XML Sitemap returns a 404 error

There could be multiple reasons why XML sitemap would show a 404 error. To fix that try the methods below:-

Go to SiteSEO in your WordPress admin --> Sitemap --> Flush Permalink button.

In your WordPress admin go to Settings --> Permalink, you don't need to save, loading that page flush the permalinks.

Deactivate any cache plugin you have and see if doing that fixes the issue

Make sure you have not enabled Maintenance mode, Sitemap won't work in maintenance mode

Note: If you are using NGNIX server then you will have to add some rules to the config file

location ~ (([^/]*)sitemap(.*)|news|author|video(.*))\.x(m|s)l$ {
	## SiteSEO
	rewrite ^.*/sitemaps\.xml$ /index.php?siteseo_sitemap=1 last;
	rewrite ^.*/news.xml$ /index.php?siteseo_news=1 last;
	rewrite ^.*/video([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?siteseo_video=1&siteseo_paged=$1 last;
	rewrite ^.*/author.xml$ /index.php?siteseo_author=1 last;
	rewrite ^.*/sitemaps_xsl\.xsl$ /index.php?siteseo_sitemap_xsl=1 last;
	rewrite ^.*/sitemaps_video_xsl\.xsl$ /index.php?siteseo_sitemap_video_xsl=1 last;
	rewrite ^.*/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?siteseo_cpt=$1&siteseo_paged=$2 last;
}

If you still face issue using sitemap, you can contact our team at support@siteseo.io we will help you out.

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