Sitemap Error

  • Resolved 5monthsinceland

    (@5monthsinceland)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hey there,
    first of all I am a noob, just gotten into wordpress!
    I use it to run my blog called 5monthsiniceland.com.

    I wanted to do some search engine optimization. I submitted my sitemap.xml file generated by Yoast SEO to Google and Bing but now I think the file is broken. When clicking on it, I only get to a site with a little bit of text:
    http://www.5monthsiniceland.com/sitemap_index.xml

    I know it worked before. I installed the following plugins:
    WP Performance Score Booster
    WP Smush
    WP Super Cache
    After that it didn’t work any more.

    I would appreciate any help. Please keep in mind, that I have almost no experience with wordpress, so please explain extensively 😀

    Thanks to everybody in advance!
    Best, Nils

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  • Zsolt Edelényi

    (@batyuvitez)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    I have a similar problem.
    I am using SEO for many years. A have changed a permalink structure a little bit, and I wanted to rebuild the sitemap accordingly. Switched off, the switch on again. Suprisingly, there is no sitemap at all.
    Please help.
    I use version 3.6.1

    Thank you in advance.

    Regards, Zsolt

    Thread Starter 5monthsinceland

    (@5monthsinceland)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Yes I have changed my permalink structure as well, maybe that is the problem.
    Let’s hope there is someone who knows how to fix it 🙂

    Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Sometimes resetting the permalink structure will quickly solve a 404 error from a recent change to your installation. Go to Admin > Settings > Permalinks and click save without altering anything.

    Thread Starter 5monthsinceland

    (@5monthsinceland)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for the Tip!
    I already did that, since it is listed on the Yoast SEO help page.
    I tried everything on there 😀
    But it didn’t change anything.

    Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    The sitemap can also be retrieved via an ‘ugly’ URL which is not working either.

    http://www.5monthsiniceland.com/?sitemap=1

    This typically means something either in your setup or on your server is conflicting. Have you ran a conflict check by disabling everything and only activating Yoast SEO on a default theme? If you are unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we wrote a small guide that will walk you through the steps. You can find it here: How To Check For Plugin Conflicts

    Thread Starter 5monthsinceland

    (@5monthsinceland)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Okay, I will do this. Thank you 🙂

    Zsolt Edelényi

    (@batyuvitez)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    1. I addet a new rewrite rule to the theme, and a flush rewrite rule was necessary to do.
    2. Before this action there was sitemap. Consequently: there is no plugin conflicts.

    In spite of that I will reset everything and check plugin/theme conflict. If you have any other idea, please tell me.

    Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    @batyuvitez If you have a similar issue, please open a new request. That way it’s easier to track issues and provide assistance. Thanks!

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