Sitemap XML Generator

Generate valid XML sitemaps from a list of URLs. Configure change frequency, priority, and last modified date.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A sitemap.xml is an XML file that lists all the important URLs of your website. It helps search engines like Google, Bing, and others discover and crawl your pages more efficiently. Sitemaps can also include metadata such as when a page was last modified, how often it changes, and its relative priority.
You should update your sitemap whenever you add, remove, or significantly change pages on your site. For dynamic sites, consider generating the sitemap automatically as part of your build or deployment process. The changefreq tag helps search engines understand how often to re-crawl your pages.
Priority is a value from 0.0 to 1.0 that indicates the relative importance of a URL compared to other URLs on your site. It does not affect how your site ranks against other sites. The default is 0.5. Your homepage might be 1.0, major category pages 0.8, and individual articles 0.6.
Yes, a single sitemap file can contain a maximum of 50,000 URLs and must be no larger than 50MB uncompressed. If your site has more URLs, you can create a sitemap index file that references multiple sitemap files.
Place the sitemap.xml in the root directory of your website (e.g., https://example.com/sitemap.xml). You should also reference it in your robots.txt file with a Sitemap directive and submit it through Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.