Historic WordPress Issues

posts with wp-login redirects have problems.

You shouldn’t be indexing wp-login.php at all, it’s a waste of search index space.

Most SEO plugins will handle that for you, otherwise add this to robots.txt:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-login.php

it is terribly difficult to rank on the SERP

WordPress doesn’t have any SEO functionality built-in besides the XML sitemap. If that’s critical for you, you’ll need to install an SEO plugin and work with that SEO plugin’s support.

Only install 1 SEO plugin. They often conflict with eachother.

Unjustified removal from SERP

You’ll have to contact Google’s support about that: https://support.google.com/webmasters/community

WordPress has absolutely nothing to do with Google removing you from their index.

Search Console does not validate errors

If Search Console does not validate a fix that you made, it means the fix you made was ineffective.

Contact Google’s support for specifics.

Sudden timeouts or slowdowns

If you have followed all of the recommendations at https://developer.www.ads-software.com/advanced-administration/performance/optimization/ the issue could simply be the server you’re on. Contact your hosting provider’s support for that: https://www.bluehost.com/contact

Also, only ever install and use 1 caching plugin, and only if your hosting provider does not offer a built-in cache and you’re not using a caching reverse proxy like Cloudflare, since caching a cache will actually slow things down.

Please reread carefully. I have responded to almost all of your answers. The problem is not mine, but WordPress’s at this point.

I have cloudflare and hosting cache turned off.

I’m sorry, but WordPress simply does not control Google, nor does it offer SEO functionality beyond the XML sitemap.

There really is nothing we can do for you here except to offer advice and direct you to the people who can actually help you, which I have already done in my reply above.

If you would like someone to go over all of this in-depth with you in a 1-on-1 session, you’re welcome to hire someone from https://jobs.wordpress.net/ (and do not accept any hire or direct access offers posted to these forums, as that is against the forum guidelines and not a great way to start a business relationship).

• This reply was modified 8 months, 1 week ago by James Huff. Reason: typo

I’m not asking for an SEO specialist, but for a check if there are problems caused by WordPress. A configuration, a conflict between plugins not reported, your bug not seen.

if there are problems caused by WordPress

Again, these problems are not caused by WordPress. They simply cannot be, WordPress controls none of the things you’re having problems with.

a conflict between plugins

If that is the case, I suspect not, that is something which you as the admin of the site are responsible for determining.

Testing is as simple as seeing if the issue continues with all plugins deactivated. If it does, it’s not a plugin conflict.

If the issue goes away with all plugins deactivated, re-activate each one until you find the one causing the problem, then report it to that plugin’s support.

There’s one very small problem: How do you find out what’s blocking Google’s crawlers from crawling? I never found out, as it takes weeks!

Also, with all plugins and themes disabled I have the problem of redirects.

How do you find out what’s blocking Google’s crawlers from crawling? I never found out, as it takes weeks!

You ask Google’s support or hire an SEO consultant. That’s not something we can help with in the WordPress support forums because WordPress isn’t doing it.

Also, with all plugins and themes disabled I have the problem of redirects.

That’s because you’re allowing Google to index wp-login.php, which you absolutely should not be doing.

You need to block it in robots.txt or with an SEO plugin as I mentioned earlier and wait for Google to remove it from their index: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/historic-wordpress-issues/#post-17529976

We’re going to close this now, as James is just repeating himself and you seem to be uninterested in the advice and correct answers presented.

You have a long history in these free and volunteer-powered support forums of not taking responsibility for managing your own site.

You need to start doing your own research, troubleshooting, and maintenance. You can’t rely on unpaid volunteers to do that all for you.

We’re here for when you run into a problem with WordPress itself, but the more you demand help beyond that, the more you’re starting to abuse volunteer time here.

If you really do need more beyond that, I recommend hiring someone to run your site for you, or seek out a fully managed hosting provider with 1-on-1 support from their paid staff.