What is an XML sitemap?

An XML sitemap is a file that lists the URLs of a site so search engines can discover and crawl them efficiently. It follows the sitemaps.org 0.9 schema and typically lives at the site root, for example https://example.com/sitemap.xml.

What do changefreq and priority mean?

changefreq is a hint about how often a page changes (daily, weekly, etc.) and priority (0.0–1.0) is a relative importance hint. Search engines treat both as soft signals, so they are optional — this tool lets you set or omit them.

Where do I put the sitemap and how do I submit it?

Upload sitemap.xml to your site root, reference it in robots.txt with a "Sitemap:" line, and submit the URL in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools so it is crawled.

Is my URL list uploaded?

No. The XML is generated in your browser from the URLs you paste; nothing is sent to a server.

What is the XML Sitemap Generator?

Build a valid XML sitemap from a list of URLs, with optional lastmod, changefreq and priority on every entry. Copy the XML or download sitemap.xml — everything runs in your browser, so your URL list is never uploaded. It runs free in your browser on Gera Tools, with nothing uploaded.

XML Sitemap Generator

Name: XML Sitemap Generator
Creator: Gera Tools
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Build a valid XML sitemap

Paste your page URLs and get a clean, valid sitemap.xml following the sitemaps.org 0.9 schema. An XML sitemap helps search engines discover every page on your site and crawl it efficiently.

What it generates

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://example.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-30</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>
  …
</urlset>

Only lines that start with http:// or https:// are included, and special characters in URLs are XML-escaped, so the output is always valid.

The optional fields

Field	Meaning	Notes
`lastmod`	Date the page last changed	Defaults to today; can be omitted
`changefreq`	How often the page changes	A soft hint (daily, weekly, …)
`priority`	Relative importance, 0.0–1.0	A soft hint, not an absolute ranking

Search engines treat changefreq and priority as gentle hints, so set or omit them as you prefer.

Publishing your sitemap

Download sitemap.xml and upload it to your site root.
Add a Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml line to your robots.txt.
Submit the sitemap URL in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.

For very large sites (over 50,000 URLs) split into multiple sitemaps and reference them from a sitemap index.

Everything runs in your browser — your URL list is never uploaded.