Title: Sitemap does not update automatically
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Sitemap does not update automatically

 *  [mdidesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdidesign/)
 * (@mdidesign)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-does-not-update-automatically/)
 * Hello,
 * the sitemap does not update automatically. When creating it manually, it works–
   but of course this makes no sense.
 * What is wrong there? Any ideas? Both files, the normal XML and the gz-version
   are writeable. But still the error occours it could not be created or so…
 * I have to say: I have set my server to start cronjobs every 5 minutes. Maybe 
   the plugin does not work with this setting? But it should. I do not want to start
   a cron job with every page load… so I have set it to “every 5 minutes” automatically.
 * Any fix coming for that? There are many posts and questions like this in your
   forums… without answers or help.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/)

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 *  Thread Starter [mdidesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdidesign/)
 * (@mdidesign)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-does-not-update-automatically/#post-3823294)
 * PS:
 * I again created an example post called “sitemap test”. It was published. I checked
   the XML Sitemap settings and – again – these errors occoured:
 * “There was a problem writing your sitemap file. Make sure the file exists and
   is writable. Learn more
    There was a problem writing your zipped sitemap file.
   Make sure the file exists and is writable. Learn more”
 * The file is defintivly writeable (777), both files. And both of course exist.
   What´s wrong there?

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-does-not-update-automatically/#post-3823294)
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