Title: [Plugin: WordPress Mobile Pack] Crawl errors with WordPress Mobile Pack Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: WordPress Mobile Pack] Crawl errors with WordPress Mobile Pack * [stiggram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stiggram/) * (@stiggram) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/) * I installed Windows Mobile Pack this weekend. Today Google Webmaster Tools is showing over 100 crawl errors (404s), with all the URLs listed ending in “?wpmp_switcher =desktop”. I like the plugin and don’t want to remove it, but I know these errors can damage my website’s search ranking if they continue (I had a similar Crawl Errors problem on a different site a few months ago, and the site has never recovered). I’m worried that these 100 crawl errors will have ballooned to a much higher number when I check in tomorrow. * I’m not a techie. I’m comfortable with the dashboards for WordPress, Webmaster Tools, and my host, but I always end up doing more harm than good when I try to get into advanced stuff. Is there a simple way for me to fix this Crawl Errors issue? * Thank you. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Thread Starter [stiggram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stiggram/) * (@stiggram) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979454) * Update: As I feared, the number of crawl errors kept growing in subsequent days. What a disaster. Since no one answered, I’ll just get rid of the plugin and find a better one. * If anyone reading this is on the fence about installing the Windows Mobile Pack plugin, don’t do it. It gave my site hundreds of crawl errors. * Thread Starter [stiggram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stiggram/) * (@stiggram) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979534) * I feel like I’m just talking to my self here, but I’ll try one more question before giving up. Two weeks after I removed this plugin, the crawl errors in my Webmaster Tools are still growing, and many of the pages created by the Mobile Pack–all ending in “?wpmp_switcher=desktop”–are still showing up in search results( and perhaps creating duplicate content?). Anyone have any suggestions for how to remove all these useless “?wpmp_switcher=desktop” pages now that I’ve gotten rid of the plugin? * Ugh, and I just found out that the “?wpmp_switcher=desktop” copies are even being created for new posts that I’ve made long after the plugin has been gone. How do i stop it? Anyone? I’m getting pretty desperate here. * Thread Starter [stiggram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stiggram/) * (@stiggram) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979541) * I removed this plugin three weeks ago, and it’s _still_ creating “?wpmp_switcher =desktop” and “?wpmp_switcher=mobile” versions of every page on my site. Nobody has any suggestions for how to make it stop? Are the people behind this plugin reachable? * The good news is I was able to use robots.txt to stop Google from crawling the? wpmp_switcher=desktop/?wpmp_switcher=mobile pages, but that doesn’t change the fact that I have thousands of these unremovable pages taking up space. * [organicreview](https://wordpress.org/support/users/organicreview/) * (@organicreview) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979548) * hi stiggram * I have a similar issue with another plugin [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/proplayer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/proplayer/) After installing and creating a playlist, it’s created a large list of URL’s which luckily I have blocked with robots.txt file. The URL’s look like /wp​-co​ nte​nt/​plu​gin​s/p​rop​lay​er/​pla​yli​st-​con​tro​lle​r.p​hp?​pp_​pla​yli​st_​ id=abcdefghijk etc * hundreds of them. I did have a super cache running on my WordPress, which I have since stopped and cleared. But it’s still creating these URL’s. Also I found some tables in sql which contained these strings. Have a look and see if you database has some tables left with it. Some plugins just don’t remove very well I guess. * [Ammalgam2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ammalgam2/) * (@ammalgam2) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979564) * Hey Stiggram, could you share the change you made to Robots.txt to get rid of the wpmp_switcher=desktop/?wpmp_switcher=mobile pages? * Thread Starter [stiggram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stiggram/) * (@stiggram) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979565) * These are the robots.txt lines I added: * Disallow: /*?wpmp_switcher=desktop Disallow: /*?wpmp_switcher=mobile * Still trying to figure out how to stop my site from creating these pages every time I make a new post. Completely uninstalling and reinstalling WP Super Cache seemed to clear some relevant junk out of my .htaccess file, but the wpmp_switcher =desktop/mobile pages are still being created. I’m now exploring whether there’s anything in my SQL database that may be creating these pages. * [pdeschen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pdeschen/) * (@pdeschen) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979604) * [@stiggram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stiggram/) * You can’t use regexp within Disallow rules. Hence having * such as in * `Disallow: /*?wpmp_switcher=mobile` * won’t work. * I’m looking for an alternative as well… * [popac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/popac/) * (@popac) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979607) * stiggram and other guys here is solution * Your wordpress website have options.php and there are all settings for website * [http://www.website.com/wp-admin/options.php](http://www.website.com/wp-admin/options.php) * There you can find all…. and also wpmp_ (mobile s*hit) * Suggest you install clean options plugin * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clean-options/other_notes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clean-options/other_notes/) * find all fields which starts with “wpmp” and delete. * Clean options plugin is simple for use. * [triptrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/triptrip/) * (@triptrip) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979652) * Popac. If your suggestion works. One thousand thanks to you! 😉 Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: WordPress Mobile Pack] Crawl errors with WordPress Mobile Pack’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wordpress-mobile-pack_7b7875.svg) * [WordPress Mobile Pack - Mobile Plugin for Progressive Web Apps & Hybrid Mobile Apps](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-mobile-pack/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-mobile-pack/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-mobile-pack/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-mobile-pack/reviews/) ## Tags * [Pro-Player](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pro-player/) * 9 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [triptrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/triptrip/) * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-crawl-errors-with-wordpress-mobile-pack/#post-1979652) * Status: not resolved