# Old topics published via WordPress embed are missing x-robots: noindex and canonical tags

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topics-published-via-wordpress-embed-are-missing-x-robots-noindex-and-canonical-tags/403109
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**Created:** [May 15, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topics-published-via-wordpress-embed-are-missing-x-robots-noindex-and-canonical-tags/403109 "2026-05-15T21:44:55Z")
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### Author: ![Thiago\_Mobilon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thiago_mobilon/32/177756_2.png) [@Thiago\_Mobilon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thiago_Mobilon)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topics-published-via-wordpress-embed-are-missing-x-robots-noindex-and-canonical-tags/403109/7 "2026-05-20T14:12:15Z")

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I honestly don’t know what could have caused those topics to miss their `topic_embed` records.

But looking at the bigger picture, wouldn’t it make more sense to go with the configuration I suggested earlier? If we add a checkbox directly in the category settings to apply `noindex` to all topics within it, we wouldn’t have to rely on the embed feature or worry about whether those records exist in the first place.

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