Att hantera ett 404-fel på din Yoast SEO-webbplatskarta i WordPress kan vara frustrerande. Yoast SEO är ett populärt verktyg, men ibland kan en plugin-konflikt eller felaktiga inställningar orsaka det här felet.
Så om du försöker besöka din XML-webbplatskarta och du ser ett 404-fel kan det stoppa dig i dina spår. Men oroa dig inte, det finns enkla lösningar.
På WPBeginner har vi stött på och löst det här problemet, om inte hundra gånger. I den här artikeln guidar vi dig steg för steg för att åtgärda 404-felet i Yoast SEO:s webbplatskarta. Följ bara med för att få din webbplatskarta att fungera smidigt igen.
Vad orsakar Yoast sökmotorsoptimering Sitemap 404 error i WordPress?
Yoast SEO:s sitemap hjälper search engines att hitta allt content på din website som du vill att de ska hitta och indexera.
Genom att åtgärda felet säkerställer du att sökmotorerna kan komma åt din webbplatskarta och upptäcka alla sidor och allt innehåll på din webbplats. Detta kan leda till bättre synlighet och ranking i sökmotorerna, och det kommer också att bidra till att ditt innehåll rankas snabbare än utan en webbplatskarta.
WordPress har en standard XML-webbplatskarta som du kan skicka till Google Search Console och andra sökmotorer.
Denna XML-webbplatskarta kan besökas genom att ange följande URL i webbläsarens adressfält:
https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Denna standard WordPress-genererade webbplatskarta är dock mycket grundläggande. För att åtgärda detta skapar alla de bästa SEO-pluginsen för WordPress, som Yoast SEO och All in One SEO -plugin, sina egna XML-webbplatskartor med fler funktioner.
När du använder den XML-webbplatskarta som genereras av ditt WordPress SEO-plugin skriver plugin-programmet om standardgenvägen för WordPress XML-webbplatskarta.
Detta innebär att webbadressen för webbplatskartan som nämns ovan kommer att skicka användare till de webbplatskartor som genereras av ditt SEO-plugin för WordPress.
Tyvärr kan detta orsaka ett 404 error på vissa websites på grund av konflikter med tillägg eller felaktiga Settings i WordPress.
I följande avsnitt visar vi dig hur du enkelt kan åtgärda 404-felet i WordPress-webbplatskartan i Yoast SEO-plugin. Här är en snabb översikt över alla de metoder vi kommer att täcka:
Är du redo? Låt oss hoppa in direkt.
1. Uppdatera strukturen för permalänkar i WordPress
WordPress levereras med en SEO-vänlig URL-struktur som kallas permalänkar. Denna URL-struktur använder ett omdirigeringssystem för att tala om för din webbhotellserver vilken sida som ska laddas när en användare anger en URL i sin webbläsare.
Normalt uppdateras dessa permalänkinställningar automatiskt när du gör ändringar på din website.
Den dåliga nyheten är att WordPress ibland inte kan uppdatera permalänkstrukturen, vilket kan leda till att Yoast SEO:s sitemap 404-fel visas.
Med detta sagt kan detta enkelt åtgärdas genom att gå till sidan Inställningar ” Permalänkar från WordPress adminområde och helt enkelt klicka på knappen ” Spara ändringar”.
Om du gör det uppdateras inställningarna för permalänkar i WordPress. Du kan nu besöka din XML sitemap page för att se om detta har fixat ditt problem.
Om det inte fixade problemet kan du fortsätta läsa.
2. Uppdatera permalänkar manuellt
Om uppdatering av din WordPress permalänkstruktur inte fixar 404 error, kan du manuellt berätta för din web server att redirect användare till Yoast SEO: s sitemap page.
För att göra detta måste du lägga till följande kod i din .htaccess-fil.
# Yoast SEO - XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^locations.kml$ /index.php?sitemap=wpseo_local_kml [L]
RewriteRule ^geo_sitemap.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=geo [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)?-?sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?yoast-sitemap-xsl=$1 [L]
# END Yoast SEO - XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
Obs/observera : Om din WordPress website är installerad i ett subdirectory eller en folder (t.ex. https://example. com/mywebsite/ ), måste du använda följande kod.
