page-sitemap.xml empty

Hello @baksteendegeweldige

Thanks for reaching out regarding your page sitemap. I viewed the source code for the sitemap but it’s empty. This typically means your site has a static file on the server, or there’s a conflict with a plugin or theme. Please remove any static sitemap files, as Yoast SEO does not create a physical file on your server.

If you do not find any static sitemap files, this may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please disable all plugins except Yoast SEO, and use one of the default (Twenty*) themes. If the problem goes away, enable plugins one by one to identify the source of your troubles.

If you can install plugins, the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin offers a troubleshooting mode that will disable all plugins and change the theme for you, while you’re still logged in, without affecting normal visitors to your site. Once in the troubleshooting mode, please activate only Yoast SEO and attempt to reproduce the issue you described.

If you are unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we’d like to point you to a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process: How to check for plugin conflicts

Hello Maybellyne,

Thanks for your help!
I was not familiar with the “Health Check & Troubleshooting” plugin.
Very handy plug-in.
It turned out to be a conflict with the plugin “Justified image grid”.
It has an option “Add images to WordPress SEO XML Sitemap”.
It is stated that it is compatible with Yoast, but apparently not at all.
I will contact the developer.`

@baksteendegeweldige Thanks for your reply and for confirming that the issue was due to a conflict with the Justified Image Grid plugin. We’re going ahead and setting this issue to resolved but if you should need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to let us know.