Couldn’t fetch sitemap error | WordPress.org

Resolved nicktirdea
(@nicktirdea)

7 years, 4 months ago

Hello,

I tried to submit my sitemap to Google search console, but it was not accepted. I deleted it and submitted again (repeated the process for few times), but the result is the same: couldn’t fetch.

Do you know what are the possible reasons of this issue?

Thank you,
Nick

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devnihil
(@devnihil)

7 years, 4 months ago

We suggest the following actions to try and resolve the ‘couldn’t fetch’ message:

1. Clear all your caching from your theme, plugin, server, CDN like CloudFlare or browser. If you are not sure how to clear caching from theme/plugin please speak to those authors. If you want to clear cache from the server, please speak to your host provider. To clear the cache from a browser use this guide: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-clear-my-browsers-cache/.

2. Delete your sitemap in Google. Doing so will not hurt the SEO of the site. This guide explains more (scroll to the bottom): https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183669?hl=en.

3. Submit the sitemap again. Be sure to submit only sitemap_index.xml and nothing else. This guide explains more: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/submit-sitemap-search-engines/.

4. Edit your robots.txt to remove your sitemaps. This guide explains more: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-edit-robots-txt-through-yoast-seo/

5. Monitor the results to see if more pages get indexed

Plugin Support amboutwe
(@amboutwe)

7 years, 4 months ago

This thread has been marked as resolved due to lack of activity.

You’re always welcome to re-open this topic. Please read this post before opening a new request.

Thanks for understanding!

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