Snippet for Custom Sitemap Location

Hi @chipperofwood,

In general, the sitemap should have worked out of the box. I’m afraid there isn’t any redirect that could be added because the sitemap is generated dynamically.

Could you please check the root directory via FTP or File Manager(if using cPanel) and check whether there is any file called sitemap_index.xml physically present inside the root directory?

The root directory is where the WordPress core files resides ie /wp-content, /wp-includes, /wp-admin.

If the above-mentioned file is present then please delete it and then go to Settings > Permalinks in your WordPress dashboard and make sure Permalinks settings is to to “Post name” and click the “Save Changes” button to check whether the sitemap works fine or not?

Screenshot:

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Even if “Post name” is already selected please do make sure to click “Save changes” button which should help with refreshing the permalinks cache and in turn should help with making the sitemap to work.

If there isn’t any such file ie sitemap_index.xml present then check whether clicking “Save Changes” button makes the sitemap work or not too.

Please do let us know how that goes. Have a nice day ahead.

Best Regards,
Nithin

Hi Nithin,

It doesn’t look like there’s a sitemap_index.xml physically present in the root directory.

I changed the default permalink settings to “Post name” and clicked save changes, but with no success. It’s still telling me that the sitemap is location at */sitemap.xml, even though it’s nowhere to be seen in the directory.

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Please let me know if there’s anything else I can try!

Hi @chipperofwood

I hope you are doing well.

The sitemap is not on the root folder, the /sitemap is accessed by a rewrite, the real file is located on:

wp-content/uploads/smartcrawl/sitemap

Can you check if you don’t have any custom rewrite on your server or a plugin causing the wrong redirect?

The correct sitemap should be this:
https://neweden.news/index.php?wds_sitemap=1&wds_sitemap_type=index

I can see you are using Nginx, can you contact your hosting support and try this rule?

location ~ ([^/]*)sitemap(.*).x(m|s)l$ {
rewrite ^/sitemap.xml$ /index.php?wds_sitemap=1&wds_sitemap_type=index last;
rewrite ^/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?wds_sitemap=1&wds_sitemap_type=$1&wds_sitemap_page=$2 last;
}

Let us know the result you got.
Best Regards
Patrick Freitas

Ah, yes I see the sitemap in the location you described.

I got in touch with my hosting company. They tried the rule with no luck.

I believe all that’s necessary to use the plugin is to get rid of the redirect from https://neweden.news/sitemap.xml –> https://neweden.news/sitemap-index.xml that was left in place by Yoast.

Unfortunately I have no idea how to do this. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hi @chipperofwood

I believe all that’s necessary to use the plugin is to get rid of the redirect from https://neweden.news/sitemap.xml –> https://neweden.news/sitemap-index.xml that was left in place by Yoast.

Yes, that sounds a YOAST redirect,

Could you please send me an email to [email protected] using this template:

Subject: “Attn: Patrick Freitas”

Message: link back to this thread for reference

Please, update the ticket once sending the email.

Best Regards
Patrick Freitas

Hello @chipperofwood ,

We haven’t heard from you for over a month now, so it looks like you no longer need our assistance.

Please feel free to re-open this ticket if needed.

kind regards,
Kasia