Does changefreq force recrawling?

No. Search engines may treat it only as a hint or ignore it.

Can it discover pages?

No. Supply the complete canonical URL list.

No. Analysis and generation happen entirely in your browser.

Web & SEO

Sitemap Generator

Convert a pasted URL list into a valid XML sitemap.

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Absolute URLs

Change frequency

sitemap.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url><loc>https://example.com/</loc><changefreq>weekly</changefreq></url>
  <url><loc>https://example.com/about</loc><changefreq>weekly</changefreq></url>
</urlset>

About the Sitemap Generator

Sitemap Generator wraps absolute URLs in the standard sitemap URL-set structure with an optional shared change frequency.

It is ideal for prepared URL lists; it does not crawl a domain or discover hidden pages.

Key features

One URL per line input
Standard sitemap namespace
XML character escaping
Copy-ready XML output

How to use

1Paste absolute canonical URLs.
2Choose a change-frequency hint.
3Copy the XML, validate it and publish it on the same site.

Examples

Use the Sitemap Generator

Input: Homepage and About URL

Output: A two-entry sitemap.xml

Exclude redirected, duplicate and noindex URLs.

Frequently asked questions

Does changefreq force recrawling?: No. Search engines may treat it only as a hint or ignore it.
Can it discover pages?: No. Supply the complete canonical URL list.
Is my data uploaded?: No. Analysis and generation happen entirely in your browser.

Open a related tool to prepare your files or refine the finished result.