FAHAQ

HTML Sitemap Generator

Turn URLs into a linked HTML sitemap list.

Rendered preview
  • example.com
  • About Us
  • First Post
  • Contact
HTML
<ul class="sitemap">
  <li><a href="https://example.com/">example.com</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://example.com/about-us">About Us</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://example.com/blog/first-post">First Post</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://example.com/contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
ShareXFacebookLinkedInWhatsAppRedditEmail

Free HTML sitemap generator. Paste your URLs and get a clean, linked <ul> HTML sitemap for visitors, with optional readable link text derived from each slug. Runs entirely in your browser.

HTML sitemap vs XML sitemap

An HTML sitemap is a human-readable page that links to the important pages on your site, organized by section. Unlike an XML sitemap (built for crawlers), an HTML sitemap serves users who want an overview — and, as a side effect, gives search engines a clean set of internal links to every listed page.

It's most useful on large sites where deep pages are otherwise hard to reach in a few clicks.

How to build a useful one

  • Group links by category (Products, Guides, About) so the page is scannable.
  • Use descriptive anchor text — the linked page's real title, not "click here".
  • Keep it to genuinely useful pages; don't dump every tag and pagination URL.
  • Link to it from the footer so both users and crawlers can find it.
  • On very large sites, break it into multiple HTML sitemap pages by section.

SEO value and common mistakes

The SEO benefit is internal linking: an HTML sitemap flattens your architecture, passing link equity to deep pages and helping discovery. Mistakes to avoid:

  • Treating it as a replacement for an XML sitemap — you want both.
  • Listing thousands of links on one page (dilutes value and hurts UX).
  • Using generic anchor text that gives crawlers no context.
  • Letting it go stale so it links to dead pages.

How to use the HTML Sitemap Generator

  1. 01Paste your page URLs, one per line.
  2. 02Choose whether to use readable link text from each slug.
  3. 03Preview the rendered list.
  4. 04Copy the HTML into your sitemap page.

Frequently asked questions

How is an HTML sitemap different from an XML one?

An XML sitemap is for search engines; an HTML sitemap is a page for human visitors, listing links to help them navigate. Larger sites often have both.

Where should the readable link text come from?

This tool derives it from the last part of each URL slug and tidies it up. Review the results and adjust any that need clearer wording.