XML Sitemap Analyzer

Parses and validates XML sitemaps — checks for errors and reports URL structure, priorities, change frequencies, image/video counts, and lastmod dates.

Yes — all parsing happens client-side via native DOMParser. Your sitemap data never leaves your device.

Standard URL sitemaps (urlset), sitemap indexes (sitemapindex), and extended sitemaps with image, video, and news namespaces.

Yes, the XML Sitemap Analyzer is 100% free with no registration, no hidden fees, and no usage limits. All processing happens locally in your browser, ensuring complete privacy.

Absolutely. The XML Sitemap Analyzer processes everything client-side in your browser. No data is uploaded to or stored on any server. Your content remains private on your device at all times.

Yes, the XML Sitemap Analyzer is fully responsive and works on smartphones and tablets. You can use it on any device with a modern web browser -- no app download required.

No account or registration is needed. Simply open the XML Sitemap Analyzer in your browser and start using it immediately. There are no sign-up walls or usage restrictions.

Yes, the XML Sitemap Analyzer is built following current Google Search guidelines and best practices. We regularly update the tool to reflect changes in search engine requirements.

Simply enter your input in the provided field, adjust any settings to your preference, and the tool will process it instantly. You can then copy the result to your clipboard or download it.

The XML Sitemap Analyzer works in all modern browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera. For the best experience, use the latest version of your preferred browser.

The sitemaps.org protocol caps a single sitemap file at 50,000 URLs and 50 MB uncompressed (before gzip). If your site has more URLs than that, you split them across multiple sitemap files and reference all of them from a parent sitemap index, which itself can list up to 50,000 sitemaps. Exceeding the per-file limit is a common reason search engines stop reading entries partway through. This analyzer counts every <url> in your file and flags an error the moment it passes 50,000, so you know to split before submitting. It also detects sitemap-index files automatically and lists each child sitemap so you can fan out and check them one at a time. Paste your XML above to confirm you are inside the limits and see the total URL count instantly.

No. Google has publicly stated that it largely ignores the <priority> and <changefreq> values in sitemaps, so setting every page to priority 1.0 will not boost rankings or crawl order. These tags were part of the original sitemaps protocol as hints, but search engines now rely on their own signals to decide what to crawl and how often. That said, the values should still be valid: priority must be between 0.0 and 1.0, and changefreq must be one of always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or never. Out-of-range or misspelled values are flagged as errors because they signal a generation bug worth fixing. This tool validates both fields and charts how your priorities and frequencies are distributed across the file, so paste your sitemap to spot inconsistent or invalid tags.

The <lastmod> date tells search engines when a page genuinely last changed, and unlike priority and changefreq, Google does use it to help schedule recrawls. If your dates are accurate, a crawler can prioritize freshly updated pages and skip ones that have not changed, using your crawl budget more efficiently. The catch is trust: if every URL shows today's date on every build, or dates are missing entirely, search engines learn to disregard the field. This analyzer reports the oldest, newest, and median lastmod dates across your URL set so you can spot a sitemap that has gone stale or one where every date is suspiciously identical. Catching that early keeps your freshness signals credible. Paste your XML above to see the full lastmod date range at a glance.

A non-HTTPS warning means one or more <loc> entries point to an insecure http:// address instead of https://. Since HTTPS is a baseline expectation and a lightweight ranking signal, your sitemap should only list the secure, canonical version of each URL. Mixing in http:// links usually means a generation bug or a leftover from a pre-migration template, and it can send crawlers to URLs that redirect or differ from the version you actually want indexed. This tool scans every location and groups all non-HTTPS URLs into a single warning with a count, so "5 non-HTTPS URLs" reads as one clear line rather than five scattered notices. Fixing them ensures search engines index your secure pages directly. Paste your sitemap above to check whether any insecure URLs slipped in.

Usually not. URLs carrying query strings — things like ?sort=, ?ref=, or session IDs — often point to duplicate or near-duplicate versions of a canonical page, and listing them can fragment indexing signals and waste crawl budget. As a rule, a sitemap should contain only clean, canonical, indexable URLs you genuinely want in search results. This analyzer flags every URL containing query parameters as an informational notice rather than an outright error, because parameters are not always wrong, but they are worth reviewing. Seeing them grouped together makes it easy to decide whether each one belongs or should be removed in favor of its parameter-free version. It also flags duplicate locations and malformed URLs in the same pass. Paste your XML above to surface parameter-laden and duplicate entries before you submit to Search Console.