Fix for blank line 1 error

  • After spending a bunch of time trying to figure out why BWP sitemaps do not render in my browser without an error on a new blog I’m bringing up, even though BWP works flawlessly on a similar blog running the same plugins, I tracked down a solution that worked like a charm. So this post is for others who might run into that problem — it’s probably been mentioned elsewhere in this plugin’s discussion forum, but it’s not easy to find with any sort of search.

    The problem was due to line 1 in the xml files generated by BWP being blank. The solution is a very small php file and a tiny edit to the index.php file in the website root directory.

    The php file and a discussion of it are here:
    https://piotrkrzyzek.com/wordpress-remove-blank-line-from-rss-feed-wordpress-error-on-line-2-at-column-6-xml-declaration-allowed-only-at-the-start-of-the-document/

    I noticed a closed thread on this here:
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/error-on-line-3-at-column-6-xml-declaration-allowed-only-at-the-start-of-the-do?replies=8

    I’d suggest making this issue and its resolution a “stick” post.

    cheers,
    DeviceGuru

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/bwp-google-xml-sitemaps/

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