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Hi,

Please download the current beta version:

https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/google-sitemap-generator.zip

After installing, uncheck the option “Try to automatically compress the sitemap if the requesting client supports it.” in the plugin option page, than clear your W3 Total Cache page cache.

Please let me know if that fixes your problem.

Did it, but it didn’t help. I am still getting the same error.

Mhh, must have something to with the W3 Total Cache Configuration. Can you go to the W3TC options page -> General Settings -> Export (at the end of the page) and send the file to me by email? I really would like to know which option causes this issue. You can find my email here: https://www.arnebrachhold.de/imprint/

OK, will do it now!

I’ve just opened your sitemap again and it looks like it is working?

Wow! It really is! Don’t know what happened. Well, all I did afterwards was going on permalinks and clicking on save changes without changing anything.

I guess there was still something in the cache.

By the way, I’ve seen your comment about the plugin here:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/once-a-good-plugin-now-a-disaster?replies=2

Is there anything else wrong with it? Please let me know.

I am sorry for that comment but wehn I saw that webmasters is giving me errors I started to panic because with affiliate business I earn for living.
After few updates you made, everything came back to normal and now my traffic has even increased.

So, once again, my apologies for such a rude and inapropriate comment.

Thank you for your help! ??

Hello Arnee,

Could you please tell me how to fix it?

I am facing the same problem now.

https://www.writechoice.co.in/writechoice/index.php?xml_sitemap=params=

I tried everything. But it does not seem to be working.

Dadobrado, please let me know.