A noindex tag tells search engines not to include a page in results at all, and when one ends up on a page it shouldn’t — through a template default, a plugin setting, or a leftover from staging — that page becomes invisible to search regardless of how good its content is. This audit finds every noindex tag currently in place and confirms each one is actually intentional.
Meta robots / noindex audit across templates
Every noindex tag on the site audited against what's actually intended, not just what's inherited.
- Full backup taken before we start
- If we can’t fix it, you get your money back
- We never ask for your own password
What we need from you
- Admin access sufficient to review meta robots settings across templates and individual pages
- Confirmation of any pages you deliberately want excluded from indexing, as a starting reference
- Your preferred report format, if you have one
This or something else?
| You want a full audit confirming every noindex tag on your site is actually intentional | This fix covers it |
| You already know a specific page is wrongly noindexed and want it fixed directly | A quicker, targeted correction — describe the specific page to us |
| You want your robots.txt file reviewed, a different crawler control mechanism | robots.txt audit & rewrite |
| You want a broader indexation audit covering more than just meta robots tags | Indexation audit & remediation report, the broader version |
What we do
- Scan every template and individually-set page for a noindex directive
- Cross-reference each one against what’s actually intended for that page or type
- Flag anything unintentional or inherited from a default template setting
- Correct confirmed mistakes directly
- Leave genuinely intentional exclusions untouched
- Compile a written report of what was found and corrected
What is included
- A full audit of noindex directives across templates and individual pages
- Confirmed corrections for anything unintentional
- A written report distinguishing intentional exclusions from mistakes
- The pre-fix backup, kept for 30 days
Not included
- Deciding which pages strategically should or shouldn’t be indexed — we confirm your stated intent, we don’t set the strategy
- A broader indexation audit beyond meta robots tags specifically
- robots.txt review, a separate, related fix
- Ongoing monitoring as new pages or templates are added
Questions about this fix
How would a noindex tag end up on a page by accident?
Commonly a theme or page builder template sets it as a default for a certain page type, or it's left over from when the site was on a staging server, where blocking indexing is standard practice.
Will this tell me which pages I should be blocking from search?
No — we confirm whether your current settings match your own stated intent; deciding which pages should be excluded as a matter of strategy is a decision for you to make, not one we make on your behalf.
Could this have been happening for a long time without anyone noticing?
Yes, easily — a noindexed page still looks completely normal to visitors and even to you browsing the site, since the tag only affects whether search engines include it in results.
Does this check every single page, or just templates?
Both — template-level defaults and individually overridden settings on specific pages, since either can be the source of an unintended exclusion.
What if I find out a page has been excluded for months?
We flag it and correct it going forward — recovering the specific search visibility lost during that period isn't something a technical fix can retroactively restore, since that depends on Google's own re-crawling and re-ranking timeline.
Related fixes
If this is the second time this year
A bad update breaking the site is a symptom of updates not being tested first. Care plans run every update on a staging clone before it reaches your live site, which is the actual fix for this happening again.
Your access, your rules
Create a separate admin account for us and delete it when we are done. For anything else, we get in touch and agree a method — never a form field on this site, never by reply to an email.
We back up first, always
Before anything is touched we take a full backup and keep it for 30 days. If a fix goes wrong, we put the site back exactly as it was.
If it is not what you bought
If the problem turns out smaller than what you ordered, we refund the difference. If it is bigger, we stop and send a quote before doing any extra work.
If we cannot fix it
You get back what we received. Diagnosis is on us — you only pay when the problem is actually solved. The payment processor takes its fee before the money reaches us, so we never hold it and it is not ours to return. That is true here as everywhere else.
If it comes back
Reply within seven days of delivery and we put it back on the bench at no cost. The fix is not finished until it holds.
What we are responsible for
If something goes wrong with a fix, our responsibility is limited to what you paid for it. We take a full backup first so mistakes can be undone, and we tell you before doing anything outside what you bought.