Rank Math SEO – Incorrect URL in Sitemap for Translated Front Page

Overview of the Issue

If your create your homepage in a different language than the site’s default language, you will notice that Rank Math SEO plugin sitemap incorrectly displays the actual slug of the page instead of just the language directory.

Workaround

Please, make sure of having a full backup of your site before proceeding.

• Open …/wp-seo-multilingual/classes/RankMathSEO/Sitemap/Hooks.php file.
• Look for line 58.
• Change:

  $this->secondaryHomesById = Maybe::fromNullable( get_option( 'page_on_front' ) )
                                   ->map( PostTranslations::get() )
                                   ->map( Fns::reject( Obj::prop( 'original' ) ) )
                                   ->map( Fns::map( $getIdAndUrl ) )
                                   ->map( Lst::fromPairs() )
                                   ->getOrElse( [] );

• For

  $this->secondaryHomesById = Maybe::fromNullable( get_option( 'page_on_front' ) )
                                   ->map( PostTranslations::get() )
                                   ->map( Fns::reject( \WPML\FP\Relation::propEq('language_code', apply_filters('wpml_default_language', 'en')) ) )
                                   ->map( Fns::map( $getIdAndUrl ) )
                                   ->map( Lst::fromPairs() )
                                   ->getOrElse( [] );

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