Title: Plugin added
Last modified: May 15, 2025

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# Plugin added

 *  Resolved [dmbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmbo/)
 * (@dmbo)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-added/)
 *     ```wp-block-code
       <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 pageI 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.phpDisallow: /xmlrpc.phpDisallow: /config/Disallow: /tmp/Disallow: /cache/Disallow: /search/Disallow: /privacy-policy/Noindex: /privacy-policy/Noarchive: /privacy-policy/Sitemap: https://drivecontact.us/sitemap.xmlSitemap: https://drivecontact.us/sitemap-misc.xmlSitemap: https://drivecontact.us/post_tag-sitemap.xmlSitemap: https://drivecontact.us/category-sitemap.xmlSitemap: https://drivecontact.us/post-sitemap.xmlSitemap: https://drivecontact.us/page-sitemap.xmlSitemap: https://drivecontact.us/archives-sitemap.xmlHTACCESS (from plugin tools settings):# BEGIN LSCACHE# END LSCACHE# BEGIN NON_LSCACHE# END NON_LSCACHE# Block the include-only files.<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>RewriteEngine OnRewriteBase /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,denydeny 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 OnRewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]RewriteBase /RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-fRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-dRewriteRule . /index.php [L]</IfModule># END WordPress
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 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-added/#post-18469925)
 * Hello [@dmbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmbo/),
 * Thanks for using Yoast SEO. I confirmed that [/category/cars/](https://drivecontact.us/category/cars/)
   has `<meta name='robots' content='noindex, follow' />`. However, it’s also included
   in the Yoast SEO-generated [category sitemap](https://drivecontact.us/category-sitemap.xml),
   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?_
   [, ](https://yoa.st/allow-search-engines?php_version=8.2&platform=wordpress&platform_version=6.8.1&software=free&software_version=25.1&days_active=485&user_language=en_CA)
   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](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwentytwo/).
 * Please test this on your development or staging site if you have one. If not,
   we recommend using the [Health Check & Troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/)
   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](https://yoast.com/help/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](https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/)
   comes with one year of (technical) support.
 *  Thread Starter [dmbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmbo/)
 * (@dmbo)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-added/#post-18478893)
 * 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/serial/)
 * [https://drivecontact.us/category/cars/](https://drivecontact.us/category/cars/)
 * [https://drivecontact.us/category/car-modification/](https://drivecontact.us/category/car-modification/)
 * [https://drivecontact.us/category/manufacturers/](https://drivecontact.us/category/manufacturers/)
 * Same problem appears if I create new category.
    -  This reply was modified 1 year ago by [dmbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmbo/).
 *  Thread Starter [dmbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmbo/)
 * (@dmbo)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-added/#post-18489664)
 * 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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 * Last reply from: [dmbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmbo/)
 * Last activity: [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-added/#post-18489664)
 * Status: resolved