Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with the ‘noindex’ detected in the ‘X-Robots-Tag’ HTTP header. This can indeed prevent Google from crawling your page.
To resolve this, you may want to check the settings in Rank Math to ensure that the X-Robots-Tag is not set to ‘noindex’ for the specific page or post you are having trouble with. Here are a few steps you can take:
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Check Page Settings: Go to the edit screen of the page in question and look for the Rank Math meta box. Ensure that the ‘noindex’ option is not selected.
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Review Global Settings: Check the global settings in Rank Math to see if there are any rules applied that might be affecting multiple pages.
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Server Configuration: If you have access to your server configuration files (like .htaccess for Apache or server block for Nginx), ensure that there are no conflicting rules that might be adding the ‘noindex’ directive.
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Clear Cache: If you are using any caching plugins, clear the cache after making changes to ensure that the latest settings are applied.
If after checking these settings you still encounter the issue, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will take over and assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern!
Sources:
Robots Meta Tag vs X-Robots: Understanding the Difference » Rank Math
How to Fix Submitted URL Marked ‘NoIndex’ Error » Rank Math
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
Can you please share the affected page URL with us so that we can check the issue further for you?
However, if you’re inspecting your sitemap URL in your Google Search Console then it is normal because, by default, sitemaps are set to Noindex as they are meant to be crawled and not to be displayed on search results pages.
You should only submit your sitemap to the sitemap section of your GSC account and shouldn’t use the URL inspection tool for the sitemap URLs.
https://rankmath.com/kb/submit-sitemap-to-google/
Looking forward to helping you.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
