Title: Plugins Options Grayed Out
Last modified: October 21, 2017

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# Plugins Options Grayed Out

 *  Resolved [drdave17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drdave17/)
 * (@drdave17)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-options-grayed-out/)
 * I installed this plugin XML Sitemap & Google News feeds today.
 * These options for the plugins are grayed out so I cannot continue
    Enable XML
   sitemaps Google News Sitemap
 * fyi even after creating a robots.txt file they are still grayed out.
 * I tried on another top level domain website to be sure but still the same problem.
 * I even tried it on one of my Top Level Domains but it made no difference.
 * I have no sitemap in root
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by [drdave17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drdave17/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * (@ravanh)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-options-grayed-out/#post-9608346)
 * Hi, the main options to enable sitemaps are greyed out when the site is not accessible
   for search engines. I.e. the option “Discourage search engines from indexing 
   this site” is checked or if a plugin that adds privacy options has changed this.
 * There is no need to create a robots.txt file as WordPress should handle the request(
   if server is configured correctly) otherwise privacy options are ignored.
 *  Thread Starter [drdave17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drdave17/)
 * (@drdave17)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-options-grayed-out/#post-9608362)
 * That worked.
 * Thanks a lot!
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by [drdave17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drdave17/).

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 * Last reply from: [drdave17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drdave17/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-options-grayed-out/#post-9608362)
 * Status: resolved