Pages set to index behind “paywall” posts by ARMember Plugin

Hello,

We apologize for the inconvenience you’re facing with your posts behind a “paywall” being indexed. To prevent these posts from being indexed, you can use Rank Math to set the posts to “No Index” by default. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Navigate to WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta → Posts.
2. Scroll down to find the Post Robots Meta option and enable it.
3. Choose the No Index option to prevent these posts from being indexed.

Once done, click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the screen to reflect the changes.

This will ensure that all posts behind the “paywall” are set to “No Index” by default, saving you from manually setting each post. If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, please feel free to reach out. We’re here to help 24×7, 365 days a year.

Thank you for reaching out!

Sources:
How to Exclude Content From Sitemap » Rank Math
Why the Sitemap_Index.xml is Throwing a 404 Error » Rank Math
How to Noindex URLs With Rank Math » Rank Math
We Detected New Post Type(s) » Rank Math

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

You can use the following filter on your website to specifically set this page to noindex:

add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/robots', function( $robots ) {
    $url = home_url( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] );
    if( (strpos($url,'member-only-content/?restricted=post') !== false) ) {
        $robots["index"] = 'noindex';
        $robots["follow"] = 'nofollow';
    }
    return $robots;
});

Here’s how you can add filter/hook to your WordPress site: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

No, the links like https://www.website.com/2024/01/post-name will still be set to index.

The filter to set to noindex will only apply to the URLs with this slug /member-only-content/?restricted=post

Hope that helps.

Hello,

We might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP 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.