Hi @cfjeanjean
Upon checking, we do see that this page http://celinejeanjean.com/bloodlessassassin/ doesn’t have a ‘noindex’ tag and the canonical URL does seem to be correct, so we would expect that it would show up in the page sitemap – http://celinejeanjean.com/page-sitemap.xml
When you say you’ve made sure to name them as canonical, do you mean you’ve inputted the URL in the canonical URL field? If so, could you try removing the URL from the canonical field, and then save the changes, and see if this fixes the issue?
For 99% of the time, there’s no need for you to set the canonical URL in the Yoast SEO plugin, as it should just automatically canonicalize to itself — https://yoast.com/help/canonical-urls-in-wordpress-seo/
Hi Michael,
Thanks for getting back to me. The only reason I entered the URL in the canonical field was to attempt to solve the problem of Yoast’s sitemap not updating. I have made the changes as you suggested, and then once again turned the sitemap on and off, however the problem remains.
I also have numerous other pages where I have never entered anything in the canonical field, and they don’t appear in the site map either.
For example:
http://celinejeanjean.com/the-viper-and-the-urchin-series/
http://celinejeanjean.com/blackorchid/
http://celinejeanjean.com/razors-edge-chronicles/
http://celinejeanjean.com/touched-by-magic/
There are plenty of other pages with the same problem, but I won’t list them all. All these pages have been optimised for SEO using the Yoast plugin.
If you have any other suggestions as to what I can try to fix the problem, I’d really appreciate it.
Celine
@cfjeanjean Thanks for your reply.
Whereas the XML Sitemap should dynamically update after any modification to it, if the site or server is caching the sitemap this can cause it to not update right away. We also have additional information on this at the following link: https://yoast.com/help/sitemap-does-not-update/.
If you are not seeing the sitemap as updated, we would recommend checking your caching settings and to ensure that the sitemap is being excluded from the cache. If the sitemap is being cached by a plugin we have directions on how to add an exclusion for the sitemap files to your cache plugin at the following link: https://yoast.com/help/exclude-sitemaps-from-cache/
Can you please try the aforementioned suggestions and letting us know whether it resolves your issue and you are able to successfully update the sitemap?
We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you require any further assistance please create a new issue.
