Unable to save

Hi @elloradev ,

Thanks for reaching out.

I checked your XML sitemap and it appears to be loading normally from my end, so I’d like to better understand the issue you’re seeing.

When you say you’re unable to save changes, could you let me know exactly what changes you’re making and what happens when you click the Save Changes button? Do you see an error message, a spinning loader, or does the page simply refresh without saving?

Could you also check your browser console for any JavaScript errors?

1. Open the AIOSEO page where you’re trying to save changes.
2. Press F12 on your keyboard (or right-click and select Inspect).
3. Click the Console tab.
4. Try saving the changes again.
5. Take a screenshot of any red errors that appear and share it here.

That should help us narrow down what’s preventing the settings from being saved.

Thanks!

Hi @elloradev ,

Thanks for the additional details.

I checked that URL, and I have a question that will help narrow this down:

Does the page Engineering Services still exist as a published page in WordPress?

If the page still exists and is published, then it will still appear in the sitemap even if you have a redirect configured for that URL.

If you no longer want that URL included in the sitemap, you can either:

• Change the page to Draft, or
• Delete the page entirely if it is no longer needed.

The redirect can remain in place either way.

Could you check whether that page still exists under Pages → All Pages and let me know what its current status is?

Thanks!

Hi @elloradev ,

Thanks for the clarification.

The key thing to keep in mind is that this URL is returning a 301 redirect.

When a visitor or search engine requests:

https://alpineeng.com/engineering-services/

they never actually see the content of that page. Instead, they are immediately redirected to the destination URL you’ve configured.

Because of that, from a practical SEO standpoint, the original page is already effectively retired. Google follows the redirect and processes the destination URL rather than treating the original URL as a standalone page.

That’s why I was suggesting changing the page to Draft or removing it entirely.

If you no longer intend for visitors or search engines to access that page directly, there is generally no SEO benefit to keeping it published alongside a permanent redirect.

If you’d still like to keep the page content for your own internal reference, historical purposes, or future use, then changing the page status to Draft would be the best option. That removes it from the sitemap while still preserving the content within WordPress.

If you no longer need the page at all, you can simply delete it and leave the redirect in place.

If this is the only redirected page you want to keep published while excluding it from the sitemap, you also have the option of excluding that specific page from the sitemap instead of changing its status to Draft.

We have covered this in our documentation here:

https://aioseo.com/docs/how-to-exclude-content-from-your-xml-sitemap/#aioseo-excluding-content-from-your-xml-sitemap

This approach works well when you only have one or a small number of pages that you want to keep published in WordPress while preventing them from appearing in the sitemap.

Either approach will remove the URL from the sitemap.

Thanks!