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Last updated by Bigul 2 weeks, 2 days ago.

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July 13, 2025 at 10:54 am #17230949

giladT

Background of the issue:
I was trying to enable 'WPML SEO' and encountered an issue with the /news-sitemap.xml file created by the Rank Match SEO plugin.

Symptoms:
When I enable 'WPML SEO', the /news-sitemap.xml created by the Rank Match SEO plugin shows an error.

Questions:
Why does enabling 'WPML SEO' cause an error with the /news-sitemap.xml file?
How can I resolve the error with the Rank Match SEO plugin's sitemap?

July 13, 2025 at 5:42 pm #17231330

Noman
WPML Supporter since 06/2016

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)

Hi,

Before your ticket is assigned to one of my colleagues, I'd like to guide you through some initial debugging steps to speed up the support process.

To begin, please try to follow the below steps:

1. Please ensure all your plugins and current theme is updated to their latest versions.

2. Could you share a screenshot of the error you see with the /news-sitemap.xml file?

3. Please add the debug report in the Debug Information box. I have also enabled debug info box for your next reply: https://wpml.org/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/

Looking forward to your response to assist you further.
Thank you

July 17, 2025 at 3:40 pm #17247044

giladT

1. updated and installed corectly.
2. screen attached.

i also check this on clean instalation with only WPML (WPML SEO) and Rank Match plugins.
same error.

Screenshot 2025-07-17 at 18.36.41.png
July 17, 2025 at 7:27 pm #17247884

Bigul
WPML Supporter since 01/2013

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+02:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates. This issue may be related to a known bug. Please try the workaround suggested in the following errata after taking a full site backup, and let us know if it resolves the problem or if you are still facing the same issue.

https://wpml.org/errata/rank-math-pro-fatal-error-on-video-sitemap-when-wpml-seo-is-enabled/

If the problem remains, please share the WordPress debug.log (not WPML debug information) with us so we can collect more details on this. Refer to the following links for instructions

https://wpml.org/documentation/support/debugging-wpml/

https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/debugging-in-wordpress/

To enable WordPress Debug log, open your wp-config.php file of the site root and look for define('WP_DEBUG', false);. Change it to:

// Enable WP_DEBUG mode
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
 
// Enable Debug logging to the /wp-content/debug.log file
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
 
// Disable display of errors and warnings 
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
@ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 );

In this case, the errors will be saved to a debug.log log file inside the */wp-content/* directory. Please do the steps to reproduce the bug and check if you are getting any errors or warnings related to WPML in the log file.

If you can paste your debug.log to http://pastebin.com/index.php and provide me with that link, it would be great! (This is the cleanest way because sometimes the logs are long and create a complete mess of discussion.)

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Thanks!

Bigul

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