Title: Persistent noindex Last modified: November 6, 2023 --- # Persistent noindex * Resolved [ltrihan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltrihan/) * (@ltrihan) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-noindex/) * Hello, * On the site [https://www.frequence.tv/](https://www.frequence.tv/) the wrong choice was made to index a waiting page and continue production in parallel, online, but by deindexing all the pages (via noindex on the template header.php only) except the waiting page, declared as home page in WordPress in Settings > Reading. * Once production was complete, noindex (the only existing one) on the template header.php were removed, the real homepage was redefined via Settings > Reading. Despite everything, only the home page appears indexed, even today. * I think the problem comes from here [https://yoast.com/innovations/indexables/](https://yoast.com/innovations/indexables/)( after deactivating Yoast, my pages no longer appeared in noindex). It is clearly stated that indexing information is stored in the database, to subsequently be able to deliver the indexing information more quickly. * Except that even by following the advice to reset the indexing information: [https://yoast.com/help/how-to-reset-yoast-indexables/](https://yoast.com/help/how-to-reset-yoast-indexables/), the pages are still in noindex. * Could you please help us find out where the problem could be coming from? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) * (@maybellyne) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-noindex/#post-17180440) * Hello [@ltrihan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltrihan/), * Thanks for reaching out about your site. At the moment, the Yoast SEO plugin is not active on your site. **Can you activate it so I can troubleshoot what you reported? ** * As a sidenote, you mght want to check the CSS file of your current theme as the styling of your webpages is distorted/warped. [See screenshot](https://pasteboard.co/N7deiuoMkQHj.png). - This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/). * Thread Starter [ltrihan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltrihan/) * (@ltrihan) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-noindex/#post-17181359) * Hello [@maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) , Thanks for your reply and your sidenote.Is it ok for you now ? * Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) * (@maybellyne) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-noindex/#post-17181403) * Yes. It looks better now – [https://pasteboard.co/qlE2wrrO8JeK.png](https://pasteboard.co/qlE2wrrO8JeK.png) * [zhannaseravokaya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zhannaseravokaya/) * (@zhannaseravokaya) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-noindex/#post-17181452) * I have similar issue, plus failing URLs (desktop) and no indexed videos. * Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) * (@maybellyne) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-noindex/#post-17181601) * [@zhannaseravokaya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zhannaseravokaya/) We are sorry you’re having the same issue. Please [open a new request](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo#new-post). That way, it’s easier to track issues and provide assistance. Thanks! * Thread Starter [ltrihan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltrihan/) * (@ltrihan) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-noindex/#post-17183771) * > At the moment, the Yoast SEO plugin is not active on your site. **Can you activate > it so I can troubleshoot what you reported?** * [@maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) so can you access to informations now ? I’m still having the issue of noindex on all pages except homepage. One ultimate solution could be to delete Yoast and erase all about informations related to Yoast in my database, but there were a few hours of work to optimize certain pages. Without knowing what option or configuration is causing the problem, I cannot make a backup.I would really like to know where the problem comes from and how to fix it since I may have the same problem on another site 😕 - This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by [ltrihan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltrihan/). * Thread Starter [ltrihan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltrihan/) * (@ltrihan) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-noindex/#post-17187497) * Issue fixed ! * In fact, during production, I added a noindex in my header.php which I removed when it was finally uploaded. * The problem is that Yoast took over the noindex that I had placed in the header. php, so I had to add this code in the functions.php * ```wp-block-code // Remove meta tag for pages except waiting page which is homepage function yoast_seo_robots_remove_index( $robots ) { if ( !is_front_page() ) { return false; } else { return $robots; } } add_filter( 'wpseo_robots', 'yoast_seo_robots_remove_index' ); ``` * Once deleted, the pages are indexed again. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. * Have a good day ! 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