Hello,
I apologize for the issue you are facing with the product category having a noindex meta tag even though you have selected to index it in the settings. To resolve this, please follow these steps:
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Check Rank Math’s Titles & Meta Settings:
- Go to Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta tab.
- Double-check the settings for the specific category to ensure it is set to index.
- Make sure the category is not set to “noindex” as shown in the screenshot below:
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Optimize Robots Meta Tag:
- Enable the Category Archives Robots Meta option from Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta → Categories settings.
- Configure the meta directives to control how the snippets of your category archives appear on search results.
If after checking these settings, the issue persists, please reply here, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.
Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention.
Sources:
Fix Excluded by NoIndex Tag – Google Search Console Status » Rank Math
How to Optimize a Category Page » Rank Math
Advanced Tab in Rank Math SEO’s Meta Box
Why Google Hasn’t Indexed Your Post, Page, and/or Website? » Rank Math
Analyzing Your Site’s SEO with Rank Math’s SEO Analysis Tool
Hello,
Thank you for your patience.
In this case, assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins and the themes (please update if not yet), this can be caused by conflicting plugin/theme on your site.
To determine that, please follow this troubleshooting guide:
https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/
Here is a video you can follow as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIWRhcUP2c
Only the site admin would know and your users won’t be affected by this troubleshooting.
Let us know how this goes.
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.