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(@dmbo)

<meta name='robots' content='noindex, follow' /> - appears just then plugin activated. and just on this category page.

I deactivated all plugins except YoastSEO - same problem. The fact that the noindex tag only appears when Yoast SEO is active definitively points to the plugin as the source.

wp-config.php, .htaccess files - standard WordPress configuration file, no issues. robots.txt does not contain "noindex" for this page

I published new category to check if problem related just to "cars" category - same problem. This confirms that the issue is not specific to the "cars" category. Since it's happening on a brand new category as well.

POST/PAGE/CATEGORIES/TAGS settings - Show posts in search results "ON". All plugin settings, settings on category page and regular settings are "on" to enable search engine to index page. Same as advanced settings on editing/publishing page.

ROBOTS (from plugin tools settings):

User-agent: *
Allow: /

Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /config/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /cache/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /privacy-policy/

Noindex: /privacy-policy/
Noarchive: /privacy-policy/

Sitemap: https://drivecontact.us/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://drivecontact.us/sitemap-misc.xml
Sitemap: https://drivecontact.us/post_tag-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://drivecontact.us/category-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://drivecontact.us/post-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://drivecontact.us/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://drivecontact.us/archives-sitemap.xml

HTACCESS (from plugin tools settings):

# BEGIN LSCACHE
# END LSCACHE
# BEGIN NON_LSCACHE
# END NON_LSCACHE
# Block the include-only files.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L]
RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L]
</IfModule>
<Files wp-config.php>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
require all denied
</IfModule>
</Files>

# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

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Plugin Support Maybellyne
(@maybellyne)

1 year, 1 month ago

Hello @dmbo,

Thanks for using Yoast SEO. I confirmed that /category/cars/ has <meta name='robots' content='noindex, follow' />. However, it’s also included in the Yoast SEO-generated category sitemap, which shouldn’t happen. If a page/post/category is set to noindex with the Yoast SEO plugin, it will be excluded from the sitemap. If you have specifically set the category to Allow search engines to show this content in search results?, it should have index, follow. This means something else is interfering, and I recommend a proper conflict check.

Often, we see problems occur in combination with another plugin or theme. The fastest way to rule out any conflict is to deactivate all non-Yoast plugins and switch to a standard theme like Twenty Twenty-Two.

Please test this on your development or staging site if you have one. If not, we recommend using the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin. This plugin has a troubleshooting mode, which does not affect normal visitors to your site.

If you’re unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we’d like to point you to a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process: How to check for plugin conflicts

If you feel uncomfortable doing this yourself or if this does not solve your issue, our Yoast SEO Premium plugin comes with one year of (technical) support.
Thread Starter dmbo
(@dmbo)

1 year ago
Hi,

Thank you for your detailed reply. We checked if this error occurs after all plugins deactivation and on standard theme as well.

All plugins were deactivated and “nofollow” tag appears just with YoastSEO plugin activated.

Confirm what there is no this issue if we are switching to another theme.

We double checked the same after your response, using provided by guide with “Health Check and Troubleshooting” plugin. Same thing – problem appears just then plugin YoastSEO plugin activated.

Also, we checked other categories and looks like this issue occurs with another categories as well.

https://drivecontact.us/category/cars/serial/

https://drivecontact.us/category/cars/

https://drivecontact.us/category/car-modification/

https://drivecontact.us/category/manufacturers/

Same problem appears if I create new category.
- This reply was modified 1 year ago by dmbo.
Thread Starter dmbo
(@dmbo)

1 year ago

Hi,

Add to my last. Looks like your sitemap generator also has bugs. Not all pages from website went to sitemap and Google cannot index them as well.

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