Check your sitemap against how your site actually crawls.
Your XML sitemap tells search engines which pages exist — but if those pages aren't reachable by internal links, or your sitemap is missing live pages, coverage suffers. RankForge compares your sitemap to a real crawl. Paste your URL — free, no account required.
What does the sitemap checker show you?
An example of what the sitemap checker produces — your real result will use your site's data.
120
In sitemap
96
Crawled
How does the sitemap checker work?
From a URL to an answer in three steps — no setup, no spreadsheets.
Paste your URL
No account, no install, no plugin. Enter any URL and start — RankForge works the way a search engine does.
We crawl & map your site
RankForge crawls up to 100 pages, following internal links and building a map of how your pages connect.
Get your result
See the findings in minutes — with a plain-English explanation and the specific fixes a free account away.
What does this tool check?
What problems does this find?
The issues this check most often surfaces on real sites:
- Sitemap URLs that no internal link can reach
- Live pages missing entirely from the sitemap
- Sitemap entries pointing to redirects or dead pages
What do I do after the check is complete?
Your sitemap is the list of pages you want search engines to find. We checked it against how your site actually links together and flagged where the two don't match.
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Start with the pages that matter commercially
Work down the list in order of how much you care about the page, not how bad the number looks. A flagged page nobody needs to find is not worth an hour of your time.
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Fix the cause, not the symptom
Most findings here are structural: a page is unreachable, under-linked, or competing with another page. Adding one contextual link from a strong, relevant page usually fixes more than editing the page itself.
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Re-run this check to confirm the fix landed
The check is free and takes a couple of minutes. Re-crawling after a change is the only way to know it worked — and the full audit tracks the difference between crawls for you.
Why sitemap checker matters for SEO
Your XML sitemap tells search engines which pages to index, but it only works if those pages are also reachable through internal links — and if the sitemap isn't missing live pages or listing dead ones. Gaps in either direction quietly limit how much of your site actually gets indexed and ranked. Aligning your sitemap with how your site really crawls is basic technical hygiene with an outsized impact on coverage, especially for large sites and stores where pages are added and removed constantly. A sitemap is a map of intent; a crawl is the territory — this check compares the two.
How this compares to paid tools
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Learn how to fix it
Guides from the RankForge Academy on what this check measures and what to do about it.
Browse the Academy →Sitemap Checker: frequently asked questions
What is an XML sitemap?
An XML sitemap is a file that lists the URLs on your site you want search engines to index. It helps discovery, but it doesn't replace internal links — a page only in the sitemap, with no links pointing to it, still struggles to rank.
Why compare the sitemap to a crawl?
A sitemap lists what you say exists; a crawl shows what's actually reachable. Gaps in either direction — sitemap URLs that can't be crawled, or crawled pages missing from the sitemap — are coverage problems worth fixing.
What does the full audit add?
The free check shows the gaps. A free account adds the reason each URL wasn't crawled, the internal-link fixes to make them reachable, a client-ready PDF, and weekly re-crawls.
Run the sitemap checker now
Free, no account required. Create a free account afterwards for the full audit and the specific fixes.