Title: Site Map Error
Last modified: December 4, 2022

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# Site Map Error

 *  Resolved [Ubong Augustine Edet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ubongeh/)
 * (@ubongeh)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-map-error-7/)
 * having this error with my site map – error on line 1 at column 835: XML declaration
   allowed only at the start of the document.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsite-map-error-7%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Rank Math Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmathteam/)
 * (@rankmathteam)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-map-error-7/#post-16259695)
 * Hello [@ubongeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ubongeh/),
 * Thank you for contacting the support, and sorry for the inconvenience caused.
 * Please follow this guide to fix the issue with your sitemap:
    [https://rankmath.com/kb/fix-sitemap-issues/#xml-text-declaration](https://rankmath.com/kb/fix-sitemap-issues/#xml-text-declaration)
 * Let us know how that goes. Looking forward to helping you.

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