This plugin adds a warning to the WordPress admin bar when search engine visibility is off.

Storm Rockwell

Discourage Search Engines by URL

Allows you to discourage search engines by url to prevent you from forgetting to turn the setting off when transfering databases between development a …

Andrew Hoyer

<p>This plugin adds a warning to the WordPress admin bar when search engine visibility is off.</p>
<p>That’s all it does! No options, settings, or complications, just a small but obvious warning to ensure you never launch a site with the “Discourage search engines from indexing this site” box checked.</p>
<h3>How to use</h3>
<p>Install the plugin from the WordPress plugin repository and activate the plugin. There are no settings or options.</p>
<h3>Developers</h3>
<p>If you’re interested in furthering the development of the SEO Warning plugin, please find the project on GitHub:</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/andrewhoyer/wp-seo-warning/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/andrewhoyer/wp-seo-warning/</a></p>
<h3>License</h3>
<pre><code>Copyright (C) 2025 Andrew Hoyer

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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SEO Warning


I wonder nobody thought of this before. The moment I knew about this plugin, I added it to my couple of sites. The author of the plugin is simply genius.


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