[Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] XML Sitemap missing

Same here, now using old Google Sitemap XML plugin which works

make sure that you use https://sitename.com/sitemap_inde.xml but not https://www.sitename.com/sitemap_inde.xml

Also, what’s your site link please?

https://blog.christianebuddy.com/sitemap_index.xml

Hi,

I am new to wordpress and of course with Yoast WordPress SEO.
I use currently wordpress 3.1.2 and I get the same problem sitemap_index.xml is not generated by Yoast. Do I have to install another sitemap generator?
https://www.rochegaille-editions.com/
If I check the link posted by christianebuddy, it seems that the file is not found. (?)
Thanks in advance for your help

Are you guys running the W3 Total Cache or other plugins that prevent 404 errors for static files?

Joost wrote up how to fix such an issue over at
https://yoast.com/xml-sitemap-in-the-wordpress-seo-plugin/

No trace of W3 Total Cache, and the only plugin dealing with xml files is wordpress-seo.
I tried also to create an empty sitemap_index.xml and set right to 755 but no way, it is still empty…

Followed all the probable solutions in the how to from joost. Using W3TC, nginx configuration changed as the plugin suggests, removed the old google xml sitemap, adapted .htaccess file but still the WordPress 404 handling…. any good ideas left?

Finally I installed Google sitemap XML to generate sitemap.xml and it works. Waiting for the Yoast fix …

Any solution by Joost?? Still having the xml 404 problem

Same, having 404 across three different sites and no WP Total Cache is used.

Waiting for the fix on this…

This is F’ed up!! Why in the hell did you do this?? I have no freakin site map now and ALL my titles, meta tags, and keywords are GONE now that I updated this. Now freaking updating this plug in again. What a lot of SHIT I have to deal with right now because of this!

Seriously, screw you WordPress SEO. Because of this crap, I don’t have a sitemap anymore. Tried to generate another one on another site and it didn’t work. Screw it – moving to All in One. When you wipe out my entire sitemap and fuck up my meta keywords, titles, I am done with you. You pull this shit and all done behind the scenes. I have to go research this crap because you screwed it up. DONE!!!

you have to activate permalinks!!!!

If you’re still getting a 404, you might want to add this handsome looking snippet to your .htaccess file. It worked for me.

# WordPress SEO - XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^sitemap_index\.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress SEO - XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix

Solution originally posted at: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-fix-for-sitemap_indexxml-404-error

@ahni THANKS!