Title: ERROR SITEMAP
Last modified: November 29, 2019

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# ERROR SITEMAP

 *  Resolved [michebara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michebara/)
 * (@michebara)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-sitemap-4/)
 * HI, I have an error on my sitemap, how can resolve?
 * This is the message:
    This page contains the following errors: error on line 
   2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document Below
   is a rendering of the page up to the first error.
 * Thanks a lot

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 *  [Jerlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerparx/)
 * (@jerparx)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-sitemap-4/#post-12189542)
 * Hi [@michebara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michebara/)!
 * An [empty whitespace or a blank line](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/xml-sitemap-error/)
   appears due to a conflict with another plugin or your theme. Usually, there is
   an empty space or a blank line before or after the closing PHP opening or closing
   tag, which shouldn’t be there.
 * You can narrow down the exact source of conflict by performing a [conflict check](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-check-for-plugin-conflicts/).
   Once you have identified whether your theme or a plugin causes the issue, please
   contact the developers of that theme or plugin for assistance in finding and 
   removing the whitespace.
 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-sitemap-4/#post-12214139)
 * This thread has been marked as resolved due to a lack of activity.
 * You’re always welcome to re-open this topic. Please read [this post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-before-your-post/)
   before [opening a new request](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo#new-post).
 * Thanks for understanding!

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 * Last reply from: [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-sitemap-4/#post-12214139)
 * Status: resolved