Title: Sitemap Error Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Sitemap Error * Resolved [ozarkwoodworker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozarkwoodworker/) * (@ozarkwoodworker) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-error-40/) * Recently I noticed a sitemap error in Google Search Console. It stated: “Unsupported file format”. I use WP-Rocket for caching. I’ve contacted their support, and they stated that they don’t cache sitemaps. * This is what my sitemap generates: * “XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity Location: [http://ozarktoolmanuals.com/sitemap_index.xml](http://ozarktoolmanuals.com/sitemap_index.xml) Line Number 2, Column 1: ^” * This it. I’ve search everywhere for a solution, but I haven’t come up with anything. * Thanks * I’m using Yoast SEO Version 3.2.4 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) The topic ‘Sitemap Error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpress-seo/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3419908) * [Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/reviews/) ## Tags * [sitemap](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sitemap/) * [Yoast](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/yoast/) * 0 replies * 1 participant * Last reply from: [ozarkwoodworker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozarkwoodworker/) * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-error-40/) * Status: resolved