sitemap not updating

  • Resolved kengray20

    (@kengray20)


    8 months ago

    The website is bulldogottawa.com.

    I have changed the number of items on my sitemap, cleared caches, updated plugins but my main sitemap hasn’t update for a couple of days. It is also not showing the correct number of items in the sitemap as I have put in the settings. Sitemap says 201 and i put 203 and other numbers but it doesn’t update. Should i deactivate and activate or do I lose all my settings in rank math including my robots.txt. It appears the settings are not updating.

    Great plugin. I have used it for some time and it is vital to my website so I would prefer not going to another one.

    Should i rollback to previous version perhaps?

    Suggestions? Solutions? I’m all ears.

    Thank you in advance.

    cheers

    k

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  • Thread Starter kengray20

    (@kengray20)

    8 months ago

    Anybody have a solution. Did your site stop update two or three days ago? k

    Thread Starter kengray20

    (@kengray20)

    8 months ago

    It is a rather critical problem because sitemaps are the major reason you use Rank Math. cheers k

    Plugin Support Rank Math Support

    (@rankmathsupport)

    8 months ago

    Hello kengray20,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math support.

    Please add the following filter to your site to disable the sitemap cache and fix the issue:

    /** * Filter if XML sitemap transient cache is enabled. * * @param boolean $unsigned Enable cache or not, defaults to true */add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');

    Here is how to add a filter to your site: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

    After that please clear all the XML files you see under the folder wp-content/uploads/rank-math.


    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Thread Starter kengray20

    (@kengray20)

    8 months ago

    Would it not be best to issue an update for this.

    Most of us are not coders so playing with code is a recipe for disaster. I know enough code just to be dangerous.

    It appears that a number of people are having this problem or don’t know they have this problem.

    I believe an update might be the best bet for all your loyal plugin users.

    I love your plugin but if the sitemaps aren’t updating, I can’t keep using it.

    I’d hate to lose your plugin.

    cheers

    kengray20

    Thread Starter kengray20

    (@kengray20)

    8 months ago

    FYI my sitemap stopped updating on aug. 22, 25.

    cheers

    kengray 20

    Thread Starter kengray20

    (@kengray20)

    8 months ago

    Sorry to be a bit of a pest but I rolled back to Rank Math 1.0250 and the sitemaps are now updating properly.

    I hope that helps with an update if that is possible.

    cheers and thx

    kengray20

    Plugin Support Jaideep Asrani

    (@jaideeprm)

    7 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello @kengray20,

    There was no major change related to the sitemap or plugin in the v1.0.251 that should cause the caching issue. However, we have asked the developers to investigate this matter. For now, we recommend updating to the latest version and adding the code to make sure that the sitemap doesn’t get cached.

    Looking forward to helping you.

    Thread Starter kengray20

    (@kengray20)

    7 months, 3 weeks ago

    Jaideep:

    Thank you for the feedback but, as another person mentioned on this thread, the previous versions don’t have this problem. I went back to the last prior major release and solved the problem.

    You have a great plugin and I’m happy to use it.

    cheers

    k

    Plugin Support Jaideep Asrani

    (@jaideeprm)

    7 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello @kengray20,

    We checked with the developers and they confirmed that there are no changes made to the plugin that could affect the sitemap generation process. Please check the wp-content/uploads/rank-math folder of your site and remove the cached XML files.

    Once done, update the plugin to the latest version and let us know if the issue persists.

    Looking forward to helping you.

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