Sitemap Generator Pro

🚀 Getting Started

The Sitemap Generator Pro helps you create XML sitemaps for better search engine optimization. Here's how to use it:

• Auto Crawl: Enter your website URL and click "Start Crawling" to automatically discover all pages
• Manual Add: Add individual URLs with custom priority and change frequency
• Bulk Import: Paste multiple URLs at once, one per line

⚙️ Configuration Options

• Sitemap Types: Standard, Image, Video, News, or Sitemap Index
• Change Frequency: How often the page content changes
• Priority: Importance of the page relative to other pages (0.0 to 1.0)
• Crawl Depth: How many levels deep to crawl from the homepage
• Split Sitemaps: Automatically split large sitemaps into multiple files

🛡️ Advanced Features

• Exclude Patterns: Skip URLs matching specific patterns (e.g., /admin/*, *.pdf)
• Include Patterns: Only crawl URLs matching specific paths (e.g., /blog/*)
• Last Modified Detection: Automatically detect when pages were last updated
• Validation: Validate sitemap structure against sitemap.org standards
• Remove Duplicates: Automatically remove duplicate URLs

📤 Submitting Your Sitemap

After generating your sitemap:

• Download the sitemap.xml file
• Upload it to your website root directory
• Submit to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools
• Reference it in your robots.txt file: Sitemap: https://yoursite.com/sitemap.xml

💡 Best Practices

• Keep sitemaps under 50MB and 50,000 URLs (Google limits)
• Update your sitemap regularly when content changes
• Use priority 1.0 for homepage, 0.8 for main sections, 0.5 for regular pages
• Include only canonical URLs (with or without www, not both)
• Use HTTPS URLs if your site supports SSL

🔧 CMS Integration

For automated sitemap generation in your CMS:

• WordPress: Use the provided PHP code snippet in your theme
• API: Access the sitemap generator programmatically
• Schedule: Set up automatic updates