Correct sitemap setup when WordPress is in a subfolder

  • Resolved rodandreel

    (@rodandreel)


    5 months, 3 weeks ago

    I have an existing website at:
    https://examplesite.com/

    I then added WordPress with Yoast SEO to a subfolder:
    https://examplesite.com/blog/

    Now my sitemaps look like this:
    https://examplesite.com/sitemap.xml
    https://examplesite.com/blog/sitemap_index.xml
    https://examplesite.com/blog/page-sitemap.xml

    Is this the correct setup or should the /blog/ sitemaps be referenced in the root sitemap.xml?

    The reason I’m asking is because all pages that are in page-sitemap.xml are not being indexed by Google at all.


    Also, when i use for example Screaming Frog SEO Spider, it never finds any of the pages in /blog/.
    https://imgur.com/WMLDwTw

    My robots.txt looks like this:
    https://imgur.com/DdwKQLu

    Here’s a screenshot from my Google Search Console / Sitemaps:
    https://imgur.com/lgz9hQA
    https://imgur.com/vYxrH5k

    Thanks for taking a look!

    • This topic was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by rodandreel. Reason: removed links
    • This topic was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by rodandreel.
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  • Plugin Support Maybellyne

    (@maybellyne)

    Hello @rodandreel,

    Thanks for reaching out regarding your sitemaps. The root domain is treated as a separate WordPress installation from the subfolder. As such, you should have two separate properties in Google Search Console. Next, you will submit only the /sitemap_index.xml/ under each property accordingly. In one of the screenshots, you have submitted /sitemap_index.xml/ and /sitemap.xml/ under the wrong property.

    Regarding the robots.txt file, the sitemap_index.xml URL of the main site and subdirectory is added in both cases.

    The reason I’m asking is because all pages that are in page-sitemap.xml are not being indexed by Google at all.

    Have you picked some of the oages and request indexing in Google Search Console? Reasons for not indexing will be provided.

    Thread Starter rodandreel

    (@rodandreel)

    Thank you for your reply @maybellyne

    It appears i was just impatient. Pages have started indexing now. Slowly.

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