My cagetory showing noindex, do I need to yoast?

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the noindex tag on your category page. It seems that the Rank Math plugin is currently set to add a noindex tag to that page, which is preventing Google from indexing it.

To resolve this issue, please follow these steps:

1. Check the Noindex Settings: Go to your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta. Look for the settings related to your categories and ensure that the Noindex option is not enabled.

   

2. Global Settings: Also, check your global settings by going to WordPress Dashboard → Settings → Reading and make sure the Discourage search engines from indexing this site option is unchecked.

   

3. Robots.txt File: Ensure that your robots.txt file does not have any rules that might be blocking Google from crawling your category page. You can check and edit your robots.txt file in Rank Math under WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → General Settings → Edit Robots.txt.

   

4. Instant Indexing: If you want to expedite the indexing process, consider using Rank Math’s Instant Indexing feature. Enable the Instant Indexing module and submit your category page for indexing.

   

5. Content Audit: Lastly, perform a content audit to ensure there are no duplicate pages or low-quality content that might be affecting your overall site quality. You can improve your site’s visibility by systematically removing or improving low-quality pages.

If you follow these steps and still encounter issues, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern, and we hope this helps resolve your issue quickly!

Hello,

Thank you for your query and we are so sorry about the trouble this must have caused.

If your category pages are showing noindex, please head over to the Titles & Meta settings of our plugin and make sure that the robots setting is configured correctly.

As for the issues you’re seeing on your GSC, please refer to the guides below:

1. Excluded by ‘noindex’ tag
Please follow this guide to address the issue: https://rankmath.com/kb/excluded-by-noindex-tag/

2. Page with Redirect
It seems like Google has found some incorrect URLs redirecting to the correct ones. Since the correct URLs are accessible and are being indexed, you can ignore the error. You can also use the URL Inspection tool of your GSC account to check the incorrect URLs and find the referring page to figure out how Google is discovering those. If they are related to internal links to your site, you can find them and fix the links to avoid getting the errors in GSC. You may refer to this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/page-with-redirect/

3. Crawled – currently not indexed
This error means that Google has crawled your page but has not indexed it yet. As we already know, Google does not index all the URLs we submit, and finding a certain number of URLs under this status is completely normal. You may refer to this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/crawled-currently-not-indexed/

Looking forward to helping you.