Sitemap Validator

Validate XML sitemaps for structure, required elements, and URL format.

Ctrl+Enter to validate

Step by step

How to use Sitemap Validator

  1. 1

    Paste an XML URL set or sitemap index into the editor.

  2. 2

    Validate its root structure, required locations, optional fields, and URL formats.

  3. 3

    Use the issue summary to correct the source sitemap before submitting it to search engines.

Capabilities

What this tool handles

  • URL and sitemap index support
  • Field validation with warnings
  • Issue summary report

Common uses for Sitemap Validator

  • Check a generated sitemap during a deployment or migration review.
  • Distinguish URL-set and sitemap-index errors before Search Console submission.

What to check before using the result

Structural validation does not fetch every listed URL or prove that search engines will crawl, canonicalize, or index it.

Privacy and accuracy

Questions about Sitemap Validator

Does this tool upload my input?

The conversion or analysis runs in your browser. The application does not intentionally send the value you enter to a processing API. Standard hosting infrastructure can still receive request metadata when the page loads; see the privacy page for details.

Can I rely on the output without checking it?

Use the result as a focused development aid and verify it in the system where it will be used. Test representative edge cases and confirm the destination uses the same format, standard, and assumptions described on this page.

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