Free XML Sitemap URL Extractor
Because SEO should be accessible, you can use this free tool to extract URLs from an XML sitemap
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
XML Sitemap URL Extractor is a free WordPress plugin that lets you quickly extract all URLs from any XML sitemap. It’s designed for SEOs, marketers, and developers who need a simple way to view, copy, or export sitemap URLs without using complicated tools.
You paste any sitemap URL (for example: https://example.com/sitemap_index.xml) into the tool and click Load Sitemap. The plugin then fetches the XML file, parses it, and lists every URL it finds in the sitemap.
Yes. If the URL points to a sitemap index (a sitemap that links to multiple other sitemaps), the plugin automatically crawls through each sub-sitemap and extracts all the URLs.
.xml.gz sitemaps? Yes. Many sites compress large sitemaps into .xml.gz format, and the extractor automatically decompresses and parses them.
Yes. After extraction, you can:
Copy the URLs directly to your clipboard, or
Export them into a .txt file for use in other tools.
The extractor is built to handle very large sitemaps, with a safe upper limit of around 200,000 URLs. For most websites, this is more than enough.
Yes. The plugin only reads publicly available sitemap files. It doesn’t make changes to your site or affect search engine crawlers.
Standard XML sitemaps (.xml)
Sitemap indexes (sitemap_index.xml)
Compressed sitemaps (.xml.gz)
Sitemaps with XML namespaces