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Hello Rank Math Support,
I’m facing an issue where Rank Math is adding “noindex” to my listing category pages (Events Categories) despite:
“Meta Robots Index” set to “Index” in Rank Math settings
Global category indexing enabled
Noindex NOT set in Titles & Meta settings
Cleared cache, rebuilt SEO index, and checked robots.txt
Google Search Console confirms “Excluded by noindex”, and checking the page source shows Rank Math injecting <meta name=”robots” content=”follow, noindex”/>.Please help me remove this noindex issue, as it’s preventing my category pages from being indexed.
Website: https://sayulitalocal.com
Example Pages: https://sayulitalocal.com/events-category/diving/
https://sayulitalocal.com/events-category/fishing/
https://sayulitalocal.com/events-category/sailing/
https://sayulitalocal.com/events-category/tours-and-adventures/
https://sayulitalocal.com/events-category/yoga-and-fitness/https://sayulitalocal.com/service-category/food-and-beverage/
Thanks,
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Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with Rank Math adding a "noindex" tag to your listing category pages. It sounds like you’ve already taken several steps to troubleshoot this issue, which is great.
Here are a few additional things you can check:
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Check Individual Category Settings: Sometimes, individual category settings can override global settings. Go to WordPress Dashboard → Posts → Categories and edit each category to ensure that the Add SEO Controls option is enabled. From there, check the Advanced tab to confirm that the Noindex option is not selected.
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Review Custom Code or Other Plugins: If you have any custom code or other SEO plugins installed, they might be conflicting with Rank Math. Temporarily disable other plugins to see if the issue persists.
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Check for Theme Overrides: Some themes may have built-in SEO settings that could affect how Rank Math operates. Check your theme settings to ensure there are no conflicting options.
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Revisit Titles & Meta Settings: Double-check the Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta settings again to ensure that the settings for categories are indeed set to index.
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Clear All Caches Again: After making any changes, ensure you clear all caches again, including server-side caching if applicable.
If after checking all these settings the issue still persists, 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 your patience, and we hope to resolve this issue for you soon!
Hello,
Thank you for your query and we are so sorry about the trouble this must have caused.
Your category pages seem to have no posts in them.
By default, our plugin will set this to noindex to avoid a “thin pages” or soft 404 error from Google.
However, if you wish them to be set to index. Head over to your WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math → Titles & Meta → Global Meta and make sure the option “Noindex Empty Category and Tag Archives” is disabled. See screenshot for your reference:
Hope that helps.
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