Title: Google “Coverage Issues” error
Last modified: September 2, 2019

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# Google “Coverage Issues” error

 *  Resolved [vinnymickey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vinnymickey/)
 * (@vinnymickey)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-coverage-issues-error/)
 * Google just sent me a message about “Coverage issues” on my 404 page. Should 
   I just do a no index on this page? just started researching on this and it’s 
   in my Google search console as an error.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgoogle-coverage-issues-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Te-Punkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/te-punkt/)
 * (@te-punkt)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-coverage-issues-error/#post-11891340)
 * Same here at any websites. I get an message with “Coverage issues detected”.
 * Is there an problem with the 404 PLUGIN?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-coverage-issues-error/#post-11894867)
 * This is a desired behavior. The 404page plugin sends an error 404 in case the
   page is accessed directly.
 * If you’d like to change that, just deactivate the option “Send an 404 error if
   the page is accessed directly by its URL”.
 * But I think that accessing the page directly by its URL should result in an 404,
   so that it is not listed by Google and other search engines.
 * So you should set the page to noindex (I’ll add this in a future version). Plus
   you should exclude it from your sitemap. If you are using the Yoast sitemap, 
   you don’t have to care about. The page is excluded automatically.
 * Regards,
    Peter
 *  [Te-Punkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/te-punkt/)
 * (@te-punkt)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-coverage-issues-error/#post-11894939)
 * Dankeschön für die Info.
 * Björn

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 * Last reply from: [Te-Punkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/te-punkt/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-coverage-issues-error/#post-11894939)
 * Status: resolved