No-index user if they no posts

Hello,

I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but it’s not possible to noindex users who don’t have any posts directly. Noindexing is typically done at the post or page level to prevent them from being indexed by search engines. If you have any other questions or need further assistance, please feel free to ask.

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Sources:
How to Noindex URLs With Rank Math » Rank Math
Advanced Tab in Rank Math SEO’s Meta Box
How to NoIndex All Posts in a Category » Rank Math
Fix Excluded by NoIndex Tag – Google Search Console Status » Rank Math
How to Fix Submitted URL Marked ‘NoIndex’ Error » Rank Math

Hello,

Assuming you have already set your author meta to index in Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Author > Author Robots Meta, you can use and customize this filter to set your authors to noindex if they don’t have any posts published :

add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/robots', function( $robots ) {
	$author = get_the_author_meta('ID');
	$user_id = get_current_user_id($author); //the logged in user's id
    $post_type = 'post';
    $posts = count_user_posts( $user_id, $post_type ); //count user's posts

if( $posts < 0 ){
        $robots["index"] = 'noindex';
        $robots["follow"] = 'nofollow';
    }
    return $robots;
});

If you’re not sure how to add this code, you can follow this guide:
https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Let us know how this goes.

Hello,

You can check the ‘source’ page of the user’s URL view-source:https://yourwebsite.com/author/username/ and check if it is set to noindex. Replace ‘yourwebsite’ and ‘username’ with the correct info.

When you check, the content should be set to noindex

An example is shown in the image below:

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