diff --git a/src/nginxconfig/generators/conf/wordpress.conf.js b/src/nginxconfig/generators/conf/wordpress.conf.js
index 3e3ab5b..5aabb4a 100644
--- a/src/nginxconfig/generators/conf/wordpress.conf.js
+++ b/src/nginxconfig/generators/conf/wordpress.conf.js
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ export default global => {
         deny: 'all',
     };
 
+    config['# WordPress: SEO plugin'] = '';
+    config['location ~* ^/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo(?:-premium)?/css/main-sitemap\\.xsl$'] = {};
+
     config['# WordPress: deny wp-content/plugins (except earlier rules)'] = '';
     config['location ~ ^/wp-content/plugins'] = {
         deny: 'all',
diff --git a/src/nginxconfig/generators/to_conf.js b/src/nginxconfig/generators/to_conf.js
index d2c1bb9..3a3dcc8 100644
--- a/src/nginxconfig/generators/to_conf.js
+++ b/src/nginxconfig/generators/to_conf.js
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ export default entriesOrObject => {
         // Single linebreak between comment and block
         .replace(/^([^\S\r\n]*#.*)(?:\n[^\S\r\n]*)+\n([^\S\r\n]*.*{)/gm, '$1\n$2')
         // Double linebreak after double comment
-        .replace(/^([^\S\r\n]*#.*\n[^\S\r\n]*#.*\n)([^\S\r\n]*[^#\s])/gm, '$1\n$2');
+        .replace(/^([^\S\r\n]*#.*\n[^\S\r\n]*#.*\n)([^\S\r\n]*[^#\s])/gm, '$1\n$2')
+        // No newline for empty blocks
+        .replace(/^([^\S\r\n]*.*{)\n[^\S\r\n]*(})/gm, '$1$2');
 
     // Cleanup extra linebreaks between multiple close blocks
     // Use a loop as this has overlapping matches