# Yoast SEO - XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /mywebsite/
RewriteRule ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^locations.kml$ /index.php?sitemap=wpseo_local_kml [L]
RewriteRule ^geo_sitemap.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=geo [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)?-?sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?yoast-sitemap-xsl=$1 [L]
# END Yoast SEO - XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
Glöm inte att ersätta /mywebsite/ med namnet på din underkatalog .
Denna kod talar helt enkelt om för din web server vilka pages som ska visas när användare öppnar Yoast sökmotorsoptimeringens XML sitemaps.
You can now try view your XML sitemap to see if this resolves your issue.
3. Byt till ett tillägg för XML Sitemaps
Om de ovan nämnda metoderna inte löste 404-felet på Yoast SEO:s XML-webbplatskarta-sida, kan du försöka använda ett separat plugin för att generera XML-webbplatskartor för din webbplats. Och ett bra plugin för detta är XML Sitemaps plugin.
Nackdelen med detta tillvägagångssätt är att du måste förlita dig på ett separat plugin för att generera XML-webbplatskartor och Yoast SEO för andra SEO-funktioner.
Först måste du installera och aktivera insticksprogrammet XML Sitemaps. Mer information finns i vår steg-för-steg-guide om hur du installerar ett WordPress-tillägg.
Eftersom du använder Yoast SEO kommer du automatiskt att få ett meddelande om att inaktivera XML Sitemaps-plugin eller Yoast SEO:s funktion för webbplatskartor.
Sedan kan du klicka på knappen ”Toggle Yoast SEO’s XML Sitemap” för att fortsätta.
Detta tar dig till fliken ”Funktioner ” under SEO ” Allmänt. Härifrån måste du bläddra ner till alternativet ”XML-webbplatskartor” och stänga av det.
Glöm inte att klicka på knappen ”Save Changes” för att spara dina inställningar.
You can now switch to the Settings ” XML-Sitemap page to configure your sitemaps. För de flesta websites fungerar standardinställningarna direkt från boxen.
Men du kan alltid konfigurera settings utifrån dina behov.
Du kan nu skicka webbadressen till XML-webbplatskartan till Googles sökkonsol och andra sökmotorer.
4. Byt till All in One SEO för WordPress
Om alla ovanstående misslyckas och du inte vill använda ett separat plugin för att generera XML-webbplatskartor, kan den här metoden hjälpa dig att lösa problemet med 404-felet för webbplatskartan.
För den här metoden behöver du All in One SEO för WordPress. Det är det bästa SEO-plugin-programmet för WordPress på marknaden och ett mycket bättre Yoast SEO-alternativ.
Du kan se vår jämförelse av Yoast vs All in One SEO för mer detaljer om skillnaderna.
All-in-One SEO (AIOSEO) levereras med avancerade XML-webbplatskartor och lätthanterliga alternativ som ger dig full kontroll över vad som ska inkluderas eller exkluderas från dem.
Först ska vi installera och aktivera insticksprogrammet All in One SEO för WordPress. Mer information finns i vår steg-för-steg-guide om hur du installerar ett WordPress-plugin.
Obs: Det finns också en gratisversion av All in One SEO för WordPress, som innehåller de flesta XML-sitemap-funktioner utom för video och nyheter.
Vid aktivering kommer plugin-programmet att leda dig genom en installationsguide. Om du behöver hjälp under installationen kan du följa vår guide om hur du korrekt installerar All in One SEO-plugin för WordPress .
All in One SEO kommer också att tillåta dig att importera sökmotorsoptimering från Yoast SEO.
Detta säkerställer att alla dina tidigare sökmotorsoptimeringar (meta tags och titlar) förblir oförändrade.
Efter den första installationen kan du gå till All in One SEO ” Sitemaps page för att konfigurera XML sitemap-inställningar.
Du kan klicka på knappen ”Öppna webbplatskarta” för att se om det har åtgärdat 404-felet för webbplatskartan i WordPress.
Efter det konfigurerar du Settings för Sitemap om det behövs.
