id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
21983,Sitemap xml feed from plugin is shown but 404 header added by WordPress if site has no posts,Ov3rfly,,"Installed a new site with only pages, no posts.

Also installed the [http://technology.mattrude.com/2011/10/wordpress-sitemap-generator-plugin-2/ WordPress Sitemap Generator Plugin] with a modified template for the pages.

Testing example.com/sitemap.xml in browser showed the xml with all the pages, all seemed fine.

But then Google Webmaster Tools complained about a 404 not found for the /sitemap.xml url.

Some testing showed that WordPress '''adds a 404 header to all feeds''', including the sitemap xml feed, '''if no posts exist''' in the website.

Using a work-aound for now, [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/sitemap-xml-feed-is-shown-but-404-header-added-by-wordpress-if-site-has-no-posts details here], but would like to know this behaviour is to be considered as a bug.",defect (bug),closed,normal,,General,3.4.2,normal,invalid,,