Title: Urgent Sitemap Problem Error
Last modified: February 20, 2019

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# Urgent Sitemap Problem Error

 *  Resolved [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/)
 * (@barrelleaf)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/)
 * Hi,
    I just checked the Google Search Console and found that my sitemap has errors
   since the end of January.
 * When I clicked to see more details, it says that “Sitemap can be read, but has
   errors”, “Error with Sitemap compression. Please recompress the file and resubmit.”
 * I think that it may due to the last updates.
    It makes me quite worried and I
   hope that you could help me to fix this ASAP. 🙁
 * Really appreciate that. Thank you.
 * Nora
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/).
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsitemap-problem-16%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [arnaudbroes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnaudbroes/)
 * (@arnaudbroes)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11225920)
 * Try disabling sitemap compression and see if that helps.
 *  Thread Starter [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/)
 * (@barrelleaf)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11229394)
 * Hi, [@arnaudbroes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnaudbroes/)
    Thanks 
   for replying.
 * I’ve tried to disable sitemap compression. However, the sitemap in my Google 
   Console still shows error with the message “Your Sitemap exceeds the maximum 
   file size limit. Please create multiple Sitemaps containing fewer URLs to meet
   the file size limit.”
 * Since I got many URLs (probably around 3,000), I think that I still need the 
   compression to work for my sitemap.
 * Is this error caused by the update of All In One SEO plugin or by my site? cus
   I remember that everything was fine before and have no idea why this error suddenly
   popped up.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/).
 *  Plugin Author [arnaudbroes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnaudbroes/)
 * (@arnaudbroes)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11230238)
 * [https://semperplugins.com/documentation/xml-sitemaps-module/#enable-sitemap-indexes](https://semperplugins.com/documentation/xml-sitemaps-module/#enable-sitemap-indexes)
 *  Thread Starter [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/)
 * (@barrelleaf)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11230316)
 * Hi [@arnaudbroes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnaudbroes/)
 * I’m not sure if there a misunderstanding.
 * I mean I used to check the compression, and it only worked until late January.
   The Google Console shows the message “Error with Sitemap compression. Please 
   recompress the file and resubmit.”
 * Then I uncheck the compression accordingly. However, since there are around 3000
   URLs in my sitemap, the error message becomes “Your Sitemap exceeds the maximum
   file size limit. Please create multiple Sitemaps containing fewer URLs to meet
   the file size limit.”
 * Overall, it’s the compression error. So I want to fix the error, not just find
   an alternative. (And in this case, I couldn’t because both routes show errors.)
 * I’ve read all the “tutorial” and could not found the answer before asking here.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/).
 *  [Tony Zeoli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonyzeoli/)
 * (@tonyzeoli)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11233038)
 * By posting the link, Arnaud is showing you how to enabled “sitemap indexes,” 
   which split your sitemap into multiple pages of X num of URLs, which you can 
   set in the text field provided. Recommended is 1,000. So, if you’re not splitting
   your site map now, you can try that setting and re-render the sitemap under the
   sitemap module page, then resubmit. That should solve the error.
 *  [Tony Zeoli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonyzeoli/)
 * (@tonyzeoli)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11233041)
 * Remember, if you have caching enabled on your site, do clear the cache always
   after you make this type of change. The cache could always deliver the old version
   of the sitemap unless it’s cleared.
 *  Thread Starter [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/)
 * (@barrelleaf)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11270607)
 * Hi, I’ve tried to clear the cache and resubmitted again.
    However, it still shows
   error in Google Console saying that my three post sitemaps are empty. The page
   sitemap and category sitemap are fine.
 * Screenshot:
    [https://imgur.com/21pFdOq](https://imgur.com/21pFdOq) [https://imgur.com/AtMisMu](https://imgur.com/AtMisMu)
 * And now I also find that my sitemap page is blank right now. But I still can 
   see the text by using view page resources, so I guess it’s some css issue that
   doesn’t influence the errors shown in Google Console.
 * My stiemap URL – [https://www.barrelleaf.com/sitemap](https://www.barrelleaf.com/sitemap)
 *  Plugin Author [arnaudbroes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnaudbroes/)
 * (@arnaudbroes)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11271717)
 * As I said earlier, disable compression and enable indexes. Not both.
 *  Thread Starter [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/)
 * (@barrelleaf)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11274797)
 * [@arnaudbroes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arnaudbroes/)
 * I kept the option “enable sitemap indexes” last time while disabling compression,
   but as I said, it didn’t work.
 * The Google Console shows the message “Error with Sitemap compression. Please 
   recompress the file and resubmit.”
 * I checked the “enable sitemap indexes” box when I tried enabling/disabling the
   compression option. So I don’t know to fix this …
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/).

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 * Last reply from: [barrelleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrelleaf/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-problem-16/#post-11274797)
 * Status: resolved