XML Sitemap Generator
Input a list of URLs (one per line) to generate a basic standard XML sitemap.
Why Every Website Needs an XML Sitemap
An XML sitemap is a file that lists all the important pages on your website and tells search engines how they're organized. While Google can discover pages by following links, sitemaps are especially important for new sites, large sites with many pages, or pages with few internal links pointing to them.
What to Include in Your Sitemap
- All canonical (primary) versions of your pages
- The
lastmoddate when each page was last updated - Priority (0.0–1.0) to indicate relative importance — though Google largely ignores this
- Changefreq — how often pages are updated (also largely advisory)
- Image sitemaps and video sitemaps (separate files) for media-heavy sites
What to Exclude
- URLs with noindex tags — don't submit pages you don't want indexed
- Redirect URLs (301/302) — include only destination URLs
- Duplicate content pages — include only the canonical version
- Blocked URLs in robots.txt — don't list pages you've disallowed
How do I submit my sitemap to Google?
Submit via Google Search Console: Settings → Sitemaps → Enter sitemap URL and submit. Also add a reference in your robots.txt file: "Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml". Google will crawl and process it within days to weeks. For Bing: submit via Bing Webmaster Tools under Sitemaps.
How many URLs can a sitemap contain?
A single sitemap file can contain a maximum of 50,000 URLs and must be no larger than 50MB uncompressed. Sites with more URLs should use a sitemap index file (a sitemap of sitemaps). Most CMS platforms like WordPress (with Yoast SEO or RankMath) generate sitemaps automatically, including index files for large sites.