Free Sitemap Finder — Find Any Website's XML Sitemap in Seconds
Enter a domain and this sitemap finder lists every common place a sitemap lives, with one-click links to check each, plus Google searches that surface it. Paste the site's robots.txt and it pulls out and checks every Sitemap: line. It never contacts the site itself, so it works without a login and nothing leaves your browser.
How to Find a Website's Sitemap
- Open the robots.txt first. Add
/robots.txtto the domain. ASitemap:line there is the site's own statement of where its sitemap is. - Try the common paths.
/sitemap.xmlis the most common, followed by/sitemap_index.xml(used by Yoast SEO and Rank Math),/wp-sitemap.xml(WordPress core) and/sitemap-index.xml. - Search Google. The links on the right run
site:searches that often reveal a sitemap file the common paths miss. - Check your own property. If it is your site, open Sitemaps in Google Search Console to see what has been submitted.
What We Found on 66 Real Sites
We checked 66 business websites on 20 October 2026 with the same method this tool uses: the robots.txt file and five common sitemap paths. Sites are not named.
- 47 of 66 (71%) had a working sitemap at one of those places. For the other 19 we found none by these methods.
- 44 of 66 answered at
/sitemap.xml, after redirects. Of the 47 sites that had a sitemap, only 3 had one that was not reachable at/sitemap.xml, so that one path finds about 94% of them. - 39 robots.txt files declared a sitemap, and 35 of those lines pointed at a working file. The other 4 pointed at a URL that did not return a valid sitemap.
- 11 sites had a working sitemap that robots.txt never mentioned, so checking only the robots.txt would have missed them.
- 23 sites answered at more than one path, often because a WordPress site serves its core sitemap and a plugin's sitemap together or redirects one to the other.
The practical rule is to check both: the robots.txt for what the site declares, and the common paths for what is actually there. Our guide to the robots.txt sitemap field explains the declaration, and our look at what real Yoast sitemaps contain explains the /sitemap_index.xml pattern.
What to Do Once You Find the Sitemap
- Check it is valid. Paste it into the sitemap validator.
- List the URLs. Use the sitemap URL extractor to turn it into a clean list.
- Build a visitor page. The HTML sitemap generator turns the URL list into a page for readers.
- Make one if there is none. The XML sitemap generator creates a file from a list of URLs, and how to create a sitemap explains the rules.
Sitemap Finder FAQs
Where is a website's sitemap usually located?
Most often at /sitemap.xml. WordPress sites with Yoast SEO or Rank Math usually use /sitemap_index.xml, and WordPress itself serves /wp-sitemap.xml. The robots.txt file may also list it.
Does this tool fetch the site's sitemap for me?
No. Browsers block one site from reading another's files, so the tool lists where to look and gives you links to open. You can paste a robots.txt to have its Sitemap lines extracted and checked.
What if no sitemap is found?
The site may not have one, or it may sit at an unusual address. Try the Google searches in the tool. Not having a sitemap does not stop a site being crawled, but it helps search engines find pages.
Why does my robots.txt Sitemap line need a full URL?
The Sitemap line should give the full, absolute URL, including https and the domain. A relative path is not valid.
Can a site have more than one sitemap?
Yes. Large sites use a sitemap index that lists several sitemap files, and a single sitemap is limited to 50MB uncompressed or 50,000 URLs.
Does this tool store or send my data anywhere?
No. Everything is built in your browser with JavaScript — nothing is uploaded, logged, or stored on any server, including ours.
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