WordPress
- Check Your PHP Version in WordPress
- Discourage search engines from indexing this site
- How do I add a new WordPress admin user? Or remove one?
- How do I add HTML code to my website?
- How do I change who a form gets sent to?
- How do I edit my WordPress header or footer?
- How do I redirect a page or post?
- How do I replace an existing PDF or image in WordPress?
- How do I set up a staging website?
- How to Edit WordPress Navigation Menu/Links
- How To Improve WordPress Search
- How to know and what to do if my WordPress website gets hacked?
- How to test changes without messing up a live web page
- Should I run a WordPress security plugin?
- Should I upload videos directly to my website?
- What Is Xmlrpc.php in WordPress? Why disable it?
- What premium plugins/services do I get with your service?
- Where can I find images to use on my website?
- Why are there plugin updates in my WordPress Dashboard?
Troubleshooting
- Does my website use cookies?
- How To Assign A Technical Contact in Network Solutions
- How to clear the cache in Chrome
- How to clear the cache in Edge
- How to clear the cache in Firefox
- How to clear the cache in Opera
- How to clear the cache in Safari
- How to Clear Your Browser Cache
- How to Delegate Access to Your GoDaddy Account
- How to Delegate Domain Access on Namecheap
- How To View Your Website Traffic/Analytics
- I’m not receiving form notifications from my website
- My changes aren’t showing up on my website
- My image looks blurry after I upload it?
- My site shows a security/SSL warning
- What to Include When Contacting our Helpdesk
- Why doesn’t Google show my meta description or title?
Discourage search engines from indexing this site
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What is the ‘Discourage search engines from indexing this site’ option?
The “Discourage search engines from indexing this site” option is a WordPress feature found under Settings > Reading.
When activated, it sends a note to search engines to ignore the site; so to not index any of your pages within their search results. It’s important to note though that search engines do not need to comply, but they generally do.
Should you use this feature?
This is mainly used on websites that are in development, staging websites, or are private and are not meant for public viewing. Use it in those cases.
Otherwise, if you want traffic from search engines like Google and Bing, no, you definitely shouldn’t use this feature. Leave it disabled (unchecked).
