How to noindex a page in sitemap that does not exist (and never has)

  • Resolved tracyhn

    (@tracyhn)


    3 years, 7 months ago

    That link is the part of the sitemap that isn’t accessible to me.
    It looks like it has something to do with the contact form.

    As I cannot edit this it is giving me SEO errors, like no meta description and a 404. And I cannot navigate to that page in my dashboard to noindex it, because it doesn’t exist and never has (from my point of view)!

    Would setting up a redirect work? So I can get rid of a 404?

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • @tracyhn

    Upon checking the given sitemap https://tracymorter.com/entry_form-sitemap.xml we do see it has one URL https://tracymorter.com/entry_form/contact-2021/

    If your requirement is to disable this sitemap, please go to SEO > Search Appearance > Content Type(tab) and check if any content called entry_form or similar exists. If you see any similar, disable the Show Pages in search results? option and Save.

    Now, the sitemap should be removed from the main sitemap.

    Thread Starter tracyhn

    (@tracyhn)

    Thank you for replying @suascat_wp

    Unfortunately there is no entry_form content type listed. Just posts, pages, galleries, and slideshows.

    That url on the sitemap is just a 404.

    My contact form is called “contact 2021” so it has something to do with that. But there are no settings relating to this url.

    I will have to ask the contact form people and see if they know how to get rid of this url!

    @tracyhn Thanks for confirming the settings in Yoast SEO. We hope contact form support may have further information on this issue.

    Should you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to reply back to this topic.

    Thread Starter tracyhn

    (@tracyhn)

    Thank you @suascat_wp.
    The advice was to just set up a redirection and wait for the non-existent page to disappear from the site map!

    Plugin Support Md Mazedul Islam Khan

    (@mazedulislamkhan)

    Thanks for following up with us on this topic, @tracyhn. Do you still need further assistance from us as it looks like you have received a reply from the contact form plugin support?

    We look forward to hearing from you.

    Plugin Support devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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