Cannot remove action noindex in wordpress

Question

I've done some research and run up with this code

remove_action('wp_head','noindex',1);

but apparently it's not removing the <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow"/> in my WordPress header. I'm using WordPress 4.2.3

check out Search Engine Visibility in admin section in setting >> reading — Ashish Patel, Dec 10 '15 at 09:20
@ash, I want to overwrite the WordPress default function thats why im trying to remove it and add my own set of meta robots — user1645213, Dec 10 '15 at 13:46
I have a similar problem, for me even disabling/enabing via admin panel it is rendering `` — Ivan Vilanculo, Jun 21 '19 at 15:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '21 at 03:22

Use the wp_robots hook introduced in WordPress 5.7.0 to filter its robots meta tag output.

Sample function:

add_filter( 'wp_robots', 'wp_robots_remove_noindex', 999 );

function wp_robots_remove_noindex( $robots ){
  
  //put any conditionals here to target certain pages
  if ( is_search() || is_archive(  ) || is_404(  ) ) {

    //set the index and noindex array items
    $robots[ 'index' ] = true;
    $robots[ 'noindex' ] = false;
  }

  return $robots;   
}

This results in the following output: <meta name='robots' content='index, follow' />

subash pandey · Answer 2 · 2022-04-21T06:48:17.263

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rankmath seo use this code To completely remove the ‘robots’ meta tag you can use the following filter:

add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/robots', function( $robots ){return []; }); Hope that helps. If you have questions, please ask. We are here to help. More read

edited Apr 21 '22 at 06:48

answered Apr 21 '22 at 06:31

subash pandey

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 24 '22 at 17:44

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Log in to your WordPress website.

When you're logged in, you will be in your 'Dashboard'.

Click on 'Settings'. On the left-hand side, you will see a menu. ...

Click on 'Reading'. ...

UnCheck 'Discourage search engines from indexing this site'.

Click 'Save Changes'.

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answered Nov 20 '18 at 20:27

Jazeb Pervez Butt

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 03 '20 at 06:57

I will show you how to remove meta name='robots' content='noindex nofollow' in WordPress using replace some code inside the admin panel.

Step 1 - public_html → wp-includes → general-template.php

Well, you log inside the public_html directory, now you find a folder, name wp-includes, double click to open this folder. At the same time, there are so many folders and files, take a breath and simply click to your keyboard Ctrl+f find file and type general-template.php.

Step 2 - Edit Two function

- First Code function Find:

function wp_no_robots() {
if ( get_option( 'blog_public' ) ) {
    echo "<meta name='robots' content='noindex,follow' />\n";
    return;
}

echo "<meta name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' />\n";

}

- First Code replace with bellow

function wp_no_robots() {
if ( get_option( 'blog_public' ) ) {
    echo "<meta name='robots' content='index,follow' />\n";
    return;
}
echo "<meta name='robots' content='index,follow' />\n";

}

- Second Code function Find:

function wp_sensitive_page_meta() {
?>
<meta name='robots' content='noindex,noarchive' />
<meta name='referrer' content='strict-origin-when-cross-origin' />
<?php

}

- Second Code replaces with bellow:

function wp_sensitive_page_meta() {
?>
<meta name='robots' content='index,archive' />
<meta name='referrer' content='strict-origin-when-cross-origin' />
<?php

}

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