Title: localized sitemap
Last modified: August 20, 2020

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# localized sitemap

 *  Resolved [jdewit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdewit/)
 * (@jdewit)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localized-sitemap/)
 * Hello,
 * We have a website in three languages with urls like example.com, example.com/
   fr/ and example.com/es/.
 * On the Sitemap Settings tab of Rank Math it says the plugin uses hreflang tags
   as one of the recommended methods by Google. An different method also recommended
   by Google is using “<xhtml:link rel=”alternate” hreflang” tags in the sitemap.
   I want to use that in our sitemap because Google is mixing up the languages in
   the SERPS.
 * Do you have an option for that in the plugin or do I need to create my own sitemap?

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 *  Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * (@rankmath)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localized-sitemap/#post-13293818)
 * Hello [@jdewit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdewit/)
 * Thank you for contacting the support and sorry for any inconvenience that might
   have been caused due to that.
 * Sorry to disappoint but we do not have any option to add `xhtml:link` in the 
   Sitemap.
 * Also, I do not think adding it would make any difference. If Google is showing
   wrong pages in SERP then you should check those pages and see if the `hreflang`
   tags are showing the correct languages.
 * You can share the links with us so we can check as well.
 * Looking forward to helping you.
 *  Thread Starter [jdewit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdewit/)
 * (@jdewit)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localized-sitemap/#post-13296798)
 * Hi, thanks for your reply. I agree hreflang should be enough but Google still
   mixes up pages which is why I wanted to experiment with rel=’alternate’ in our
   sitemap. We don’t have many pages so I will create one myself.
 *  Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/)
 * (@rankmath)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localized-sitemap/#post-13298014)
 * Hello [@jdewit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdewit/)
 * Sure. Please disable Rank Math’s Sitemap feature and Core’s Sitemap feature before
   adding one manually.
 * Thank you.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localized-sitemap/#post-13298014)
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