{"id":70734,"date":"2023-06-02T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=70734"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:44:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:44:55","slug":"no-index-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/no-index-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to No Index WordPress: Page, Post, or Entire Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you want users to find your content organically in search results, you\u2019ll need to ensure it\u2019s optimized. This way, it can be crawled, indexed, and then ranked by search bots. However, there are certain things that you might want to keep out of search results. Therefore, you may be wondering <strong>how to <em>no index<\/em> WordPress pages or posts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that it\u2019s fairly straightforward to do, and there are a few different approaches you can take. For example, you can use a plugin or the native WordPress settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In this post, we\u2019ll introduce the <em>no index<\/em> WordPress option and explain <a href=\"#why-use-it\">why you might want to use it<\/a>. Then, we\u2019ll walk you through three different <a href=\"#ways-to-do-it\">ways to do it<\/a>. Let\u2019s dive right in! \ud83e\udd3f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t<div class='ti-tweet-clear'><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class='ti-tweet_wrapper'>\n\t\t    \t<div class='ti-tweet_text'>\n\t\t    \t\t<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=How+to+%23no-index+%23WordPress+pages%2C+posts%2C+or+your+entire+%23website+%F0%9F%98%8E&via=themeisle&related=themeisle&url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/no-index-wordpress\/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>How to #no-index #WordPress pages, posts, or your entire #website \ud83d\ude0e<\/a>\n\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    \t<div class='ti-tweet_sharebtn'>\n\t\t    \t<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=How+to+%23no-index+%23WordPress+pages%2C+posts%2C+or+your+entire+%23website+%F0%9F%98%8E&via=themeisle&related=themeisle&url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/no-index-wordpress\/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Click To Tweet \n\t\t    \t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t    \t<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-use-it\">Why would you no index WordPress pages and posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you manage a WordPress site, chances are you&#8217;ve learned a bit about search engine optimization (SEO). This is the practice of optimizing your website so that search engines can easily find your pages and posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many facets to a <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/get-started-with-wordpress-seo\/\">good SEO strategy<\/a>. But, the first step is to make sure that <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/fundamentals\/how-search-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search engine bots<\/a> can find and crawl your content. Once they do, they&#8217;ll be <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/indexability\/\">able to index<\/a> and rank it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there are some circumstances where you might not want your content to appear in search results. Let&#8217;s explore a few reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Duplicate content<\/strong>. Most of the time search engine bots can distinguish which is the most important when it comes to similar pages. However, they can still erroneously flag something as duplicate content. For instance, if you sell lots of similar products, they might be confused by these product pages. This can negatively affect your site&#8217;s performance in rankings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Keyword cannibalization<\/strong>. If you accidentally target the same keyword on multiple pages, this is called \u201ckeyword cannibalization.\u201d This can confuse search engine bots, causing them to prioritize the wrong pages or posts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thin content<\/strong>. This type of content doesn&#8217;t provide real value to users who might find the page in their search results. For example, there&#8217;s no need for thank you pages and order confirmation pages to make it into the rankings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Privacy protection<\/strong>. If you&#8217;re running a <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/start-a-personal-blog\/\">personal blog<\/a> or website, you might not want it to be searchable. For example, if you&#8217;re using a blog to document a health journey or keeping a travel diary, this might only be for friends and family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you might want to try keeping your pages out of <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/what-is-serp\/\">search engine results<\/a>. One of the best ways to do this is by stopping Google from indexing your content altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ways-to-do-it\">How to no index a WordPress page or post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you&#8217;re familiar with some of the scenarios in which it might be appropriate to <em>no index<\/em> WordPress pages or posts, let&#8217;s go over three ways you can do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#using-yoast-seo-plugin\">Using the Yoast SEO plugin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#in-your-wordpress-settings\">In your WordPress settings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#using-robots-txt-file\">Using the robots.txt file<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"using-yoast-seo-plugin\">1. Using the Yoast SEO plugin<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-pic-wrapper align-center large\" style=\"margin:20px 0;\"><div class=\"wp-pic large plugin wp-pic-ajax scheme2\"  id=\"wp-pic-wordpress-seo\"data-type=\"plugin\" data-slug=\"wordpress-seo\" data-image=\"\" data-expiration=\"\"  data-layout=\"large\" data-slugs=\"[]\" ><div class=\"wp-pic-body-loading\"><div class=\"signal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-pic-wrapper--><link rel='stylesheet' id='dashicons-css' href='https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/css\/dashicons.min.css?ver=6.8.5' type='text\/css' media='all' \/>\n<link rel='stylesheet' id='wppic-style-css' href='https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-plugin-info-card\/dist\/wppic-styles.css?ver=6.1.1' type='text\/css' media='all' \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/jquery\/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1\" id=\"jquery-core-js\"><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/jquery\/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1\" id=\"jquery-migrate-js\"><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"wppic-script-js-extra\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\nvar wppicAjax = {\"ajaxurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themeisle.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-admin\\\/admin-ajax.php\"};\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-plugin-info-card\/assets\/js\/wppic-script.min.js?ver=6.1.1\" id=\"wppic-script-js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<p>By far the easiest way to <em>no index<\/em> a WordPress page or post is using an SEO plugin that offers this feature. With over TK downloads, Yoast SEO is one of the most popular (and highly rated) <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/free-seo-tools-for-wordpress\/\">SEO tools<\/a> that gives you this option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After you&#8217;ve installed and activated the plugin, simply open the page that you&#8217;d like to exclude from indexing. You should now see the Yoast SEO panel at the bottom of the screen:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1001842414  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2858\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yoast-seo-page-settings.png\" alt=\"Yoast SEO individual page settings.\" class=\"wp-image-70746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1815\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yoast-seo-page-settings.png 2858w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:178\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yoast-seo-page-settings.png 300w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:328\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yoast-seo-page-settings.png 328w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:227\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yoast-seo-page-settings.png 227w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1815\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yoast-seo-page-settings.