# What noindex does and how to remove it

> A noindex meta tag or header tells Google to drop the page from search. It is right for thank-you pages and wrong for anything you want found.

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## Noindex directive

Passing looks like: The page is not set to noindex.

**Why it matters.** A noindex directive tells Google to drop this page from search results. Unless that is intended, every visit from search is lost.

**How to fix it.**

1. Remove noindex from the robots meta tag and from the X-Robots-Tag header, unless the page should stay out of search.
2. In WordPress, untick Settings → Reading → "Discourage search engines" and check the page's SEO plugin settings.

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