Till exempel tillåter All in One SEO dig att välja vad du vill inkludera i dina webbplatskartor. You can add or remove post types, taxonomies, individual posts, and pages.
Med All in One SEO kan du också skapa video, nyheter , RSS-webbplatskarta och HTML-webbplatskarta för din webbplats.
Det är bara att utforska flikarna för att se om du vill konfigurera fler inställningar.
Dessa sitemaps kan också skickas till Google Search Console och andra sökmotorer. Det hjälper sökmotorerna att snabbt hitta nytt innehåll på din webbplats.
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D Moran
I just bought the Genesis Framework theme and then installed the yoast seo plugin and activated. I then tried to generate my sitmap and get this same 404 error.
”Not found, error 404
The page you are looking for no longer exists. Perhaps you can return back to the site’s homepage and see if you can find what you are looking for. Or, you can try finding it by using the search form below.”
Does this mean that the theme I got from Genesis is badly coded? Did I waste my money??
WPBeginner Support
It is highly unlikely, Genesis Child Themes purchased from StudioPress are very well coded. Try deactivating all your plugin to find out if a plugin is causing this issue.
Administratör
Chris Sparks
I had a similar issue after installing Yoast SEO. I deactivated the plugin, then restarted and the URL system picked up and started working as expected. This seems to be related to how the permalink structure is set up as only one of our sites has experienced this issue.
Thanks for posting!
Kase Dean
I don’t know what just happened.
But that fixed it!
Thank you
john
hello I tried fixing the 404 error code and now I get the following messege:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
and after that i remove the folder of plugin seo and nothing is working again what can i do???
WPBeginner Support
Do you see an error? Can you access WordPress admin area?
Administratör
Eoin Healy
Another easy way to fix the sitemaps is to simply disable sitemap functionality and enable it again…. works for me every time, doesn’t matter what plugins i have installed.
In Admin, to go SEO > XML SItemaps
Under ’XML Sitemap’ uncheck ’Check this box to enable XML sitemap functionality.’, hit save, check the box again and hit save.
Brent G
Eoin, Thanks for the great solution!!!!
George
This worked for me as well. Thanks!
Fred Higson
This worked for me too! Cheers Eoin!
Jeremy Hogan
So simple and yet so effective. This was the answer for me as well. Thanks!
Tyler
Great solution, Eoin! Thanks so much for letting us know!
Margot Barrios
I already fixed using the first option, how would I know if it’s working already? Should I need to wait for Google’s webmaster report? This is where I saw the 404 error on my site.
WPBeginner Support
yes you should be able to see your sitemap file in Webmaster Tools
Administratör
Eric Kuhn
I replaced the edit files with the XML sitemap fix and completely removed what was there initially. Google webmaster tools has accepted the sitemap however, my sitemap doesn’t show a 404 or anything. Does that mean everything is ok?
WPBeginner Support
Yes, everything looks OK.
Administratör
Melissa
I tried fixing the 404 error code and now I get the following messege:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.23 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.23 OpenSSL/1.0.0-fips mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at artattackfx.com Port 80
I cannot access the WP Admin Site… How can I revert to before I added this code :
# WordPress SEO – XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
2
3
RewriteEngine On
4
RewriteBase /
5
RewriteRule ^sitemap_index\.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
6
RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
7
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# END WordPress SEO – XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
to the htacess code in YOAST? Please Help.
WPBeginner Support
As the tutorial suggests you added the code in .htaccess file on your webserver? If yes, then simply edit the .htaccess file and remove the code you added.
Administratör
Remi
I thought I followed to the letter your second suggestion but have the same issue as Melissa. Now waiting for the Webhost for a solution. What about adding a warning in your second solution that it can lead to a 500 Internal Server Error.
WPBeginner Support
You can also revery back by editing the file your modified through FTP. Connect to your website using an FTP client. Locate the file you modified (.htaccess or class-sitemaps.php) and remove the code you added. Alternately, you can also delete the WordPress SEO folder from your wp-content/plugins/ directory through FTP.
