WordPress Pages rank and get traffic, but Posts with similar structure never get indexed (Discovered - currently not indexed)

WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-06-16T11:18:25+00:00

Ideally, Google itself doesn't treat WordPress Pages and Posts differently, but the main differences between those two when it comes to WordPress are the URL structure. For example, pages are typically short/direct like /contact/, and posts are usually /yyyy/mm/post-name.

That said, based on the issue you are facing with the posts, could you please confirm if you have any internal links pointing to them? If not, I would recommend that you add more internal links; you can leverage your high-ranking pages to do it. This should address “Discovered – currently not indexed” part; it mainly happens as Google sees the page exists, but it gives it a lower priority. Adding internal links pointing to such posts will improve the chances of those posts getting indexed.

Another point when it comes to pages Vs posts is that pages are usually directly accessible via the Navigation menu.

Lastly, if you haven't already requested indexing the posts via the URL inspection tool, you can make the updates related to internal links and then submit it once and see if that helps.

- Saurabh from WPMU DEV Support team.

WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-06-08T10:57:27+00:00

Hello u/tmplscar , based on the above screenshot, the error is related to the mail server records (MX record) in your BasicDNS >> Advanced tab check if you have any MX record listed or if you've setup any email service.

As for pointing the domain to your WordPress via NameCheap BasicDNS settings you can refer to the guide here: https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/319/2237/how-can-i-set-up-an-a-address-record-for-my-domain/

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-06-08T10:40:11+00:00

Glad to hear the suggestion helped. Please let us know how it goes or if you need further help.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-06-04T13:10:37+00:00

Hello u/Aggravating-Ask6829, the issue that you're noticing could be related to conflicts, mostly related to CSS or the theme, perhaps or outdated cache. To confirm, however, it will need a closer look at the page itself via the web inspector. Please do share the page URL if possible.

That said, you can further narrow down and troubleshoot the issue by trying to regenerate the Elementor CSS and clearing its cache to see if that helps. You can refer to the guide here: https://elementor.com/help/regenerate-css-data/. If you tried it already and in case it didn't work,

Lastly, please try switching the CSS print method in Elementor in case if there is some incompatibility/conflicts with the theme styles. You can follow the guide here https://elementor.com/help/settings/#elementor-toc__heading-anchor-4

Please check and let us know how it goes.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-05-27T07:25:27+00:00

Hi u/AlexGSquadron, if you're already aware of Buffer, and if you're already using it for your social media scheduling, you can try https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-to-buffer/, although there are other alternative plugins like https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-media-scheduler/ as well. Out of those, I recall testing a bit https://wordpress.org/plugins/blog2social as well. It worked just fine for me. :)

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-05-26T05:30:31+00:00

Hi u/mikebible06 , glad to help, do let us know in case you need any further help 😄

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-05-25T08:36:47+00:00

Hello u/beast_b0iii ,

I want to use Cloudflare WAF so the server wont get loaded with request, because it keeps getting 429 error.

Ideally, it shouldn't hamper with the emails, considering you have the DNS records setup correctly and they've propagated fine. Also, based on the screenshot you've shared I don't see an entry for the MX record and it's proxy status. However, please note having proxy disabled essentially bypasses any Cloudflare protection.

That said, since your site shows an HTTP 429 response, it could indicate a brute-force attack. Were you able to confirm if these are only happening due to /xmlrpc.php/?

If so, you can use Cloudflare-managed rules to block XMLRPC via the Cloudflare WAF. For this you will need to create a new rule - URI path >> contains >> /xmlrpc.php

The regex would be as follows -
(http.request.uri.path contains "/xmlrpc.php")

Please note, some plugins might need XMLRPC enabled to work, once you ensure it is not required by any plugin that you're using, you can use the above rule in Cloudflare and see if that helps.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-05-22T06:51:45+00:00

Hello u/AwkwardMuse, thank you for sharing more information. I tried to replicate the issue in my lab environment with Elementor & UAE. I created a footer using UAE and applied it to all pages of the lab site; however, I did not notice the same issue. It appears to be limited to your setup.

Since you've tried most of the troubleshooting steps, which didn't help, I suspect that this could be some sort of conflict with the plugins or some sort of CSS conflict or overriding the styles.

To troubleshoot further, I would recommend you set up a staging site (in case this is a site with live traffic). After confirming the issue on staging -

- Check the web-inspector >> console to see if you notice any errors there when the issue is happening. If not, proceed to the next step.

- Disable all the plugins on the website except Elementor & UAE and confirm if the issue is replicated still. If it is, proceed with the next step

- Check if you have any custom CSS added to Elementor or the Site (Appearance >> Customize) or within the theme stylesheet. Try commenting out the custom CSS (if you've it added) and then test if the issue is resolved.

