NoIndexer
NoIndexer gives you full control over the noindex and nofollow robots directives, telling search engines not to include certain content in their results and not to follow its links. No bloated SEO plugin needed — just clean, focused noindex and nofollow management.
Features:
- Bulk noindex / nofollow by content type — Set entire post types (pages, posts, products, etc.) as noindex, nofollow or both with a single checkbox per directive.
- Bulk noindex / nofollow by taxonomy — Set entire taxonomy archives (categories, tags, product attributes, etc.) as noindex, nofollow or both. Works with all public taxonomies, including WooCommerce product categories, tags, and attributes (requires “Enable Archives?” in WooCommerce attribute settings).
- Smart exclusions — When a content type or taxonomy is set to noindex or nofollow, exclude specific posts or terms that should keep the default behavior. Exclusions work independently per directive.
- Individual noindex / nofollow — Set noindex or nofollow on specific posts or taxonomy terms without affecting the entire content type or taxonomy.
- Instant search — Find content and terms quickly with a live search field in the settings page. Click to add, click to remove.
- Editor integration — noindex and nofollow checkboxes available in both the Classic Editor and Block Editor sidebar.
- Link-level nofollow — A nofollow checkbox in the Classic Editor link popup lets you mark individual links with
rel="nofollow"without leaving the editor. The Block Editor already exposes a native nofollow toggle in its link popover. - Quick Edit — Toggle noindex and nofollow directly from the post list table without opening the editor.
- Bulk actions — Set or remove noindex and nofollow on multiple posts at once from the post list.
- Robots column — Two color-coded icons in your content lists show the current index/follow state at a glance.
- Search results noindex / nofollow — Prevent internal search result pages from being indexed and/or having their links followed.
- 404 pages noindex / nofollow — Keep 404 error pages out of search indexes and stop crawlers from following dead-end links.
- Date archives noindex / nofollow — Apply either or both directives to daily, monthly, and yearly archive pages.
- Paginated archives noindex / nofollow — Apply either or both directives to /page/2/, /page/3/ and beyond for all archives.
- Attachment pages noindex / nofollow — Apply either or both directives to media attachment pages created by WordPress.
- Author archives noindex / nofollow — Apply either or both directives to author archive pages.
- RSS feeds noindex / nofollow — Granular control to noindex and/or nofollow RSS feeds by type: main feed, taxonomy feeds, author feeds, site comments feed, and per-post comments feeds. Works via the
X-Robots-TagHTTP header since feeds are XML, not HTML. - Native sitemap integration — Automatically excludes noindexed content from the native WordPress sitemap. Posts, post types, taxonomy terms, and taxonomy archives marked as noindex are removed from the sitemap without needing any additional plugin.
- Lightweight — No unnecessary features, no frontend scripts, no database tables. Just a meta tag when needed.
How it works:
NoIndexer adds a <meta name="robots"> tag to the <head> of posts and taxonomy archives that should not be indexed and/or followed. The directive content is composed dynamically based on the configured rules — you can end up with noindex, follow, index, nofollow, noindex, nofollow or no tag at all.
Priority logic for posts (applies independently to noindex and nofollow):
- Individual directive always applies.
- Post type bulk directive applies unless the post is specifically excluded.
- Exclusions override the bulk setting for specific posts.
Priority logic for taxonomy archives (applies independently to noindex and nofollow):
- Individual term directive always applies.
- Taxonomy bulk directive applies unless the term is specifically excluded.
- Exclusions override the bulk setting for specific terms.
Do you really need a full SEO plugin?
Most WordPress sites don’t need a 100-feature SEO plugin just to manage noindex rules or customize a sitemap. WordPress already generates a native sitemap and a robots.txt file — the two core pieces search engines need to crawl your site properly.
NoIndexer handles the noindex side: decide which content should stay out of search results. It also automatically excludes noindexed content from the native WordPress sitemap, so search engines won’t find it there either. If you need additional sitemap customization beyond noindex — like excluding specific content that is indexed but shouldn’t appear in the sitemap — Native Sitemap Customizer is the perfect companion. Together with the robots.txt that WordPress generates automatically, you have everything essential for technical SEO — no bloat, no unused features, no performance overhead.
Third-party integration:
Developers can check noindex and nofollow status using:
Noindexer_Frontend::is_noindex( $post_id )— returnstrueif a post should not be indexed.Noindexer_Frontend::is_nofollow( $post_id )— returnstrueif a post should have its links nofollowed.Noindexer_Frontend::is_term_noindex( $term_id, $taxonomy )— returnstrueif a taxonomy term archive should not be indexed.Noindexer_Frontend::is_term_nofollow( $term_id, $taxonomy )— returnstrueif a taxonomy term archive should have its links nofollowed.
All methods resolve the full priority logic (individual meta, bulk rules, and exclusions).
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