Paste the XML
Use a complete XML sitemap or sitemap-index document.
✦ Technical SEO Validator
Validate your XML sitemap
Paste sitemap XML to check structure, URL entries, sitemap-index files, duplicate locations, invalid URLs and common sitemap issues before submission.
Paste XML Sitemap
Paste a standard sitemap or sitemap-index XML document below.
Validation Summary
Review the detected sitemap type and validation findings.
Sitemap Type—
Entries0
Errors0
Warnings0
Checks
Paste sitemap XML and run validation.
Validation Report
No validation report yet.
How To Use
Validate a sitemap in three steps
Paste the XML, run validation and review errors or warnings before submitting the sitemap to search engines.
Run validation
The browser checks XML structure, root elements, location entries and common URL problems.
Review the report
Fix errors and warnings, then copy or download the validation report.
Common Questions
XML Sitemap Validator FAQs
What does the validator check?
It checks XML parsing, sitemap or sitemap-index structure, location tags, URL formats, duplicates and several common sitemap issues.
Can it validate sitemap indexes?
Yes. Sitemap-index XML is detected separately from a standard URL-set sitemap.
Does valid XML guarantee indexing?
No. Validation confirms format and common structural checks only. Search engines still decide whether URLs are crawled or indexed.
What if my sitemap contains more than 50,000 URLs?
Split the URLs across multiple sitemap files and reference them from a sitemap index.
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