Title: Error when viewing xml sitemap
Last modified: January 12, 2017

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# Error when viewing xml sitemap

 *  Resolved [mace09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mace09/)
 * (@mace09)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-viewing-xml-sitemap/)
 * Hi, im receiving this error when i click on my xml sitemap.
 * “error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the
   document”
 * Are there any solutions this problem?

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 *  Plugin Author [Webbjocke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webbjocke/)
 * (@webbjocke)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-viewing-xml-sitemap/#post-8647674)
 * Hi the problem is probably that your theme or one of your plugins are having 
   an error, which gets “hided” and results in the empty rows at the top of your
   documents which are invalid for xml. If your html sitemap works just fine this
   is definitely the case.
 * Are you comfortable with code? In the file **wp-config.php** in your sites “**
   root folder**” there’s a line saying: **define(‘WP_DEBUG’, false)**. Change **
   false** to **true** there and then reload the xml sitemap. Then you’ll see what
   the error is. If it’s still empty rows you might have disabled errors for your
   site in your hosting companys c-panel. Then log in there and switch to “show 
   errors” and you should be able to locate the error.
 * If you don’t understand any of this or don’t know how to fix the problem just
   send me a list of your theme and plugins and I’ll have a look.

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 * Last reply from: [Webbjocke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webbjocke/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-viewing-xml-sitemap/#post-8647674)
 * Status: resolved