Title: XML parsing error
Last modified: August 8, 2026

---

# XML parsing error

 *  [actrazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/actrazer/)
 * (@actrazer)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-43/)
 * Hello!
   WordPress 7.0.3, plugin version 4.1.24Error on the sitemap.xml page: XML
   parsing error: XML or text declaration not at the beginning of the entity

You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fxml-parsing-error-43%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
to reply to this topic.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/google-sitemap-generator/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2713572)
 * [XML Sitemap Generator for Google](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-sitemap-generator/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-sitemap-generator/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-sitemap-generator/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-sitemap-generator/reviews/)

 * 0 replies
 * 1 participant
 * Last reply from: [actrazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/actrazer/)
 * Last activity: [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-parsing-error-43/)
 * Status: not resolved