Title: XML Document is empty
Last modified: October 11, 2021

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# XML Document is empty

 *  Resolved [lois98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lois98/)
 * (@lois98)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-is-empty/)
 * Good day,
 * Can someone please assist me? I recently came across this error under XML Sitemap
   for my products-sitemap.xml
 * “This page contains the following errors:
    error on line 2 at column 1: Document
   is empty Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.”
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [lois98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lois98/).
      Reason: Wasn't specific
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdocument-is-empty%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-is-empty/#post-14960301)
 * [@lois98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lois98/) We’re sorry to hear you
   are experiencing this issue on your site.
 * We checked on [your site](https://www.maritzart.co.za) and it appears that you
   are using the Yoast WooCommerce SEO plugin. If you have purchased Yoast WooCommerce
   SEO or another Yoast premium plugin you would need to contact us directly at 
   [support@yoast.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-is-empty/support@yoast.com?output_format=md)
   for assistance as this forum is reserved for support of the free version of Yoast
   SEO. Thank you for your understanding.
 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-is-empty/#post-14982067)
 * We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you
   require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-is-empty/#post-14982067)
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