Multisite search visibility indicator

Multisite search visibility indicator is a lightweight plugin that keeps you informed at a glance whether your site — or any site in your network — is accidentally blocking search engines.

WordPress has a built-in setting under Settings → Reading called “Search Engine Visibility”. When enabled, it adds a noindex directive that tells search engines not to index your site. This is easy to accidentally leave on after development, and notoriously hard to notice.

This plugin adds a persistent indicator to the WordPress toolbar so you never miss it again.

Features

• Toolbar indicator visible to administrators at all times (front-end and back-end)
• Color-coded status: green when search engines are allowed, yellow/red when blocked
• Multisite ready: shows a per-site breakdown across your entire network
• Each site in the dropdown links directly to its Reading Settings for a one-click fix
• Bulk management page (Multisite only): allow or discourage search engines across all — or selected — sites in a single action
• Zero configuration required — install and it just works
• No external dependencies, no tracking, no bloat

Multisite Bulk Management

On a Multisite installation the plugin adds a Search Engine Visibility page under Network Admin → Settings. From there you can:

1. See every site in the network and its current visibility status
2. Select individual sites or all sites at once
3. Apply “Allow search engines” or “Discourage search engines” in one click

Who is this for?

• Agencies managing WordPress Multisite networks
• Developers who frequently spin up and hand off sites
• Site owners who want a quick sanity check without digging through settings