Manual:Noindex

Noindex can be used to prevent indexing of a page by search engines.

Using Wikitext

To change the index preferences for specific pages, use one of these magic words:

• __INDEX__
• __NOINDEX__

These magic words work for a given namespace. One may need to adjust $wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl.

To test whether they function for a given page, you can use the PHP function Title::canUseNoindex().

Using site Configuration

There are some site configurations that can be set. Some of them:

• Manual:$wgDefaultRobotPolicy
• Manual:$wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl
• Manual:$wgNamespaceRobotPolicies

Using PHP

An example code in PHP, for example to be used by extension developers, would be:

$wgOut->setRobotPolicy('noindex,nofollow');

Or, if one wished to be more selective:

$wgOut->setIndexPolicy('noindex');

See also

• w:Noindex
• Nofollow
• Help:Controlling search engine indexing