Per-URL columns
Each input line can have up to 4 comma-separated fields:
- URL (required, must be absolute)
- lastmod in ISO-8601 (
2026-05-01or2026-05-01T12:00:00+00:00) - changefreq — always / hourly / daily / weekly / monthly / yearly / never
- priority — 0.0 to 1.0
Empty columns fall back to the defaults above.
Limits
- 50,000 URLs per sitemap file (sitemaps protocol limit).
- 50 MB uncompressed file size.
- Bigger sites split across multiple sitemaps and reference them from a sitemap index file.
FAQ
Where do I put the sitemap?
Upload to your domain root: https://example.com/sitemap.xml, then add a Sitemap: line to your robots.txt, and submit it via Google Search Console / Bing Webmaster.