inconvenience that might
   have been caused due to that.
 * Can you please follow these steps?
    **1.** Flush the Sitemap cache by following
   this video screencast: [https://i.rankmath.com/xXXhDt](https://i.rankmath.com/xXXhDt)
 * **2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin in your caching plugin.**
   The cache could be via a plugin or from the server. For plugins or Cloudflare,
   please follow this article:
    [https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/](https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/)
 * That should fix the issue. Please let us know if that does not. We are here to
   assist.

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 * [sitemap](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sitemap/)

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 * Last reply from: [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simetap/#post-14581651)
 * Status: resolved