Status: Audit complete. Autonomous fix phase blocked by ENOSPC on Bash sandbox AND lack of authenticated WP REST writes from this session. 4 high-impact fixes queued for Sam approval at the bottom of this doc.

Cowork artifact: /sessions/compassionate-relaxed-wozniak/mnt/Projects/SEO-Audit-2026-05-08/recon.md

Local destination (per Sam's prefs): C:\Users\SAguiar\Documents\Codex\SEO-Audit-2026-05-08\

TL;DR — 4 things, ranked by SEO impact

  1. Sitemap is 404 on every variant. robots.txt declares /sitemap_index.xml but it returns 404. Same for /wp-sitemap.xml, /sitemap.xml, RankMath REST endpoint, and 4 other variants. Crawl discovery is running blind.
  2. Sam Aguiar bio redirect goes to the wrong page. /about-us/meet-our-team/sam-aguiar/ (7 backlinks, position 1 for "sam aguiar injury lawyers") 301s to /sam-aguiar-discussing-his-clients-raw-interview/ (a video interview), not a bio.
  3. There is no Sam Aguiar bio page on the firm website. WP REST confirms 10 attorney/staff bios under /about-us/meet-our-team/ and not one of them is Sam.
  4. Two double-slash URLs and an /about-us/ redirect also need cleanup.

Confirmed findings

Sitemap (CRITICAL)

URL Status
/sitemap_index.xml (declared in robots.txt) 404
/wp-sitemap.xml 404
/sitemap.xml 404
/post-sitemap.xml 404
/post-sitemap1.xml 404
/sitemap.xml.gz 404
/wp-json/rankmath/v1/sitemap_index 404

Likely cause: RankMath sitemap module disabled, OR Cloudways URL rewriting blocking the path, OR .htaccess rule. Cannot verify without wp-admin.

Sam Aguiar bio redirect (CRITICAL)