LearnDash: Stop Search Engines Indexing Lessons
Tells search engines not to index LearnDash lessons, topics, quizzes and certificates, which are usually locked and only show a login message to crawlers.
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Code
if ( ! defined( 'LEARNDASH_VERSION' ) ) {
return;
}
add_filter( 'wp_robots', function ( $robots ) {
if ( is_singular( array( 'sfwd-lessons', 'sfwd-topic', 'sfwd-quiz', 'sfwd-certificates' ) ) ) {
$robots['noindex'] = true;
$robots['follow'] = true;
}
return $robots;
} );Notes
Links on those pages are still followed. Course pages stay indexable.
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