Generate sitemap

Generate protocol-compliant sitemap XML and split large URL sets into an index.

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ToolSitemap Generator
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How it works

Canonical URLs become urlset XML with optional metadata; URL count or size limits trigger multiple files and sitemap-index entries. URLs are escaped and ordered deterministically.

  • The protocol permits 50,000 URLs or 50 MB per file.
  • Splitting is required for larger sites.

Worked example

Three-page sitemap with weekly update frequency
Generate an XML sitemap for homepage, about, and blog pages with weekly change frequency
Input
											URLs: https://example.com/
https://example.com/about
https://example.com/blog
Changefreq: weekly
Priority: 0.8
Lastmod:
Output
												<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://example.com/</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://example.com/about</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://example.com/blog</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>
</urlset>

When to use this

Static sites, catalogs, and SEO pipelines generate sitemaps.

Edge cases

  • Fragments should not become separate crawl targets.
  • Redirect URLs weaken sitemap signals.
  • More than 50,000 URLs needs an index.

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