Yoast SEO sitemap link 404 problem

[SamCUK]

I have recently moved my wordpress blog from a subdomain into a directory e.g. www.mysite.com/blog/ and installed yeast SEO however when I go to the site map as directed in the pluign panel www.mysite.com/blog/sitemap_index.xml its not there are I get a 404 error?

Any help much appreciated.

[preferati]

No you will not 404 for this one i have done same for the http://wallpapersak.com/

[SamCUK]

I am getting a 404 error.

[Chris661]

You have checked the box "to enable XML sitemap functionality" ? In the Yoast SEO XML Sitemap settings.

[SamCUK]

Yes this box is checked and it gives me the options then. Should it not be checked?

[Chris661]

It should be checked. I did notice my site took a little while to actually generate the sitemaps after installing Yoast.

[arnoldwender]

Hello,

First deactivate the Sitemap functions, clear cache and then reactivate the Sitemap functions & voilá the error 404 is gone! if not, add this to the .htaccess file:

<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]</ifmodule>

cheers!

Arnold