Title: Garbage error message
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Garbage error message

 *  [pixeldynamo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixeldynamo/)
 * (@pixeldynamo)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/garbage-error-message/)
 * When WordPress SEO detects an alternate sitemap plugin installed it throws an
   error, even when the sitemap functionality of WordPress SEO isn’t enabled.
 * It recommends disabling competing plugins and includes a button to do so.
 *     ```
       Warning!
   
       The Google XML Sitemaps plugin(s) might cause issues when used in conjunction with Yoast WordPress SEO.
   
       Both WordPress SEO by Yoast and Google XML Sitemaps can create XML sitemaps.
   
       Having two XML sitemaps is not beneficial for search engines, yet might slow down your site.
   
       Configure WordPress SEO's XML Sitemap settings
   
       Recommended solution
       We recommend you deactivate Google XML Sitemaps and have another look at your WordPress SEO configuration using the button above.
       Deactivate Google XML Sitemaps
       ```
   
 * Dismissing the message doesn’t suppress it, it will return every time another
   plugin is activated.
 * The message is ambiguous enough to suggest that a user has negatively impacted
   the their site by having both installed and recommends the competing plugin be
   shut off, even when WordPress SEO doesn’t have sitemap functionality enabled.
 * This error should be suppressed unless both plugins are active and WordPress 
   SEO has the sitemap functionality enabled.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/)

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 *  [adam03brent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adam03brent/)
 * (@adam03brent)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/garbage-error-message/#post-6111621)
 * so, is there a recommendation to use one over the other to create a sitemap?
 *  [dsided](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsided/)
 * (@dsided)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/garbage-error-message/#post-6111659)
 * Agreed pixeldynamo – I’m tempted to disable WordPress SEO as the clients are 
   getting very confused
 *  [dsided](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsided/)
 * (@dsided)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/garbage-error-message/#post-6111660)
 * Adding this to the themes functions.php will hide that specific problem:
 *     ```
       add_action('admin_head', 'disable_yoast_notice');
   
       function disable_yoast_notice() {
         echo '<style>
           #wpseo-dismiss-plugin-conflict {
            display: none;
           }
         </style>';
       }
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/garbage-error-message/#post-6111660)
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