Multisite search visibility indicator
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Adds a toolbar indicator showing which sites discourage search engines. Supports WordPress Multisite with bulk management.
Multisite search visibility indicator is a lightweight plugin that keeps you informed at a glance whether your site — or any site in your network — is accidentally blocking search engines.
WordPress has a built-in setting under Settings → Reading called “Search Engine Visibility”. When enabled, it adds a noindex directive that tells search engines not to index your site. This is easy to accidentally leave on after development, and notoriously hard to notice.
This plugin adds a persistent indicator to the WordPress toolbar so you never miss it again.
Features
- Toolbar indicator visible to administrators at all times (front-end and back-end)
- Color-coded status: green when search engines are allowed, yellow/red when blocked
- Multisite ready: shows a per-site breakdown across your entire network
- Each site in the dropdown links directly to its Reading Settings for a one-click fix
- Bulk management page (Multisite only): allow or discourage search engines across all — or selected — sites in a single action
- Zero configuration required — install and it just works
- No external dependencies, no tracking, no bloat
Multisite Bulk Management
On a Multisite installation the plugin adds a Search Engine Visibility page under Network Admin → Settings. From there you can:
- See every site in the network and its current visibility status
- Select individual sites or all sites at once
- Apply “Allow search engines” or “Discourage search engines” in one click
Who is this for?
- Agencies managing WordPress Multisite networks
- Developers who frequently spin up and hand off sites
- Site owners who want a quick sanity check without digging through settings