Title: [Plugin: Google XML Sitemaps] 4.0beta8 404 Error Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Google XML Sitemaps] 4.0beta8 404 Error * Resolved [brohism](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brohism/) * (@brohism) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/) * I’ve installed the latest beta version on my site, but I’m getting a 404 error when trying to access the sitemap. I’ve saved my Permalinks settings again, and disabled & enabled the plugin. Still getting the error: [http://christiaanconover.com/sitemap.xml](http://christiaanconover.com/sitemap.xml) * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [brohism](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brohism/) * (@brohism) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514773) * Any tips? My site is running on nginx 0.8.54. * [jaylogan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaylogan/) * (@jaylogan) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514824) * What did you have to do to fix this? I am getting same problem. * Thread Starter [brohism](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brohism/) * (@brohism) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514825) * I haven’t found a fix yet. I’ve switched back to the old stable release version. * [carolm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carolm/) * (@carolm) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514826) * I installed the Version 3.2.6.2 today and it looked as if it’s working, but when I tried submitting a sitemap to webmaster tools it said they could only reach Page 404 and the submission failed. * I’m new to wordpress and websites – can anyone help and tell me what to do? * carol * [karaloko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karaloko/) * (@karaloko) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514848) * I’m having the same problem, can anyone help us? * [DirtyPete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dirtypete/) * (@dirtypete) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514849) * I’m getting this too. 404s on root domain. * [Arne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnee/) * (@arnee) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514852) * Hi, * sorry, I havent been able to reproduce this error yet. I’ve tried many different server and PHP configurations, but it always works. Could somebody of you contact me via himself / arnebrachhold / de so we can debug this issue on your server? Thanks a lot! * Best regards, * Arne * Thread Starter [brohism](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brohism/) * (@brohism) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514853) * Email sent. * [Arne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnee/) * (@arnee) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514864) * Hi, * is somebody else still having this issue? * [carolm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carolm/) * (@carolm) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514866) * No problems any more. Thanks. Working well on both sites: 🙂 * [http://www.mysecondmillion.com](http://www.mysecondmillion.com) [http://addictionrehabnow.com](http://addictionrehabnow.com) * [Arne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnee/) * (@arnee) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514867) * Did you do anything to make it work? * [carolm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carolm/) * (@carolm) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514868) * No, I thought it was your magic touch! At least, I don’t think I did – I fretted a bit, but otherwise, I wouldn’t know what to do anyway…..:) * Thread Starter [brohism](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brohism/) * (@brohism) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514891) * I found a fix for those still having this issue. Nginx needs to be told to pass requests for sitemap.xml to WordPress for handling, rather than try to serve a static file. Here’s what I added inside the Nginx server config: * ``` location ~* ^(/sitemap).*(\.xml)$ { rewrite ^ /index.php; } ``` * It’s working perfectly for me now. * [balwinder singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/balwinder-singh/) * (@balwinder-singh) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514892) * Sir, * Please help me i am also facinng same problem , 404 error , my host is godaddy and linux server. and using version 4.0beta10 for sitem map. * i am getting 404 error in webmaster tool and following when i check site map. * XML Parsing Error: no element found Location: [http://www.theindiapost.com/sitemap.xml](http://www.theindiapost.com/sitemap.xml) Line Number 4, Column 1: ^ * Regards * Thread Starter [brohism](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brohism/) * (@brohism) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-40beta8-404-error/#post-2514893) * [@balwinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/balwinder/) Singh, * It appears to be working fine. I’m getting no error when loading your sitemap. 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