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Why can't Hike find my XML sitemap?

Updated over a week ago

If the “Can’t find your XML sitemap” action isn’t ticking off, even after updating the sitemap location, don’t worry—it can happen for a couple of reasons:

  1. Large sitemap size

    If your sitemap has a lot of URLs, our crawler might struggle to fully process it, which can prevent the action from being marked as complete.

  2. Firewall or access restrictions

    If your site has a firewall or security settings that block our crawler, we won’t be able to access the sitemap to verify it.

What should I do?

If you've already updated the sitemap location and the action still isn’t ticking off, just reach out to our team—we’ll take a look and help you get it sorted.

Good to know: Even if the action doesn’t tick off, you can still use the platform as normal—we don’t rely solely on the XML sitemap to get your SEO work done.

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