Two xml sitemaps exist

Hello @maxfrederick2

Thanks for reaching out regarding your duplicate XML sitemaps. I can confirm that Yoast SEO generates the sitemap https://www.upshow.tv/sitemap_index.xml, while https://www.upshow.tv/sitemap.xml is by a third-party plugin you have active. Can you share a screenshot of what you have in WordPress > Plugins > Installed plugins? You can use any image-sharing service like https://pasteboard.co/, https://snag.gy/, https://imgur.com/, https://snipboard.io/, or even upload the screenshot to your website. Once you upload it to an image-sharing service, please share the link to the image here.

Thanks for the helpful screenshot, @maxfrederick2. By default, when the Yoast SEO XML sitemap feature is turned ON, /sitemap.xml/ should redirect to /sitemap_index.xml/. Please deactive the Disable WP Sitemaps plugin and see if that happens.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks for the feedback, @maxfrederick2. Please keep that plugin deactivated while we work through this together. The /sitemap.xml/ still looks like another plugin is generating it, but I can’t determine which one from the list you shared. So I’d recommend a conflict check to know the culprit.

The fastest way to rule out conflict is to deactivate all non-Yoast plugins and switch to a standard theme like Twenty Twenty-Two.

Please test this on your development or staging site if you have one. If not, we recommend using the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin. This plugin has a troubleshooting mode, which does not affect normal visitors to your site.

If you’re unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we’d like to point you to a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process: How to check for plugin conflicts.