Title: Invalid sitemap
Last modified: April 6, 2017

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# Invalid sitemap

 *  Resolved [ale5000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ale5000/)
 * (@ale5000)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-sitemap/)
 * I have an empty line before xml declaration on sitemap create by Yost SEO that
   make it invalid.
 * How can I fix it?

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 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-sitemap/#post-9020237)
 * This happens when something in your WordPress install, either a plugin or your
   theme, is outputting white space and it shouldn’t.
 * The fastest way to find out what is outputting the white space is to run a conflict
   check. If you are unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we wrote a small guide
   that will walk you through the steps. You can find it here: [How To Check For Plugin Conflicts](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-check-for-plugin-conflicts/#utm_source=support&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=support-link)

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 * Last reply from: [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-sitemap/#post-9020237)
 * Status: resolved