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Sitemap Contains Redirecting URLs on WordPress
Sitemaps should list final destination URLs, not redirects.
Issue ID: SITEMAP-REDIRECT-001Severity: moderateEffort: S
Why this matters
Sitemaps should list final destination URLs, not redirects. This affects crawlability, rendering, and whether the site can be interpreted correctly by search engines.
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How to fix this on WordPress
Check robots, sitemap, and noindex settings in your SEO stack.
- 1Inspect Yoast or Rank Math indexing settings.
- 2Confirm the page is indexable and the sitemap is enabled.
- 3Resubmit the sitemap in Search Console if needed.
After you fix it
- ✓Check that sitemap URLs resolve without redirects
Same fix, other platforms
Fix sitemap contains redirecting urls on a different CMS
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