ToolsSitemap Validator

Sitemap Validator

Paste your XML sitemap and instantly validate structure, tags, URL formats, and count.

How to Use

  1. Open your sitemap.xml file in a browser or text editor.
  2. Copy the entire XML content and paste it into the textarea above.
  3. Click Validate Sitemap to run all checks.
  4. Fix any issues flagged in red.
  5. For large sitemaps, validate the first few entries as a sample.

What We Check

XML declaration

<urlset> tag + closing tag

Sitemap namespace

Number of <url> entries

<loc> tag presence

URL format (absolute URLs)

URL count limit (50,000)

Priority values (0.0–1.0)

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