XML Sitemap Validator
Paste a sitemap.xml (or upload the file) to check it the way Google does: well-formed XML, the sitemaps.org namespace, absolute URLs, duplicates, lastmod dates, changefreq and priority. Everything runs in your browser - the file is never uploaded.
Checks run automatically as you type or paste.
What is checked
- Well-formed XML and a valid parser result.
<urlset>or<sitemapindex>root with the sitemaps.org namespace.- Every entry has an absolute
http(s)URL with no spaces. - Duplicate URLs, invalid
lastmoddates and missing timezones. - Allowed
changefreqvalues and aprioritybetween 0 and 1. - The 50,000 URL / 50 MB per-file limits.
Next steps
- Fix every error - Google ignores sitemaps it cannot parse.
- Upload
sitemap.xmlto your domain root. - Add
Sitemap: https://yoursite.com/sitemap.xmlto robots.txt. - Submit it in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
Need to build one first? Use the XML Sitemap Generator.
Frequently asked questions
Is my sitemap uploaded anywhere?
No. Parsing and validation happen entirely in this browser tab.
Does a sitemap guarantee indexing?
No. A valid sitemap helps discovery, but Google still decides what to crawl and index. Make sure the URLs return 200, are canonical, and are not blocked by robots.txt or a noindex tag.
What about a sitemap index?
Sitemap indexes are supported: each <sitemap> entry is checked for a valid <loc> and duplicates, with lastmod validated when present.
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