Is version 4.04 working?

I’m using the first version of 4.0.4 that was released and it seems to work for me. I don’t know if the current 4.0.4 works. (Arne made changes at some point and didn’t bump the number, so 4.0.4 means different things to different people.)

The pending issue seems to be common – looks like Google doesn’t update that too often. What does your Index Status (under Google Index) look like? If it’s not zero, and changed when you updated your site, you’re probably fine.

Thank you so much for replying. My index status was 0 for a few days up to an hour ago. When I checked just now it gives me the total of pages submitted and how many of those have been indexed. So it looks OK at the moment – but it’s strange that it was at 0 for a few days. It would seem that sometimes the pages get submitted almost immediately (although not indexed) and at other times it takes a few days before they are get submitted.

Hi,

Please see here for an explanation:

https://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/help/#P221_gwtnoindex

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my question.
Would it be safe for me to upgrade to 4.0.4 or wait for 4.0.5?
Many thanks.