How can we set noindex for all topics in a specific category? I know you can hide a category from public view, but that’s a workaround, not the goal. Thanks so much!

So you want everyone except for search engines to be able to see topics in that category? What’s the use case? You’ll need a custom plugin if I understand what you’re wanting.

Hey Jay, hope you’re well. I don’t mind if search engines crawl the content, no problem. I just don’t want them to index it. It makes little sense for a Bible forum to have garden, recipes, lounge talk, and what not indexed. Those are just off topic items that do not reflect what the forum is about…

[이미지] Brandon007: I figured there must be a setting somewhere and keep missing it… I’m pretty sure that’s not the case. I suspect making your off-topic stuff accessible only to people who are logged in is the way to go. And here’s this from ask.discourse.com ▶ Setting Noindex for Discourse C…

Thanks for the information. I might end up doing that, I’ll have to think about this one.

[이미지] pfaffman: I’m pretty sure that’s not the case. I suspect making your off-topic stuff accessible only to people who are logged in is the way to go. It’s a shame to be forced to hide content from visitors to also hide it from indexing robots. You may want your visitors to discover this Of…

A good way to support that feature request is to add your vote to it btw

Hey thanks for chiming in folks. I figured there would be a setting, this is really basic stuff, and Discourse is so advanced. @chapoi thanks for the note, I voted on that, but it’s a different use case. I imagine that’s why there are so few votes.

[이미지] Brandon007: but it’s a different use case What do you mean? [이미지] Brandon007: How can we set noindex for all topics in a specific category? [이미지] Need a way to add "meta robots noindex" in topics from a category a simple checkbox in the category configuration box: [ ] Hide …

Definitely buddy. I should have been more clear, the users main concern was with his integration with Wordpress (which I use) so perhaps people see that and look away from the thread. I just have a hard time understanding how only 3 people voted for it. So my rationalization showed up. :grin:

[이미지] Salocin: It’s a shame to be forced to hide content from visitors to also hide it from indexing robots. but it’s not “visitors” – it’s “visitors who don’t care enough about your site to register for an account” – and the request is not for it to be hidden, but to let the bots see it, use…

특정 카테고리 내의 주제를 noindex 처리하는 방법은?

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Salocin (Nicolas Verdier) 12월 31, 2025, 8:14오전 7

It’s a shame to be forced to hide content from visitors to also hide it from indexing robots. You may want your visitors to discover this Off content to show how fun, enjoyable, open your community is…

Does Discourse not plan to offer a simple checkbox for each category to index, or not, its content?

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특정 카테고리 내의 주제를 noindex 처리하는 방법은?

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