Can’t resolve noindex issue

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the noindex status on your pages. It sounds like you’ve done a thorough job of checking various settings and configurations. Here are a few steps you can take to further troubleshoot the issue:

1. Check Rank Math’s Titles & Meta Settings: Ensure that the noindex setting is not set as a default value in your Titles & Meta settings. You can do this by navigating to WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta and checking each tab to confirm that the settings are as per your preference. If any posts or pages are set to "noindex" incorrectly, you can change them to "Index" as shown below:
   

2. Search Engine Visibility Settings: Go to Settings → Reading in your WordPress dashboard and check the Search Engine Visibility section. Make sure the checkbox labeled Discourage search engines from indexing this site is unchecked. If it is checked, uncheck it and click Save Changes.
   

3. Check for X-Robots-Tag in HTTP Headers: Since Ahrefs indicates that there is an x-robots-tag set to noindex, you may want to check if there are any server-level configurations or plugins that might be adding this header. You can use tools like cURL or browser developer tools to inspect the HTTP headers of your pages.

4. Robots.txt File: Although you mentioned that there’s nothing in the robots.txt file, it’s worth double-checking that there are no disallow rules that might be affecting indexing. You can edit your robots.txt file through Rank Math at WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → General Settings → Edit Robots.txt.
   

If after checking these settings the issue persists, we recommend replying to this ticket so a human agent from the Rank Math Support team can assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern, and we hope to help you resolve it soon!

Sources:
How to Fix Submitted URL Marked ‘NoIndex’ Error » Rank Math
Fix Excluded by NoIndex Tag – Google Search Console Status » Rank Math