Title: Google Site Maps Error Last modified: March 31, 2022 --- # Google Site Maps Error * Resolved [Tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/) * (@tekerno) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-site-maps-error-2/) * Hello * Migrated my hosting and updated some of my sites, checked google console for my sitemaps * from 2 of my sites with errors with blank sitemaps * check the Yoast plugin and it displays an XML sitemap, so checked my robot.txt points to the correct path… * cleared my cache etc, then removed Yoast and started again with no resolution * Tried inputting sitemap into google same issue errors * disabled XML option in Yoast and created sitemap online * uploaded to my server and added the new sitemaps to google * no issue found sites and URLs * Does anybody have any idea what is causing this strange issue…. * a Manually created sitemap uploaded in root dir works * but Yoast’s sitemap creates an error in adding in google console * I have validated the URL with no errors * The is url for yoast site map that google rejects with errors * Sitemap can be read, but has errors Empty Sitemap 1 instance Your Sitemap does not contain any URLs. Please validate and resubmit your Sitemap. * /sitemap_index.xml Unknown 31 Mar 2022 31 Mar 2022 1 error 0 * kindest Regards * Richard - This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/). - This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/). - This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/). - This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/). * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgoogle-site-maps-error-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/) * (@mikes41720) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-site-maps-error-2/#post-15516715) * Hi [@tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/) * We’re checking on your main sitemap (/sitemap_index.xml) and it does seem to be generating the correct sub-sitemaps, all listed with the proper URLs. It looks like the only empty sitemap is the /e-landing-page-sitemap.xml (which is typically for Elementor templates), so you might want to check if you want to have this sitemap generated if it doesn’t have any valid content – [https://yoast.com/help/how-to-customize-the-sitemap-index/](https://yoast.com/help/how-to-customize-the-sitemap-index/) * Then we recommend removing and resubmitting your sitemap and monitoring it after making the changes – [https://yoast.com/help/submit-sitemap-search-engines/#google-remove](https://yoast.com/help/submit-sitemap-search-engines/#google-remove) * Thread Starter [Tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/) * (@tekerno) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-site-maps-error-2/#post-15516946) * hello * have removed any blank items from the site map and still have an issue followed your instructions * still getting this an error * 01/04/2022 Discovered URLs 0  Sitemap can be read, but has errors Empty Sitemap 1 instance Your Sitemap does not contain any URLs. Please validate and resubmit your Sitemap. * Richard - This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/). * [Suwash Kunwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suascat_wp/) * (@suascat_wp) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-site-maps-error-2/#post-15520083) * [@tekerno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tekerno/) * Please, note that Google doesn’t always show up-to-date information in the reports so you’ll need to give Google some time to crawl your sitemap index and discover the rest of your sitemaps, i.e. the post-sitemap.xml and page-sitemap.xml, as well as the post and page URLs included in them. Patience is crucial here. * Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) * (@maybellyne) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-site-maps-error-2/#post-15555535) * Hi, * 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 before opening a new request. * Thanks for understanding! 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