Todd
Thanks a lot. The first fix worked for me as well.
icejava
Thanks, I had to apply both fixes to get mine too work! Job well done.
Andy
Thank you very much for this. Works perfectly!
Toni
Can anyone advise on how to delete the post-sitemap.xml as I cannot find it in my root directory! I have turned of the generate sitemap in Yoast.
Koen
Hi,
I have wordpress 3.6 with Avada theme and WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin.
First I got the 404 error page.
Then I applied the .htaccess fix without any result.
Then I applied the class-sitemaps.php fix, now the sitemap returns a blank page.
What to do?
Please help. Avada isn’t a crappy theme, I think.
Cheers, Koen
Frank
Koen,
I’m having the same problem I was thinking it was a Nginx issue because I’m not hosting on an Apache server.
are you hosted on a Apache server?
glowzar
I know more than 1 with avada theme an the same problem.
Gbenga Adebayo
Hi,
Appears i still have a few issues to sort out. Google webmaster reporting http 403 errors with my sitemap. I can’t find the sitemap anymore in my root folder. I can navigate to the sitemap using my browser without getting a 404 error message.
Any suggestions or help is appreciated.
Gbenga Adebayo
Many thanks! .htaccess addition fixed the error for me
Madhu
Phew … Thanks again!
I updated my SEO pluggin and the sitemaps had the same issue.
I had to incorporate both the fixes.
Rajesh Thakur
Thanks First one did worked for me need to clear w3 cache after that and wait a little also disable XML sitemap checkbox and check it again
Erica
I tried the second set of instructions and it resulted in a ”Fatal Error” message and I was unable to access my WP site, or even the login page. Scary!
Nyla
Hi all
I’m an very frustrated to say that I am too getting 404 error, I’m using kriesi replete theme.
I have tried both options however nither worked
I’m not sure if I’m doing it write, can somebody explain…. In simple terms are we deleting and replacing the existing code on both options? Or just adding? It’s not clear or does it make a difference if the prexisting remains
Thanks in advance
Jonny R
Awesome thanks, implementing both worked perfectly!
Fin O'Suilleabhain
Worked like a charm. Grateful for the helpful post.
Ahmed Alahdal
Thanks for the fix
Joyce
Thank you so much!
this worked — had to make both changes, (edited the class-sitemaps.php file).
Anudeep
Thanks a lot!
It worked
Rohin
Damn helpful.
One of my clients had this problem and just took 5 minutes to solve the issue. Just because of this post.
Thanks a lot.
Ron MacGregor
I am new to WordPress and have only begun a using the Canyon theme. I got the 404 message as I was attempting to install a ”contact info” plugin. Does anyone know if I just begin at the very beginning again, i.e. go through my GoDaddy account to reinstall WordPress and then reinstall the Canyon theme – might that solve the 404 problem?
Editorial Staff
It is probably the issue with that other plugin.
Administratör
Ricky
Thanks for the fix!
Jack Logan
I have two sets of websites (WordPress Multisite installs) and I have no issues with sitemaps on one of them and I get a 404 error with category_sitemap.xml on the other one.
I tried both fixes suggested in this post, but they don’t solve the issue. The only thing that works is going to Posts -> Categories – Edit and changing from ”Auto detect” to ”Always include” on all categories.
The issue here is that I have over 200 sites, and about 8 categories per page, so it would take too long to do it just to get category sitemaps, even though I could use it….
Is there any way to mass change all the categories on WP Multisite to ”Always include”. I think this would be a solution that would work for everyone.
Thank you.
Jacques Karsten
If none of this works try create a file named sitemap_index.xml on your html root through ftp and make sure the permissions are set and the plugin should then take care of the rest.
Kevin
Thanks!! your suggest worked perfectly!
John
I did both and it started working. It sounds pretty obvious, but make sure if you copy and paste that you take the line numbers out. I forgot to and broke my .htaccess file for a few minutes.
Hector Torres
Hi, just wanted to give my thanks, used the second option suggested ad it fixed my 404 error. Thanks!
Adam
I’m not sure which part worked for me, but I found this page because I was getting the 404, too. I disabled the XML Sitemaps in the plugin, then enabled it and checked the boxes to exclude posts (since I only have pages). Now, it is working perfectly.
