Title: XML error
Last modified: October 18, 2025

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# XML error

 *  [artlset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artlset/)
 * (@artlset)
 * [6 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-error-24/)
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   **Errors in the XML document:**[](https://www.xmlvalidation.com/index.php?id=1&L=0#xml-2-6--1732781305)
   2:6The processing instruction target matching “[xX][mM][lL]” is not allowed.**
   XML document:**12<?xml[](https://www.xmlvalidation.com/index.php?id=1&L=0#) version
   =’1.0′ encoding=’UTF-8′?><?xml-stylesheet type=’text/xsl’ href=’[https://apriorisource.com/wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap.xsl&#8217](https://apriorisource.com/wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap.xsl&#8217);?
   ><!– sitemap-generator-url=’[http://www.arnebrachhold.de’ sitemap-generator-version=’4.1.21′ –&gt](http://www.arnebrachhold.de’ sitemap-generator-version=’4.1.21′ –&gt);
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 * Last reply from: [artlset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artlset/)
 * Last activity: [6 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-error-24/)
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