Plugin submits noindex pages to search engines
The plugin submits URLs to search engines even when the page carries a noindex directive or is already excluded from search.
2 public reports · first reported 17 July 2023 · last reported 11 August 2025
What's going wrong
The IndexNow plugin sends URLs to search engines even when those pages carry a noindex directive or are already hidden from search. Site owners who deliberately exclude pages find them submitted anyway, which contradicts their settings and wastes crawl requests. One reporter said the plugin ignored their intent entirely and kept pushing pages they had excluded. Site owners want the plugin to respect robots rules and meta directives before submitting anything. A fix is a pre-submit filter that checks each URL for noindex signals, blocks matching pages, and keeps a clear log of what was skipped and why.
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Products affected
IndexNow Plugin.
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Who has this problem
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