Title: Problem with site map
Last modified: December 10, 2017

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# Problem with site map

 *  Resolved [David LeBlanc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidtleblanc/)
 * (@davidtleblanc)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-site-map-2/)
 * If try to see the my xml site map created with the Yoast plugin I get this message
   in FireFox – Error loading stylesheet: Parsing an XSLT stylesheet failed.
 * In Chrome I just get a blank page.
 * The site map is still there and Google through the Search Console still sees 
   the site map and it seems to be doing it’s job just fine, so it’s more an annoying
   problem than a critical one. Still, I would like to click the button in Yoast
   and see the site map.
 * I have tried deactivating the site’s plugins and that doesn’t solve the problem.
   
   Apache server using
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblem-with-site-map-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Md Mazedul Islam Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mazedulislamkhan/)
 * (@mazedulislamkhan)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-site-map-2/#post-9772107)
 * This issue typically occurs due to the cache. Please, refer to our [this knowledge base guide](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-cache/)
   which shows exactly how to go about troubleshoot this issue.
 *  Thread Starter [David LeBlanc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidtleblanc/)
 * (@davidtleblanc)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-site-map-2/#post-9772324)
 * Mazedul
    Thanks for the reply. Good news and bad news.
 * Bad News. I entered the string just as described in the article and that did 
   not fix the problem. The parsing error was still there.
 * Good News. I then disabled WP SuperCache and that is the problem. With WP Super
   Cache disabled, the XML site map shows up just as it should. And forget about
   me disabling all of the plugins. I guess I missed the one that counted.
 * Just for the record, the string I entered is
    sitemap(_index)?\.xml(\.gz)? ([
   a-z0-9_\-]+)?sitemap\.xsl [a-z0-9_\-]+-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml(\.gz)?
 * Is that correct? I did keep in the default entries:
    wp-.*\.php index\.php
 * Thanks for you help. A bit closer to resolving the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [David LeBlanc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidtleblanc/)
 * (@davidtleblanc)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-site-map-2/#post-9772926)
 * I should also note that the site’s favicon shows up again in a Chrome tab if 
   WP Super Cache is deactivated.
 *  [Md Mazedul Islam Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mazedulislamkhan/)
 * (@mazedulislamkhan)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-site-map-2/#post-9808655)
 * We can confirm that you have used the correct regular expression in WP Super 
   Cache plugin to exclude the sitemap. Unfortunately, we are not sure why the provided
   regular expression didn’t work for you. We recommend you please reach out the
   WP Super Cache plugin developer assistance. They’d be the best place to assist
   you in order to exclude the sitemap from caching.
 *  [Jerlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerparx/)
 * (@jerparx)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-site-map-2/#post-9820190)
 * Closed due to inactivity.
 *  Thread Starter [David LeBlanc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidtleblanc/)
 * (@davidtleblanc)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-site-map-2/#post-9822642)
 * Md Mazedul Islam Khan
 * Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the suggestion.

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 * Last reply from: [David LeBlanc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidtleblanc/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-site-map-2/#post-9822642)
 * Status: resolved