Title: SEO Warning
Author: Andrew Hoyer
Published: May 15, 2025
Last modified: May 15, 2025
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Search plugins
# SEO Warning
By [Andrew Hoyer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewhoyer/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/seo-warning.0.1.2.zip)
* [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/seo-warning/#description)
* [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/seo-warning/#reviews)
* [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/seo-warning/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/)
## Description
This plugin adds a warning to the WordPress admin bar when search engine visibility
is off.
That’s all it does! No options, settings, or complications, just a small but obvious
warning to ensure you never launch a site with the “Discourage search engines from
indexing this site” box checked.
### How to use
Install the plugin from the WordPress plugin repository and activate the plugin.
There are no settings or options.
### Developers
If you’re interested in furthering the development of the SEO Warning plugin, please
find the project on GitHub:
[https://github.com/andrewhoyer/wp-seo-warning/](https://github.com/andrewhoyer/wp-seo-warning/)
### License
```
Copyright (C) 2025 Andrew Hoyer
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see .
```
## Screenshots
* [[
* SEO Warning displayed in the admin bar
## FAQ
### How can I help?
There are a few ways you can help make SEO Warning better and support more development:
* Install it on WordPress sites you manage or are developing
* Tell your friends, write a blog post, etc
* Follow the project on GitHub, and become a Contributor
## Reviews
### [Works perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-2856/)
[Website Squadron](https://profiles.wordpress.org/websitesquadron/) May 20, 2025
Website Squadron develops many websites on WordPress. This plugin helps us not to
forget to untick that little sucker. The plugin does exactly what it was designed
to do.
### [Very Useful for your site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-for-your-site-2/)
[Bunty](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bhargavbhandari90/) May 16, 2025
I wonder nobody thought of this before. The moment I knew about this plugin, I added
it to my couple of sites. The author of the plugin is simply genius.
### [FINALY! I can sleep peacefully.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finaly-i-can-sleep-peacefully/)
[butchewing](https://profiles.wordpress.org/butchewing/) May 15, 2025
I am shocked that this is not built into WordPress Core. I have woken up in a panic
more than once remembering that I did not uncheck Discourage search engines from
indexing this site after launch a fancy new WordPress website. Now I can rest easy
with a visual reminder that the search engine visibility is disabled. Thank you!
Thank you! Thank you!
[ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“SEO Warning” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Andrew Hoyer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewhoyer/)
[Translate “SEO Warning” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/seo-warning)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-warning/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/seo-warning/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/seo-warning/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/seo-warning/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 0.1 – May 6, 2025
* First release
## Meta
* Version **0.1.2**
* Last updated **11 months ago**
* Active installations **20+**
* WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.8.5**
* PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-warning/)
* Tags
* [discourage](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/discourage/)[indexing](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/indexing/)
[search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)[seo](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
[warning](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/warning/)
* [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/seo-warning/advanced/)
## Ratings
5 out of 5 stars.
* [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/reviews/?filter=1)
[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/reviews/#new-post)
[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/reviews/)
## Contributors
* [ Andrew Hoyer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewhoyer/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-warning/)