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Why is there noindex tag on my WordPress site?
If the URL Inspection report displays the following message: No: ‘noindex’ detected in ‘robots’ meta tag, it’s a single checkbox setting in the backend of WordPress that’s causing all this ruckus. To unblock search engines from indexing your website, do the following: Log in to WordPress.
How do I unblock robots.txt on my website?
To do that, log in to Google Search Console. Then copy and paste your website’s homepage URL in the robots.txt tester and hit submit. (For now, this tool only exists in the old version of Google Search Console.)
How do I check if my site is allowed in robots.txt?
Once the necessary edit has been made to the file, drop the homepage URL back in the robots.txt tester to check if your site is now welcoming search engines. If things are hunky dory, the box on the bottom right will say, “ ALLOWED ” in green and search engines can now begin to crawl the site.
Why do I get error messages for robots.txt?
When you log in to Google’s Search Console and request indexing are you being met with all sorts of error messages about robots.txt and/or ‘noindex’ meta tags? If so, you’ve come to the right place.
How to discourage search engines from indexing Yoast WordPress?
Settings > Reading > Search Engine Visibility checkbox was ticked next to “Discourage Search Engines from indexing this site” Unticking this box, removed the “noindex,follow” from the Code within the Yoast WordPress SEO plugin & fixed all indexing issues.
How can I unblock search engines from indexing my website?
To unblock search engines from indexing your website, do the following: If you’re using the Yoast SEO – WordPress plugin, also check the blog post settings to ensure that they are similarly set to allow indexing. Once that is complete, go back to Search Console and resubmit the URL you tried earlier.
How can I Index a WordPress blog post?
If you’re using the Yoast SEO – WordPress plugin, also check the blog post settings to ensure that they are similarly set to allow indexing. Once that is complete, go back to Search Console and resubmit the URL you tried earlier. If your settings are configured properly, everything should be singing a different tune.