Title: GSC Module Sitemaps
Last modified: January 15, 2020

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# GSC Module Sitemaps

 *  Resolved [classies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/classies/)
 * (@classies)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gsc-module-sitemaps/)
 * Hi,
    Been setting this up with best practices as described on [https://www.wpmediamastery.com/rank-math-seo/](https://www.wpmediamastery.com/rank-math-seo/)
   How long does it take for the rank math google search console module to show 
   my submitted sitemaps as it’s still drawing a blank, even though in ‘seo analysis’
   it’s saying that there is a sitemap? I take it theres a lag then?

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 *  Thread Starter [classies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/classies/)
 * (@classies)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gsc-module-sitemaps/#post-12328043)
 * Quick update on this:
    Went to GSC and found that there were two sitemaps submitted
   even though I’d only submitted one. There was also an empty sitemap_index.xml
   map in there as well as a page-sitemap.xml one that had content in it. Why was
   the sitemap_index.xml empty?
 *  Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * (@rankmath)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gsc-module-sitemaps/#post-12338547)
 * Hello [@classies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/classies/)
 * If you used the newer DNS-based verification method to verify your site in Search
   Console, then the submitted sitemaps list will not be available in Rank Math.
   Sites that have been verified using that are not accessible through the Search
   Console sitemaps API. Until Google adds support for that, we cannot show the 
   Sitemaps list within your WordPress dashoard.
 * If you did not use the DNS verification and the submitted sitemaps are still 
   not showing up in Rank Math > Search Console > Sitemaps, then first of all please
   go to Rank Math > General Settings > Search Console and click on Deauthorize,
   save it, and then authorize again, and save the settings once again.
 * You can check if the sitemap is working correctly on your site or not by visiting
   the sitemap_index.xml URL in your browser. You should see something like this:
   [https://rankmath.com/sitemap_index.xml](https://rankmath.com/sitemap_index.xml)
   Clicking on the individual sitemaps should work too.
    What you see in the Sitemaps
   report of the Search Console should reflect that: when you navigate to the Sitemaps
   report, you should see only the sitemap_index.xml listed there, and when you 
   click on it, you should see the list of individual sitemaps included in the sitemap
   index.
 * You don’t have to submit the sitemaps manually, Rank Math should take care of
   that for you. If for any reason Rank Math did not submit your sitemap index correctly,
   then you can correct it in the Search Console manually, by submitting only the
   sitemap index and removing all the other sitemaps submitted.
 * Hope that helps.
 *  Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * (@rankmath)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gsc-module-sitemaps/#post-12404557)
 * Hello,
 * Since we did not hear back from you, we are closing this topic assuming that 
   the issue’s resolved.
 * If that is not the case, please feel free to reply to this topic or open a new
   one and we would be more than happy to assist.
 * Thank you.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gsc-module-sitemaps/#post-12404557)
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