As of April 2026, Discourage Search Engines is a WordPress seo plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….
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| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
-== Version 1.6.1 ==-
– Tested up to 6.8.
-== Version 1.6 ==-
– Enhanced user notices based on ‘blog_public’ setting.
– Improved user meta handling for dismissed notices.
– Streamlined code for improved maintainability.
-== Version 1.5.2 ==-
– The admin notice is now only visible to admins.
-== Version 1.5.1 ==-
– Added a notification that your website is being indexed.
-== Version …
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