sitemaps

Hello @kengray20,

Thank you for contacting us, and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

Please try following the steps below to clear your sitemap cache and see if that works for you:

1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast: https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin from 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/

3. If the issue persists, please apply the following filter to your site to disable the transients cache for the sitemap.

add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_false');

Here’s how you can add a filter/hook to your WordPress site: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

For more details on this issue, you can check this URL: https://rankmath.com/kb/sitemap-404-error/

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Hello @kengray20,

We can check that the sitemap is working fine. Here is a screenshot for your reference: https://i.rankmath.com/i/9zHsIP

Please confirm if the issue is resolved or if you need any further assistance with this.

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello @kengray20,

Could you please share a screenshot of what you see in stats showing the sitemaps? This will help us better understand what’s happening and assist you more effectively.

As for the “Couldn’t fetch” issue in Google Search Console, please note that not all sitemaps are processed by Google. Not necessarily because there is something wrong with the sitemap. Even a perfect sitemap may not be processed by Google.

Most of the time, it’s still sitting in the queue waiting for processing. Remember, Google is processing millions of sitemaps daily, and sometimes it takes time to get to yours. But for whatever reason, Google never gets around to some sitemaps. It just doesn’t think it is worth it.

And Search Console sometimes shows ‘Pending’ as ‘couldn’t fetch’ incorrectly. You can check the replies of Google experts for the Couldn’t Fetch (especially for the TLDs except for .com) issues on the following threads:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/29055233/missing-xml-sitemap-data-in-google-search-console-for-tld-domain?hl=en
https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/31835653/sitemap-couldn-t-fetch-sitemap-couldn-t-be-read-by-google-search-console?hl=en

Looking forward to helping you with this one.

Hello @kengray20,

Please share some screenshots of the sitemap section of your GSC account.

Thank you.