[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56671: Sitemaps not working with almost pretty permalinks

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#56671: Sitemaps not working with almost pretty permalinks
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 Reporter:  Chouby        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Sitemaps      |    Version:  5.5
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 As the documentation states, WordPress supports 3 types of permalinks:
 https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-permalinks/#permalink-types-1.

 - Plain per(malinks: `https://example.org/?sitemap=index`
 - Pretty permalinks: `https://example.org/wp-sitemap.xml`
 - Almost pretty permalinks: `https://example.org/index.php/wp-sitemap.xml`

 The 3rd solution is provided for servers with rewrite engine off.

 The first 2 options are working as expected, not the third one.

 To reproduce:

 Tested on an Apache server:
 - Select `index.php/%postname%/` in permalinks settings.
 - Delete the file `.htaccess` (this deactivates rewrite engine).
 - Check that you can navigate on frontend, visiting posts, pages,
 categories, etc... with urls all including `index.php`.
 - Attempt to visit `https://example.org/index.php/wp-sitemap.xml` (which I
 expect to be the sitemap index).
 => You are redirected to `https://example.org/wp-sitemap.xml` which is a
 server 404 page.

 You are also redirected to the same 404 if you attempt to visit
 `https://example.org/?sitemap=index`

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56671>
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