Title: sitemap.xml
Last modified: March 3, 2022

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# sitemap.xml

 *  Resolved [francoispe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francoispe/)
 * (@francoispe)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-12/)
 * Hello,
 * Since I used W3 Total Cache, my sitemaps is not an xml sitemap.
    I tried that
   [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-is-caching-my-sitemaps/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-is-caching-my-sitemaps/)
   But, still not working.
 * I deactivate W3 total Cache. My sitemap doesn’t come back.
    I think about a bug,
   but, nothing in log file…
 * How can I flush manually all caches without any risk of breaking my site ?
 * in directories, I found that :
 *     ```
       wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/www.dom.tld/sitemap_index.xml:
       total 12
       -rw-r--r-- 1 xxx yy 935 Mar  2 23:07 _index_ssl.xml
       -rw-r--r-- 1 xxx yy 598 Mar  2 23:07 _index_ssl.xml_gzip
       -rw-r--r-- 1 xxx yy 140 Mar  2 23:07 .htaccess
       ```
   
 * thank you
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by [francoispe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francoispe/).

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-12/#post-15422136)
 * Hello [@francoispe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francoispe/)
 * Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help you with this.
    I tried to 
   check your website, however, I got the Error 16 access denied. Can you please
   share the URL of your sitemap [https://yourwebsite.com/sitemap_index.xml](https://yourwebsite.com/sitemap_index.xml)
   and also share the screenshot of the sitemap? You can of course safely delete
   the /cache/page_enhanced/ folder as the cached files will be re-generated. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [francoispe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francoispe/)
 * (@francoispe)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-12/#post-15422580)
 * I deactivate total cache, remove `rm -r /cache` directory, follow a process given
   by Rank math to regenerate sitemap… still not working.
    I ask Rank Math a few
   help, because I think it is more a Rank Math issue. Many Thanks. François
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-12/#post-15422931)
 * Hello [@francoispe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francoispe/)
 * If the cache dir is deleted and W3TC is disabled, then the issue is not related
   to W3 Total Cache.
    You are most welcome. Please let me know what the issue was.
   Thanks

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-12/#post-15422931)
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