Title: XML Parsing Error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# XML Parsing Error

 *  Resolved [jmkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmkt/)
 * (@jmkt)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-24/)
 * Hi,
 * My xml sitemap was showing fine and now I get this message. Does anyone know 
   why?
 * XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity
    Location: 
   [http://www.lakescoaching.com/sitemap_index.xml](http://www.lakescoaching.com/sitemap_index.xml)
   Line Number 2, Column 1:<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?><?xml-stylesheet
   type=”text/xsl” href=”//www.lakescoaching.com/main-sitemap.xsl”?> ^
 * Thanks
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 *  [baynado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baynado/)
 * (@baynado)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-24/#post-5565805)
 * [http://internet-pr-beratung.de/sitemap_index.xml](http://internet-pr-beratung.de/sitemap_index.xml)
   me too
 *  Thread Starter [jmkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmkt/)
 * (@jmkt)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-24/#post-5565848)
 * Hi baynado,
 * Your sitemap looks fine now. Did you find the problem?
 *  [robruifrok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robruifrok/)
 * (@robruifrok)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-24/#post-5565874)
 * I have the same problem:
 * XML-parsefout: XML- of tekstdeclaratie niet aan begin van entiteit
    Locatie: 
   [http://fysiocursus.nl/sitemap_index.xml](http://fysiocursus.nl/sitemap_index.xml)
   Regelnummer 14, kolom 4: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?><?xml-stylesheet
   type=”text/xsl” href=”//fysiocursus.nl/main-sitemap.xsl”?>
 *  [robruifrok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robruifrok/)
 * (@robruifrok)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-24/#post-5565875)
 * This worked for me:
 * [http://wejn.org/stuff/wejnswpwhitespacefix.php.html](http://wejn.org/stuff/wejnswpwhitespacefix.php.html)
 *  Thread Starter [jmkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmkt/)
 * (@jmkt)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-24/#post-5565904)
 * Found the answer.
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-xml-or-text-declaration-not-at-start-of-entity-1?replies=6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-xml-or-text-declaration-not-at-start-of-entity-1?replies=6)
 * Thanks

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

 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [jmkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmkt/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-24/#post-5565904)
 * Status: resolved