Fix “X-Robots-Tag Noindex" in RankMath Sitemap | Sitemap Couldn't Fetch Error in Search Console
Facing "Couldn't fetch" or "Couldn't be read" error in sitemap on Google Search Console?
In this video, I explained the exact reason behind this issue and how to fix it step by step.
Main problem: X-Robots-Tag: noindex in sitemap header.
Learn how to check headers using inspect tool and fix the issue using functions.php.
Code:
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/**
X-robot-tag remove
*/
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/http_headers', function( $headers ) {
if ( isset( $headers['X-Robots-Tag'] ) ) {
unset( $headers['X-Robots-Tag'] );
}
return $headers;
});
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