Title: URL exclusions
Last modified: April 18, 2020

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# URL exclusions

 *  Resolved [ecoco.bio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misscherylb/)
 * (@misscherylb)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-exclusions/)
 * Hello,
 * I am having issues with 404s on sitemaps… after trying just about everything,
   I thought I’d test excluding the sitemap from Cleantalk, but my URLs are being
   rejected when I click save.
 * I tried with and without the domain:
    /sitemap_index.xml /(.*)sitemap(.*).xml
 * Any ideas what I should enter?
 * Also, are there any settings in Cleantalk that could be related to the sitemap
   issue?
 * Thanks in advance,
    Cheryl

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 *  Plugin Author [alexandergull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandergull/)
 * (@alexandergull)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-exclusions/#post-12693861)
 * Hello.
    CleanTalk plugin does not check XML files. Try to disable the plugin 
   and check if the issue still persists. If it does not, you should check something
   else to find the reason. However, you can found the guide on how to exclude pages
   here: [https://cleantalk.org/help/exclusion-from-anti-spam-checking#wordpress](https://cleantalk.org/help/exclusion-from-anti-spam-checking#wordpress)
   Best wishes,

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 * [sitemap](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sitemap/)

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 * Last reply from: [alexandergull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandergull/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-exclusions/#post-12693861)
 * Status: resolved