XML Sitemap Generator

Start with the right pages

A sitemap is a list of pages you want search engines to discover. The useful work comes before the export: deciding which URLs belong in it.

Suppose a product is reachable at /products/desk/, through a tracking link and at an old address that redirects. List the preferred product URL, not all three. Check that it opens successfully, is available without a login and does not tell search engines to exclude it. A long file full of redirects and duplicates creates more cleanup, not better content.

Use the Redirect Checker to inspect the route to a page and the SEO Checker to review its canonical and indexability signals. Those checks are separate from this generator. It formats the addresses you supply; it does not visit them or report that they are indexed.

Build your list

Paste one URL per line, or import a UTF-8 TXT file. For dates, use a comma-separated CSV with a url column and an optional lastmod column. The header loc also works in place of url. Download the sample from the editor for the selected format. If a URL contains a comma, quote that CSV field.

Imports add rows to the current list. Edit addresses, remove unwanted rows and filter a larger batch before generating. Nothing is saved when you leave this page. The submitted list is not retained in the plugin’s report cache or operational log.

For paths such as /about/, enter the site origin, for example https://example.com/. This editor deliberately exports one origin at a time. Mixing HTTP and HTTPS, or the www and non-www versions, will ask you to separate or correct the list.

Identical URL-and-date rows are removed during export. Conflicting dates need your decision first. Path case, query strings and trailing slashes are retained because changing them could identify a different page.

Leave unknown dates blank

lastmod means the page’s last meaningful update, not the time you generated this file. A revised guide or changed product information can justify a new date. A routine export cannot.

Enter a date such as 2026-08-21, or a timestamp with a timezone such as 2026-08-21T09:30:00+05:00. Leave the field empty when you do not know. The generator will omit that element instead of assigning today’s date to every page.

Google ignores sitemap priority and changefreq values, so this editor does not ask for them. Accurate last-modified information can be useful. See Google’s explanation of sitemap dates.

Upload, then check

Download the XML and place it on the site it describes, preferably at the root, such as https://example.com/sitemap.xml. Open that address in a browser and confirm the file is publicly available. Submit its URL through Search Console’s Sitemaps report, or reference it with a Sitemap: line in robots.txt. An old sitemap-ping URL is not a submission method.

Follow Google’s build-and-submit guidance for location and scope. A successful submission confirms neither indexing nor ranking. Check Google’s processing result and investigate excluded pages individually.

The sitemap protocol allows up to 50,000 URLs or 50 MB uncompressed per sitemap. This editor handles smaller reviewed lists. Larger sites should use automatically maintained sitemaps and a sitemap index, rather than manually splitting their entire inventory after every update.

Check what already exists

Before uploading a replacement, check your CMS or SEO plugin. WordPress includes built-in sitemap support, and an active SEO plugin may manage its own sitemap instead. An automatically maintained file is usually the better choice for a changing site.

A manual file makes sense for a static site or a carefully reviewed group of pages. It also creates maintenance work: when an included page moves or disappears, update the file. Keep the sitemap, internal links and canonical URLs pointing to the same preferred pages.

Plan your next placement

A sitemap helps organize discovery. Choosing an external publisher is about reaching a relevant audience. Compare the opportunities below by topic and placement terms, or ask our outreach team to research a shortlist.

Approved guest post orders retain the dofollow placement and Google indexing guarantee stated in their confirmed terms. That service commitment does not mean this sitemap tool can guarantee Google’s indexing decisions.

Common questions

Request a shortlist

Tell us which page you are promoting, who it is for and which market matters. We will confirm publisher fit and placement terms before you approve an order.