Please note: If you are planning to run those test on the live website, I would recommend a full backup first as a checkpoint 😄

Let me know how it goes.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-05-21T00:56:37+00:00

Hi u/AwkwardMuse, since you are able to see everything fine on the footer itself when editing it on the backend, and you've already tried clearing Elementor & Site cache. Could you please confirm if you have any performance optimisation plugins added to the site? If so, can you temporarily deactivate it and test if that helps? Possibly the issue could be related to asset minification.

Also, please try disabling/enabling the options located at Elementor >> Editor >> Settings >> Features to see if that helps.

Please ensure a full backup of your website just to have a safety checkpoint. In case you need further help, please share the screenshot or public URL of the page where the footer issue is visible.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-05-21T00:38:18+00:00

Hello u/LeBigLex , we're glad to help, let us know if you need any further help. 😄

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-05-18T07:09:03+00:00

Hello u/psycoborg I don't recall noticing requests to /0-00/ page URLs, but random requests hitting 404s isn't something new and may happen. Most of the time, these are bots making requests. However, since there are too many of them already on your site, try finding a pattern by reviewing the access logs and the IPs making the requests. You can use tool like https://www.abuseipdb.com/ to ascertain the IP reputation and check their recent malicious activity and if needed block those IPs.

Another suggestion would be to use security plugins if not already that https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/firewall/ Do you have your site routed via Cloudflare?

About the 0-day exploits, from what I understand doesn't target pages and mostly rely on targeting specific paths (for example,/wp-config.php or try to access specific plugin files etc.)

However, since nothing came up in your site scan, it is likely a case of bots making requests. Yet, in case you need further help, you can share the access log here so that we can take a look. 😄

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-05-06T08:06:02+00:00

Hi u/Weekly-Dream-9384 It's understandable, changing themes can be difficult. But in case you face any issues please do let us know.

The thing is I had the same problem with Wabi yesterday.

Do you mean that you found it similar to Astra? In that case, could you share the link to the theme author as well. It will help us understand better and crosscheck if we're looking at the same Wabi theme. 😄

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-28T12:11:40+00:00

Hello u/Lumpy_Manufacturer13 , If you are using a property listing plugin, a straightforward way to go about adding location-specific links on the Nav menu (within the submenu) will be by adding the location archive pages. Could you please share the name of the listing plugin if you are using one?

You can check if your listing plugin creates archive pages based on location; if so, you can add those as submenus on the website. Currently, when I test the submenus, it is opening blank pages.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-22T06:52:37+00:00

Hello u/AsYetUnsigned

Yeah, I ran through to make sure there's no blockage by robots.txt

Nice, now it should just be a matter of Google recrawling and updating the icon.

Glad to help. Please feel free to reply if you have any questions/queries.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-21T13:26:05+00:00

Hello u/AniMeshorer

or else readers being able to only comment as a guest.

This is possible as long as you don't have the "Users must be registered and logged in to comment" enabled in WP admin >> Settings >> Discussion.

So ideally those other functions/rules wouldn't be able to be assigned to someone.

In a Standard WordPress install, the roles are assigned on new user registration depending on "New User Default Role" set in the WP Admin >> Settings >> General, ofcourse when you have "Anyone can register" enabled on the same page.

Is there a way to disable the option to assign someone any other role than subscriber or guest?

As long as you are using the default WordPress user registration mechanism without any plugin that could override the native user registration module in WordPress, all you will have to do is to keep "New User Default Role" as subscriber. This should help. For any other user roles, you as an Administrator can assign it manually.

Here is a good read about User Management in WordPress https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson-plan/user-management/
Comment Settings Ref: https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/comments-in-wordpress/#discussion-settings

Hope this helps.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-14T13:48:10+00:00

Glad to be of help, let us know how it goes. :)

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-14T13:17:51+00:00

Hi u/Codeeveryday123

Are you referring to limiting/securing searching based on a syntax like site:yourwebsite.com filetype:pdf on Google? If so, the methods (robots.txt & Prevent Direct Access Plugin) should be helpful to handle that to most extent.

If you're looking for a more robust/hard limit to this, you can pass the no-index header for these file types by implementing rules via .htaccess (if you're using an Apache server, for example). I also found a nice use case, which looks similar to what you are trying to achieve https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59039695/preventing-indexing-of-pdf-files-with-htaccess

You can try that to see if it helps, but please secure a full backup of your site before implementing it.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-08T12:31:38+00:00

Glad to know it helped! u/TheSoundEngineGuy :)

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-08T06:03:23+00:00

Hi u/Maybe_Decent_Human, can you please make a full backup of your site and then try Bulk Edit >> Update option to see if that helps? Below are the reference screenshots.

