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Hi, I created multiple child categories but I removed the category base using Rankmath option in General Setting > Links > Strip Category Base
Category base is not removed. But it added <meta name=”robots” content=”follow, noindex”> automatically inn all my child categories.
Check this:
https://euintelligence.com/european-union/ (Parent Category is okay)
https://euintelligence.com/european-union/austria/ (Check source code: <meta name=”robots” content=”follow, noindex”/>
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Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with the noindex meta tag appearing on your child categories. It seems that the settings in Rank Math might be configured to noindex these child categories automatically.
To resolve this, you can check the following:
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Category Archives Robots Meta: Ensure that the Category Archives Robots Meta option is set correctly in Rank Math. You can find this setting under Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta → Categories. Make sure it is not set to noindex for child categories.
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Advanced Robots Meta: You can also configure the Advanced Robots Meta settings to control how the snippets of your category archives appear in search results. Check if there are any settings that might be causing the noindex directive.
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Check for Conflicting Plugins: Sometimes, other plugins may interfere with the SEO settings. Ensure that there are no conflicting plugins that might be adding the noindex tag.
If you have checked these settings and the issue persists, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further. Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention!
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
Please note that the Strip Category Base option only removes the /category/ base from your category URLs which is added from WordPress by default. It doesn’t remove your parent category slug from your URLs.
Regarding the Noindex error, it looks like the category page is empty. In this case, please head over to your WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > General, and from there disable the “Noindex Empty Category and Tag Archives” option:
However, it looks like you’re currently using the Rank Math PRO plugin on your websites, but the account you have used to open this ticket is the Rank Math free version.
Please search and forward a receipt from FastSpring.com so we can locate your account and verify it.
Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.
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