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Simply expand the<strong> <em>Advanced<\/em><\/strong> section, and you&#8217;ll see the <strong><em>Allow search engines to show this Page in search results?<\/em><\/strong> option:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1367385772  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2760\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:389\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/no-index-wordpress-page-yoast.png 389w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:643\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/no-index-wordpress-page-yoast.png 643w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:972\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/no-index-wordpress-page-yoast.png 972w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:240\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/no-index-wordpress-page-yoast.png 240w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:316\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/no-index-wordpress-page-yoast.png 316w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:219\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/no-index-wordpress-page-yoast.png 219w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1749\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/no-index-wordpress-page-yoast.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By default, this will be set to <strong><em>Yes (current default for all Pages)<\/em><\/strong>. In the dropdown menu, simply select <strong><em>No<\/em><\/strong>. This automatically sets the page to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/noindex\/\">no index<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, either <strong><em>Publish<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>Update<\/em><\/strong> the page to save your changes. That&#8217;s it! The process is the same for WordPress posts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"in-your-wordpress-settings\">2. In your WordPress settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, let&#8217;s see how you can set a page or post to <em>no index<\/em> in your WordPress settings. To do this, navigate to your WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to <strong><em>Settings &gt; Reading<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=646883268  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2130\" height=\"1480\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png\" alt=\"WordPress Reading settings.\" class=\"wp-image-70750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1554\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 2130w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:208\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:712\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:534\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1536\/h:1067\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 1536w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1554\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 2048w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1553\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 1800w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:35\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:345\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 345w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:571\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 571w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:864\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 864w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:213\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 213w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:281\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 281w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:194\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 194w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1554\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-reading-settings.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and you&#8217;ll find the section labeled <strong><em>Search engine visibility<\/em><\/strong>. All you have to do is check the box next to <strong><em>Discourage search engines from indexing this site<\/em><\/strong>. Then, hit <strong><em>Save Changes<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=782623222  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-search-engine-visibility-setting.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1882\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-search-engine-visibility-setting.png\" alt=\"Enabling the no index setting in WordPress.\" class=\"wp-image-70751\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1882\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-search-engine-visibility-setting.png 1882w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:57\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-search-engine-visibility-setting.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1882\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wordpress-search-engine-visibility-setting.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, when using this method, there are two important things to keep in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, as the disclaimer states, it is up to search engines to honor this request. Secondly, when you enable this setting, <strong>it will be applied to your entire site<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, it might only be useful if you want to <em>no index<\/em> WordPress for privacy reasons. Otherwise, a more targeted approach will likely be better.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"using-robots-txt-file\">3. Using the robots.txt file<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The last way to <em>no index<\/em> WordPress pages and posts is by editing your <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/robots-txt\/\"><em>robots.txt<\/em> file<\/a>. However, if you&#8217;re a WordPress beginner, this method is not advisable, as it requires you to access and modify site files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin, you&#8217;ll want to first <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/backup-a-wordpress-site-for-free\/\">make a back up of your site<\/a>, just in case anything goes wrong during this process. 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:111\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/robots-txt-file-ftp.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:146\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/robots-txt-file-ftp.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:101\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/robots-txt-file-ftp.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:717\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/robots-txt-file-ftp.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Within this folder, you&#8217;ll find the <strong><em>robots.txt <\/em><\/strong>file. If you don&#8217;t already have a <em>robots.txt<\/em> file, <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/optimize-wordpress-robots-txt-file\/\">you can create one<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, you&#8217;ll need to add a rule to your <em>robots.txt<\/em> file that tells search engine bots not to crawl the page or post in question. To do this, open the <em>robots.txt<\/em> file using your editor and add the following lines to the top:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>User-agent: *\nDisallow: \/your-post-or-page-url<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, the asterisk represents all potential bots. Meanwhile, you&#8217;ll need to modify the <strong><em>Disallow<\/em><\/strong> line to include the page or post you want to exclude. After you&#8217;ve made your changes, make sure to save them and then re-upload the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind, though, that this method doesn&#8217;t guarantee that your page or post won&#8217;t be indexed at all, it means it won&#8217;t be <em>crawled<\/em>. So, it can still wind up in search results. For example, this may happen if someone else links to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, Google doesn&#8217;t recommend this method for no indexing content specifically. 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