Title: Issue with post dates Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Issue with post dates * Resolved [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/) * Hello, I just installed the latest version of the Sitemap. I was using it previously and I have now got back to this sitemap. For some reason, it cannot see any posts in 2015. * [http://motoroctane.com/sitemap.xml](http://motoroctane.com/sitemap.xml) * and [http://motoroctane.com/sitemap-posttype-post.2015.xml](http://motoroctane.com/sitemap-posttype-post.2015.xml) is showing as empty, whereas it has posts that were written in 2015. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/xml-sitemap-feed/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/xml-sitemap-feed/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 27 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/) * (@ravanh) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260615) * Are there very many posts in 2015? It might be a case of running into the server/ hosting PHP memory limit. Try setting the option “Split by: Month” on Settings > Reading under the XML Sitemap settings. * Other thing I notice is that you are using WP Super Cache in Legacy mode but Late Init is not set. Is there any specific reason for using legacy mode? Is there any possibility to switch to the recommended PHP caching mode? * Thread Starter [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260679) * Thank you Ravan H for the response. I got it changed to month and even started PHP caching mode. However, now when I click on 2015 or any other year. It just opens the website than any sitemap. * Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/) * (@ravanh) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260685) * So “Split by Month” works? * > … However, now when I click on 2015 or any other year. It just opens the website > than any sitemap. * That’s strange. I have the sitemap plugin running on several sites with WP Super Cache in PHP mode and it works just fine. So the main sitemap.xml works while the others don’t? Have you tried clearing the cache? * Thread Starter [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260687) * It is now working. Cache wasn’t cleared. Thank you. * Thread Starter [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260724) * I got a new error from Google Webmasters: Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format instead * Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/) * (@ravanh) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260725) * There’s something else going on. Your sitemap index, the home, taxonomy and pages sitemaps work fine but strangely the post sitemaps get redirected to your homepage. This explains the HTML error for GWT. * Did you replace WP Super Cache with something else? I notice a server response“ X-Cache:HIT from Backend” but also “Server:cloudflare-nginx” … are you using Cloudflare? Could any Cloudflare settings explain the redirects? * Or it might be your permalink structure. Could you tell me your exact permalink settings? I’ll try to reproduce this… * Thread Starter [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260728) * The WP Super Cache is still active. And Cloudflare has always been on. I think when I activate Yoast SEO, this error starts. * Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/) * (@ravanh) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260732) * First make sure that in Yoast SEO the XML Sitemap option is switched off. Then please tell me your Permalink settings because there is something weird going on. I would expect [http://motoroctane.com/2016/](http://motoroctane.com/2016/) to show the 2016 archive but it gets redirected to the home page just as these yearly and monthly sitemaps. * Is there a plugin like Redirection running that does redirection based on regexp rules? Or a plugin that disables date archives? * Other questions: are you on an Apache or Nginx server? Are there any server rules( either in .htaccess or in your nginx conf files) that could explain the redirection of URLs with dates/numbers in them? * Thread Starter [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260733) * Hey RavanH Yoast Sitemap has been disable from the start. I had a ReDirection app that was disable and deleted a few months ago. * I’m running Apache. I don’t have any re-direct plugin, but this comes in function when I use Yoast for some reason. * Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/) * (@ravanh) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260734) * OK, I’ll try to reproduce the issue. What are your Permalink settings? * Thread Starter [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260750) * Hi RavanH * My permalink setting is: /%category%/%post_id%-%postname% * Also, I have now deactivated CloudFlare. So I reckon that issue might not be the cause. * Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/) * (@ravanh) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260755) * I tried with the permalink setting `/%category%/%post_id%-%postname%` and WordPress SEO enabled with default options on a test site but that does not create this issue. * Is there any particular SEO setting that might have to do with this? If you can create an export of the SEO settings (under SEO > Tools) you can send it to me via [http://status301.net/contact-en/](http://status301.net/contact-en/) * > I had a ReDirection app that was disable and deleted a few months ago. * What is that? Did that modify your .htaccess file? * Thread Starter [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260772) * Hi RavanH * I have deleted Yoast SEO and all is working fine. I have deactivated post tags, still it is showing up in Sitemap and when you click it. It shows up 404 * Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/) * (@ravanh) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260779) * Hi, that was probably a (super)cached version. I’m not seeing the tags sitemap in your index any more. * BTW, I did not have time yet to further test your Yoast SEO settings but I did receive your e-mail and will do some further testing. If I find out more, I’ll let you know. * Thread Starter [MotorOctane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motoroctane/) * (@motoroctane) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-post-dates-1/#post-7260794) * New issue: I have 4k+ tags, so it shows tags as empty when anyone clicks it. 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