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I am getting “SEO Notice: Your site is set to No Index and will not appear in search engines. You can change the Search engine visibility from here.” warning. I have tried everything suggested as below:
Rank Math Metabox: Open the post/page in the WordPress Editor and check the Rank Math Metabox. Ensure that the Robots Meta setting is not set to No Index. You can find this in the Advanced Tab of the Rank Math Metabox. Rank Math Advanced Tab
Global Settings: Go to WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta and check the settings for Posts, Pages, Products, and Custom Post Types to ensure they are not set to No Index.
Robots.txt File: Ensure that your robots.txt file does not contain any rules that might be blocking search engines from indexing your site. You can edit your robots.txt file in Rank Math under WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → General Settings → Edit Robots.txt. Edit robots.txt
Caching Issues: Sometimes caching plugins can cause issues with changes not reflecting immediately. Clear your site cache and check again.
Google Search Console: If you’ve made changes, ensure to validate the fix in Google Search Console to inform Google about the updates.
… but I still receive the the warning. What do I do?
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Hello,
I apologize for the issue you are facing with the "SEO Notice: Your site is set to No Index" warning. It sounds like you’ve already taken several important steps to resolve this issue. Here are a few additional suggestions you can try:
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Check the Global Settings Again: Double-check that the Discourage search engines from indexing this site option is not enabled in your WordPress settings. You can find this under WordPress Dashboard → Settings → Reading. Make sure this option is unchecked.
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Review the Rank Math Titles & Meta Settings: Go back to WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta and ensure that all relevant sections (Posts, Pages, Products, etc.) are set to Index. Sometimes, settings can be overlooked.
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Check for Other Plugins: If you have other SEO or caching plugins installed, they might be conflicting with Rank Math. Temporarily disable them to see if that resolves the issue.
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Inspect the Source Code: View the source code of your website (right-click on the page and select "View Page Source") and search for “. If you find it, it indicates that something is still setting your pages to noindex.
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Clear All Caches: Ensure that you clear not just your site cache but also your browser cache and any CDN caches if you are using a Content Delivery Network.
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Resubmit Your Sitemap: After making these changes, resubmit your sitemap in Google Search Console to inform Google of the updates. You can follow this tutorial on submitting your sitemap.
If you’ve tried all these steps and are still encountering the warning, please reply to this ticket with your site URL so that a human agent from our support team can assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern, and we’re here to help!
Sources:
Why Google Hasn’t Indexed Your Post, Page, and/or Website? » Rank Math
How to Fix Submitted URL Marked ‘NoIndex’ Error » Rank Math
Fix Excluded by NoIndex Tag – Google Search Console Status » Rank MathHello,
Thank you for your query and we are so sorry about the trouble this must have caused.
Please make sure to follow the first step the Rankbot provided above.
If the notification keeps on showing on your dashboard, please head over to your WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Status & Tools > Database Tools > and click on the button “Remove Transients”. See the screenshot below for your reference:
Once done, clear your website’s cache and click the close button again.
Let us know how this goes. Looking forward to helping you.
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