How to find the Sitemap for a website

An XML Sitemap is a file type that contains a list of the embedded URLs within a website. Adding a Sitemap file vs. individually pasting URLs saves time in the Knowledge Base curation process. 

If a Sitemap exists, these steps will help you find it 95% of the time:

  1. In your browser, try adding the following endings to your URL:
    /sitemap/sitemap.xml, or /sitemap_index.xml

  2. You’ll know if this worked if the format on the modified URL website looks like this:
  3. Do an online search for your Sitemap using the following string (be sure to change the URL to your URL before trying in your browser): e.g. “site:website.comfiletype:xml

  4. Try a web crawling service – Enter your URL and see if they can find an available Sitemap.
    We recommend: 
    https://seositecheckup.com/tools/sitemap-test
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-seo-toolkit