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I just became aware via Google Search Console that my site is not being indexed. Sure enough there is a <meta name=”robots” content=”noindex, follow”/> in the header!!! I don’t know how it got there and I can’t remove it unless I disable the RankMath plugin (I’ve confirmed that does indeed remove it). I’ve check the page & post setting which all have “index” checked.
When I visit the home page (when logged in) then hover over the “Rank Math SEO” > “Mark this page” > “as noindex”, I see that it is oddly checked so I of course click it to uncheck it and it instantly removes the checkbox. But then I reload the page, check it again and the check mark is back!!! What is going on!?!
I have also gone to the “Rank Math SEO” > “SEO Settings for Pages” and I see under “Page Robots Meta” that the “Index” checkbox is indeed check and that the “No Index” checkbox is unchecked! What is going on!?!
I’m about to switch to another plugin out of necessity. This is very frustrating. I have check another site that also has the same version of Rank Math and it’s not having this problem. I’ve compered the setting it has and have tried everything to no avail.
PLEASE advise. THANKS!
-Micah
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting the support and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
Assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins and the themes (please update if not yet), it would seem like a conflict with one of the plugins or the theme you are using.
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.
If the issue persists, please record a video screencast using a tool like Loom showing the troubleshooting and 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/
Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.
We really look forward to helping you.
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