About the Sitemap XML Generator

Build an XML sitemap for your website so search engines can discover your pages. Crawl your site or paste a list of URLs and download the finished file.

How to use the Sitemap XML Generator

1. Enter your Base Domain or paste a list of URLs.
2. Set the default Change Freq and Priority, and choose whether to include last-modified dates and strip query parameters.
3. Press Start Crawling (or Generate Sitemap for a pasted list), then Copy or Download XML.
4. Upload the file to your site root and submit it in Google Search Console.

When to use the Sitemap XML Generator

• Creating a sitemap for a small site that has none.
• Helping search engines find pages that are hard to reach by links.
• Checking which URLs your site exposes.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Including pages that you do not want indexed, such as admin or thank-you pages.
• Forgetting to submit the sitemap in Google Search Console.
• Leaving old, deleted URLs in the file.

Tips

• A single sitemap can hold up to 50,000 URLs or 50 MB uncompressed.
• Only list canonical URLs that return a 200 status.
• Reference the sitemap in your robots.txt file with a Sitemap: line.