This plugin adds a warning to the WordPress admin bar when search engine visibility is off.
As of April 2026, SEO Warning is a WordPress seo plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 411 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….
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.
Install the plugin from the WordPress plugin repository and activate the plugin. There are no settings or options.
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/
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 Fr…| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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