I built a Chrome Extension to validate sitemap.xml in one click — here's why and how

The itch I had to scratch Every time I ran a technical SEO audit, I'd end up doing the same manual dance: copy the sitemap URL, paste it into an online validator, wait, get back a wall of output, squint at it. It felt like a solved problem that hadn't actually been solved for people who live in the browser. So I built Sitemap XML Validator — a Chrome Extension that validates your sitemap.xml right inside Chrome, for free. What it does Parses any sitemap.xml URL you open in Chrome Detects malform