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Sitemap Finder and Checker

Find every XML sitemap on a website in seconds. The tool reads robots.txt, tries the common sitemap addresses and checks that each sitemap loads, parses and lists URLs.

  • 100% free
  • No sign-up
  • Runs in your browser

Only the domain is used. https:// is added if you leave it out.

Enter a domain to find its sitemaps.

How search engines find your sitemap

A sitemap is a file that lists the pages you want search engines to crawl. Google and Bing find it in three ways: you submit it in Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools, you list it in robots.txt, or they guess a common address such as /sitemap.xml. This tool follows the same path, so if it can't find your sitemap, a crawler may struggle too.

What the checker reports

  • Whether robots.txt exists and which sitemaps it lists.
  • The HTTP status of every address it tries, including redirects.
  • The sitemap type: a URL set, a sitemap index or a plain-text list of URLs.
  • How many URLs or child sitemaps each file holds, and any XML parse error.

Good habits

List every sitemap or your sitemap index in robots.txt, keep each file under 50,000 URLs and 50 MB, and make sure the sitemap returns HTTP 200 with XML, not a redirect chain or an HTML error page. Only include URLs that return 200 and are the canonical version of the page.

Files larger than 5 MB can't be checked through this tool. Download them and use the sitemap validator with the upload option instead.

How it works

How to use it

  1. Step 1

    Enter a domain

    Type a website address such as example.com. You don't need the full sitemap URL.

  2. Step 2

    Let the tool search

    It reads robots.txt for Sitemap lines, then tries the usual sitemap addresses used by WordPress, Yoast, Rank Math and other platforms.

  3. Step 3

    Review and export

    See which sitemaps load, how many URLs each one holds and whether it parses, then download the list as CSV or text.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Answers to common questions about the Sitemap Finder and Checker.

First in robots.txt, where sites can list their sitemaps with a Sitemap: line. Then it checks common addresses: /sitemap.xml, /sitemap_index.xml, /sitemap-index.xml, /sitemap.php, /sitemap.txt, /wp-sitemap.xml, /sitemaps.xml, /sitemap/sitemap.xml, /post-sitemap.xml, /page-sitemap.xml and /sitemap.xml.gz.

Your sitemap may live at a custom address that isn't listed in robots.txt. Add a Sitemap: line to robots.txt so search engines and tools can find it. A firewall that blocks automated requests, or a sitemap larger than 5 MB, can also stop the check.

A sitemap (urlset) lists page URLs. A sitemap index lists other sitemaps. Large sites and most SEO plugins use an index that points to separate sitemaps for posts, pages, products and categories.

Some sites send their normal page or a custom 404 page with a 200 status for any unknown address. The tool checks the content, so those pages aren't counted as sitemaps.

When you turn on child checks, it loads up to 50 child sitemaps, four at a time, and shows how many URLs each one contains.

Yes. It needs no sign-up. Requests go through Hypello's server only to get around browser security limits, and nothing is stored.

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