Cannot control NoIndex and NoFollow (it reselects itself)

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the NoIndex and NoFollow settings in Rank Math. It sounds frustrating, especially when it impacts your search traffic.

To address this issue, please follow these steps:

1. Check Rank Math Metabox: Open the post/page in the WordPress Editor. In the Gutenberg Editor, click the Rank Math SEO icon in the top-right corner to access the Rank Math Metabox. For Classic Editor, scroll down to find it at the bottom of the page.
   

2. Advanced Tab: In the Rank Math Metabox, navigate to the Advanced Tab. If you cannot find it, ensure you have enabled the advanced mode from Rank Math SEO → Dashboard.
   

3. Check Robots Meta: Ensure that the Robots Meta is set to Index and not No Index. If it is set to No Index, select the Index checkbox and update the page/post.
   

4. Search Engine Visibility Settings: Go to Settings → Reading in your WordPress dashboard. Check if the checkbox labeled Discourage search engines from indexing this site is checked. If it is, uncheck it and click Save Changes.
   

If these steps do not resolve the issue and the settings keep reverting, it may be a bug or conflict with another plugin or theme. We recommend replying to this ticket so a human agent from our support team can assist you further.

Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention, and we hope to help you resolve it soon!

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that this issue might have caused.

In this case, we might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.

Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.

It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

We really look forward to helping you.