Title: sitemap error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# sitemap error

 *  Resolved [nicolastergiopoulos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicolastergiopoulos/)
 * (@nicolastergiopoulos)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-error-18/)
 * Hello.
    i install your plugin and i am getting that message when i check my sitemap.
 * <<This page contains the following errors:
    error on line 2 at column 6: XML 
   declaration allowed only at the start of the document Below is a rendering of
   the page up to the first error. >> [http://ygeia-enarmonisi.gr/sitemap.xml](http://ygeia-enarmonisi.gr/sitemap.xml)
   i did the rebuild on debug function but nothing Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/)

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 *  [Arne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnee/)
 * (@arnee)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-error-18/#post-4864805)
 * Hi,
 * Please see this help topic for an explanation:
 * [Google Webmaster Tools reports “Invalid XML”](http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/help/#P221_gwtinvxml)

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 * [XML Sitemap Generator for Google](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/)
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 * Last reply from: [Arne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnee/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-error-18/#post-4864805)
 * Status: resolved