Title: sitemap.xml-errors
Last modified: February 14, 2021

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# sitemap.xml-errors

 *  Resolved [vulkan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vulkan3/)
 * (@vulkan3)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-errors-2/)
 *     ```
       This page contains the following errors:
       error on line 5 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document
       Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.
       ```
   
 * [https://monosnap.com/file/dJy4p6ptlGFJxourv3fcv0Ede2XpSS](https://monosnap.com/file/dJy4p6ptlGFJxourv3fcv0Ede2XpSS)
   
   I suspect that the error is that there are extra spaces in the sitemap, how do
   I remove these spaces ?
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [vulkan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vulkan3/).
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [vulkan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vulkan3/).

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 *  Plugin Support [Steve M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsmort/)
 * (@wpsmort)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-errors-2/#post-14053748)
 * [@vulkan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vulkan3/) You can find an article
   on how to troubleshoot this here – [https://aioseo.com/docs/this-page-contains-the-following-errors/](https://aioseo.com/docs/this-page-contains-the-following-errors/)
 * This is caused by spaces before the opening PHP tags or after the closing PHP
   tags in one of the files on your site, probably your theme.

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 * Last reply from: [Steve M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsmort/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-errors-2/#post-14053748)
 * Status: resolved