XML Sitemap Validator
Audit XML sitemaps for syntax alignment, URL index limits, changefreq accuracy, and format discrepancies before submitting to Search Console.
Sitemap XML Content
Paste your raw XML sitemap text here to validate.
Google Sitemap Limits
- • Size Restriction: Sitemaps must not exceed 50 MB uncompressed.
- • URL Limits: No more than 50,000 URLs are allowed per sitemap. Combine them using sitemap indexes if you have more pages.
- • Encoding: Files must use UTF-8 character encoding protocols.
XML Tag Guidelines:
<loc>: Must be absolute page URLs. Required.
<lastmod>: Time of last modification. Recommended.
<changefreq>: Estimated crawl cycle. Optional.