To check if your images are included in the sitemap, you can head over to Rank Math SEO → Sitemap Settings → Images. Here, you can verify if the Image SEO module is enabled and if the images are being included in the sitemap.

Image sitemaps are a way of telling Google about other images on your site, especially those that we might not otherwise find (such as images your site reaches with JavaScript code). You can create a separate image sitemap or add image sitemap tags to your existing sitemap; either approach is equally fine for Google.

Sitemaps are an invaluable resource for search engines. They can highlight the important content on a site and allow crawlers to quickly discover it. Images are an important element of many sites and search engines could equally benefit from knowing which images you consider important.