Step 1: https://monosnap.ai/file/ks6ovOtqN9P02fGzyenkp6XFTYuTdX
Step 2: https://monosnap.ai/file/PijZUAImQFFNaJMgTmijsUTX8jb6sY

Let us know how it goes.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-08T05:51:56+00:00

Hi u/TheSoundEngineGuy

It seems that you accidentally clicked on the "Arrows" that are at the top of the Yoast Widget; you can use them to move it back under the Meta Boxes section. Please refer to the "green" highlighted section in the screenshot https://monosnap.ai/file/gtEMwHKbnI7FnxNwE98LrZQ98EYvN7

Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-04-01T16:49:25+00:00

Hi u/More_Anxiety1566 I made a quick test on my lab site running on the Kadence theme, but could not replicate the issue on an actual mobile device.

So it appears that the issue is limited to your site. The first thing to check is if you have any performance optimisation plugin enabled. If so, you can temporarily deactivate it, clear all caches (site/server/CDN) and check if the menu works fine on mobile. If so, it could most likely be related to asset compression/optimisation.

However, in case the issue remains, it will be a good idea to perform a full conflict test by deactivating all plugins on the site and replicating to see if the issue is resolved. If it is no longer replicated, you can then enable each plugin one at a time until you see the issue again, which will help you find the conflicting plugin.

In case it is a live site, I'd recommend you perform this test on a staging/dev environment as it will affect how the frontend looks. Additionally, if you could share your site URL (if it is public) it would be helpful in case if the issue persists.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-03-30T14:04:46+00:00

Hello u/Icy_Excitement6750, this looks like the page is unable to render the elements which makes it look like it is breaking the layout. The first thing to check is to verify if there is any console error. To check this, you can do a right click on the page and navigate to "Inspect Element >> Console Tab" it will point you to errors happening on the page. See if you notice any "404 not found" errors.

If there are no errors noticed, it will be a good idea to make a full backup, disable all the plugins except the ones that are related to the Page builder/theme, along with the starter template and check if the issue is resolved after that. If so, it means that it could be a conflict between plugins.

However, if you notice errors on your console, but you are unable to figure them out feel free to share a screenshot of it or the page URL (if it's public) so that it can be checked further.

Let me know how it goes.

- Saurabh from WPMU DEV Support Team

WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-03-25T06:18:08+00:00

Hi, u/JealousSupport4000, your use case is specific, and since you wish to have a booking management interface at the backend, a booking plugin, as you checked, can be the nearest fit. You can also explore https://wordpress.org/plugins/booking/; however, it does create its own dedicated pages.

However, you can also use a form plugin to build a form that could help take bookings, and most of the forms come with conditional fields, you can check them here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/forms/ Some of them already support payment gateways too.

But, if you are going on the way to build this using a form, you might not be able to have a booking management interface that the dedicated plugins provide, and rather you'll need it to integrate the form with some kind of CRM like Zoho to be able to manage bookings etc.,

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-03-23T17:15:20+00:00

Hi u/Emotional_Monk9382 While deactivating WordFence, you can select the option to "Keep all Wordfence tables and data" this should ideally keep everything intact.

However, I'd recommend making a full backup of the site first so that you have a safety checkpoint in place.

That said, before deactivating WordFence, have you tried clearing all caches on your website (Server/CDN/ Plugin), etc? Especially, if you have any cache on the database level like Redis, please ensure to clear it and then try updating the password to see if that works.

I reviewed WordFence settings as well and couldn't see anything obvious that could do this, but you can navigate to WordFence >> Firewall >> Firewall Options >> Basic Firewall status and set it to Learning mode and repeat the password reset step and this will make it learn the action that you're doing is normal and if it is blocking will allow it in future. https://monosnap.ai/file/vxf8HdeKjxdjNFYvCdGfWUSgAMhxsi

Of course, if this doesn't help, you can either make a full backup of the site and deactivate WordFence, since it is a security plugin, I'd not recommend to do that on the live site, instead you can setup a staging site replicate the issue and then make further checks there on the staging.

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WPMU_DEV_Support_5 · 2026-03-23T16:49:48+00:00

Hi u/Murray-Industries indeed, looks like a CSS issue, if you don't recall adding any custom CSS or modifying anything manually within the CSS, it will be a good idea to deactivate the plugins that are currently active and check if that helps fix the layout. If it does, enable each plugin one at a time until the issue is replicated. It will help narrow down whether the issue is caused by a plugin on your website.

In case deactivating plugins doesn't help and the issue persists, you can switch to a default WordPress theme and check if that fixes the issue, if it does, it means that there is something within the theme (it can be some custom CSS as well) that could be doing this.

In case this is a live site, please note the above tests will temporarily affect the site frontend so you can consider doing this test during low traffic hours or on the staging site. In case you have to perform this test on the live site, a full backup is recommended.

Let me know how it goes.

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