Steve North

<p>This WordPress plugin ensures that search engine indexing is automatically turned OFF if the site’s URL doesn’t match the provided live site URL. It’s especially useful for development and staging environments, where you might not want content to be indexed by search engines.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong><br />
– Automatically turns off search engine indexing for non-live sites.<br />
– Provides an admin settings page to specify the live site URL.<br />
– Displays an admin notice if indexing has been turned off due to URL mismatch.<br />
– Encodes the live site URL to prevent inadvertent changes when using migration tools.<br />
– Admin notice prompts for setting the live site URL if it hasn’t been configured yet.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>After activating the plugin, go to the admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Navigate to <code>Settings</code> -> <code>Prevent Indexing</code>.</li>
<li>Enter your live site URL in the provided input field and save.</li>
<li>If the current site’s URL doesn’t match the provided live site URL, search engine indexing will be turned off, and an admin notice will inform you of the same.</li>
</ol>
<h3>License</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPLv2 or later</a></p>


Prevent Indexing on Non-Live Sites

Prevent your WordPress website from being indexed by search engines when it's not on the live site.

Pat Bloom

<p><strong>PB Unblock some IPs</strong> lets you block the access to your website when developing (like on a staging environment) – but unblock some IPs for viewing. No more hassle with .htaccess files and passwords!</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Toggle blocking on / off from settings page or admin top bar</li>
<li>Blocks all IP addresses by default but will allow certain IPs to view the website on the frontend</li>
<li>A 404 frontend page will appear to blocked IPs (with no-index, no-follow code and PHP 404 header) so bots won’t index</li>
<li>Blocked users can click a link which sends an ‘unblock request’ to a chosen e-mail address</li>
<li>Add line separated IP addresses in the settings for who should be able to view the website</li>
<li>WP-Admin can be fully accessed in any time (even with custom or secure admin URL)</li>
</ul>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Protect WordPress staging and development website with PB Unblock Some IPS plugin" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMIL1bcCRbs?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>


PB Unblock some IPs

Block your website from being viewed - But unblock some IPs!

Prevent Indexing on Non-Live Sites vs PB Unblock some IPs