Plugin generates indexable query strings (?add_to_wishlist=)

  • igor2021

    (@igor2021)


    8 months, 1 week ago

    Hello,

    we have found a serious issue with the YITH Wishlist plugin (free version).
    The plugin generates hundreds of indexable URLs with the query parameter ?add_to_wishlist= (and related _wpnonce, rest-nonce).

    As a result, our site had more than 200 “garbage” URLs detected in Google Search Console, marked as “Crawled – currently not indexed”. This creates SEO pollution and negatively affects indexing quality.

    We had to apply a Cloudflare Worker to force 410 Gone for such URLs, as a temporary workaround. However, this should not be necessary if the plugin handled requests correctly.

    Such URLs should never be indexable. The plugin should either:

    • Prevent their exposure to crawlers (robots meta / canonical handling), or
    • Return proper non-indexable responses.

    Please investigate and fix this issue. It would help a lot of site owners who are facing the same SEO problem.

    Thanks.

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  • Juan Coronel

    (@juaancmendez)

    8 months ago

    Hello there,
    we hope you’re doing well!

    All of our links have the rel attribute set to nofollow, so this may be being interfered with by another plugin or your theme. Could you share the link where we can find what you comment?

    We will be attentive to your response.

    Best regards.

    goodmansdyr

    (@goodmansdyr)

    2 months, 1 week ago

    I am having the same issue. Hundred of URLs with the parameter ?add_to_wishlist= that are being detected in Google Search Console and that are affecting the crawl budget, which is not good for SEO.

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