Prashant
Thanks Mate Perfect ! Suggestion for Me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really Greatful Thanks
Ov3rfly
During research about a similar 404 sitemap xml feed problem, I found a different reason which I would like to share:
WordPress adds a 404 header to all feeds if no posts exist in a site.
More details and a hotfix here:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-feed-is-shown-but-404-header-added-by-wordpress-if-site-has-no-posts
Brad Dalton
I think there are other issues with this plugin as well.
The attachment pages aren’t all redirecting to the parent page which is something i noticed today.
Editorial Staff
Create a ticket in the support forum. We haven’t tried that feature yet.
Administratör
Michi
No other comment since April. That has been 5 months since. I have the 404 still in Sept 2012! Was able to fix it with the .htaccess fix. Thanks for posting
Just wondering why this is STILL an issue.
Sandie Wright
It worked for me! Open the class-sitemaps.php file located in plugins > wordpress-seo > inc folder. then find the code around line 79 and replace the old code with this new code:
/**
* Initialize sitemaps. Add sitemap rewrite rules and query var
*/
function init() {
global $wp_rewrite;
$GLOBALS[’wp’]->add_query_var( ’sitemap’ );
$GLOBALS[’wp’]->add_query_var( ’sitemap_n’ );
add_rewrite_rule( ’sitemap_index\.xml$’, ’index.php?sitemap=1’, ’top’ );
add_rewrite_rule( ’([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml$’, ’index.php?sitemap=$matches[1]&sitemap_n=$matches[2]’, ’top’ );
$wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}
Then, go back to your WP admin page and then go to the SEO plugin > XML sitemaps, and then click the button again (XML Sitemap). The 404 should be replaced with your sitemaps! Easy peasy.
Boah
@SANDIE WRIGHT: I followed your instructions but it did not solve my 404 problem.
raviteja
thanks you, the rewrite rule itself cured the problem of 404 not available sitemap
Jody
Thanks for jacking up my site! i tried your code and now i got a 500 internal service error i have been trying for hours to fix! thanks for making my little problem into a HUGE problem!
Editorial Staff
If you are getting a 500 internal service error, you can simply undo the changes. Not sure why you would get that.
Administratör
Brad Dalton
I’m finding my sitemap gets removed everyday and then indexed again. Here’s what i get every day. http://postimage.org/image/3rb3d8qsr/932c5815/
I don’t think it’s my theme as i’m using Genesis.
Not sure but it may be the way my server is configured.
Editorial Staff
Has to be a conflict with something else (another plugin or server settings). We are using Genesis on this site as well and do not have that issue.
Administratör
Eva
Hi!
Thank you so much for posting this article! With the first fix, I managed to solve the 404 issue for most sitemaps, though there’s still 1 that is showing the error… Any suggestions of what to do?
I thought about exporting the Yoast SEO settings and reinstalling the plugin to see if that does the trick. Just to be on the safe side: does exporting literally export all settings, even the page/article level SEO customizations OR only the general settings?
Thanks!
Eva
Sara
Thanks so much – this worked for me.
I know you said the plugin is good, and the problem is in the theme or other plugins, but I tried disabling all plugins and switching to the twenty eleven theme, and the sitemap still gave a 404 error. The only thing that worked for me is editing the htaccess file.
Boah
… and I tried the same thing. Removed all the plugins, all the themes, and tried it again: 404 error. To make it worse: I’d have an .htaccess file because of IIS. Which options are there for me?
Boah
Typo: ’I’d have an’ must be ’I don’t have an htaccess file’
Rusty Solomon
I guess SEO Yoast recent update have sitemap problem as I cant see any sitemap on the URL the plugin provide. Let me know if any one has the same issuee and Fix.
Also is there any good plugin avaialble as same as SEO Yoast.
Thanks & Regarsd
Jay Wylie
Hi, I have tried the first fix, but broke my site in the process. Is there anyway to re-edit my htaccess file, to stop it causing a 500 internal server error?
thanks
Editorial Staff
You can simply take the code out. Use FTP <
Administratör
Boah
Hi!
