google search console discovers only a few URLs on the sitemap

@unet

While I’m not sure when was the last time Google Search Console crawled the sitemap, I would however suggest resubmitting the sitemap.

To address this, we suggest the following actions:

1. Clear all your caching from your theme, plugin, server, CDN like CloudFlare or browser. If you are not sure how to clear caching from theme/plugin please speak to those authors. If you want to clear cache from the server, please speak to your host provider. To clear the cache from a browser use this guide:?https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-clear-my-browsers-cache/.

2. Delete your sitemap in Google. Doing so will not hurt the SEO of the site. This guide explains more (scroll to the bottom):?https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183669?hl=en.

3. Submit the sitemap again. Be sure to submit only sitemap_index.xml and nothing else. This guide explains more:?https://kb.yoast.com/kb/submit-sitemap-search-engines/.

4. Monitor the results to see if the issue is resolved. It can take some time before Google can report on the crawled URLs after you re-submit your sitemap, especially for?large sites?like yours. Google Search Console reports?are not real-time.

I use the plugin WP Super Cache for the site that has the option to clear the cache. Would that be enough to clear the theme/plugin?

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by unet.

It could definitely help. Just in case if your website is served via CDN there could be another layer of server cache. Please note this is just a hint that you may look during clearing cache.

I cleaned the cache, deleted the sitemap, resubmitted, and I still only discovers 39 URLs. How do I know if my site is served via CDN and what can I do about it?

@unet

Please, note that Google doesn’t always show up-to-date information in the reports so you’ll need to give Google some time to crawl your sitemap index and discover the rest of your sitemaps, i.e. the post-sitemap.xml and page-sitemap.xml, as well as the post and page URLs included in them. Patience is crucial here.

For any cache system implemented on your server to know, you may reach out to your hosting provider for further assistance.

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Thanks for understanding!

I still have the same problem, google search is not discovering the URLs on the sitemap.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by unet.