I have edited the plugin as suggested but don’t have a .htaccess file. I still do receive a 404 error.
I’ve also add message on the plugin forum. No replies yet. Suggestions are more than welcome!
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-404-when-viewing-xml-sitemap-1
Colin
Hi Joots, I’m using the latest version of the SEO plugin. I’m going over previous posts and completeing the various fields, ”Focus Keyword”, ”SEO Title”, etyc, etc but after I update the post and then go back to ”Edit” those fields are then blank again. I wondered how I could rectify this?
Thanks,
Colin
Liverpool, UK
Saki_Kawa
The solution doesn’t resolved my issue.. I still have a blank page at post-sitemap.xml
Does someone have a solution?? Or I need to unistall this plugin and find another one for my sitemap..
Adam Parnala
Hi, I don’t have any problems with yoast seo plug in as I’m currently using it. I just I want to ask if it is better than the all in one seo plug in? I’m just curious because I found out that a lot of blogs in my niche uses it. Which is better? the all in one seo or yoast seo? (I’m already used to yoast). Oh, can I also ask how to set multiple focus keyword in Yoast seo? because there is only one field and I can’t figure out how to set a few more keywords for it. Sorry for my questions I hope you can answer me. Thanks!
Editorial Staff
Yoast’s plugin is a more complete SEO plugin.
Administratör
yoast
Anyone here who’s willing to test another (and better) fix with me?
Craig
I’d be willing to test a better fix for this issue but I’m reluctant to commit to a timeframe as I’m not really good at keeping on top of my todo’s since my stroke. (This is one of the reasons I haven’t returned to work as a PHP coder yet.)
And I’d be *very* interested in helping if I happen to be experiencing any of the issues cited above.
Craig
Shawn Poole
Hi,
Yoast, if the offer is still good, I would LOVE too! I am not to savvy with all of this but would be willing to allow you to guide me
Boah
Sure, send me an email!
zifana
thanks..i use wordpress seo,but not with sitemap,because have no idea to fix this error
Stephen Cronin
Hmm, I think the second part is going to cause the rewrite rules to be flushed on every page load, which <a href=”http://codex.wordpress.org/Rewrite_API/flush_rules”>the Codex</a> warns not to do due to performance issues:
<blockquote>Because this function can be extremely costly in terms of performance, it should be used as sparingly as possible – such as during activation or deactivation of plugins or themes. Every attempt should be made to avoid using it in hooks that execute on each page load, such as init.</blockquote>
I’m guessing that’s why Joost isn’t doing that by default
Of course, I could be wrong because I don’t know his plugin well enough.
jonbish
I was under the same impression when this article came through my RSS. I’m pretty sure going to your permalinks settings page would accomplish the same thing without having to flush the rewrite rules every time the page loads.
yoast
@jonbish Unless you’re running a crappy plugin or theme that DOES flush on every pageload before this plugin gets a chance to get its rewrites in.
wpbeginner
@yoast @jonbish Yes we understand that this is probably a compatibility issue. Yoast sitemaps work fine on our sites. We had to do this on a client’s site.
yoast
@wpbeginner @jonbish I know YOU understand, question is: do your readers
We’re working on a fix for these kinds of issues in core btw: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18450
wpbeginner
@yoast @jonbish Added a note at the beginning of this article, so users understand as well
yoast
You’re 100% right Stephen. Something else *is* doing it on each pageload, which forces this ”fix”, which isn’t a fix but a workaround for a broken theme or other plugin…
Boah
And now? It seems a lot of people can’t use your plugni as intended.
JustinVelthoen
Thanks! I was about to switch to All-In-One because I kept getting sitemap issues.
DrorBekerman
Do you know what to do when the sitemap returns a blank page?
icejava
Its probably not blank, just how your browser renders XML (maybe Chrome, mine does it too). View the source code of the page and you shall see the light
Editorial Staff
This happens for a few reasons. Either you’re running low on memory. Two the file that generates the visual layout in your /wp-content/ directory is not working properly. Perhaps because you blocked the php execution?
Administratör