KudoMetrics IndexNow – Automatic URL Submission to Search Engines

Description

KudoMetrics IndexNow – Automatic URL Submission to Search Engines submits your published, updated, and deleted URLs to search engines via the open IndexNow protocol. Instead of waiting days or weeks for search engines to crawl your XML sitemap, this plugin notifies participating search engines immediately when your content changes.

What is IndexNow?

IndexNow is a free, open protocol initiated by Microsoft Bing. It allows website owners to instantly notify participating search engines about new, modified, or deleted content. Search engines that adopt the IndexNow protocol share URL updates with each other, ensuring rapid discovery across multiple search engines including Microsoft Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam.cz, and Yep.

Key Features

• Automated submission on post publish, update, and delete.
• Automatic verification key generation and virtual serving at yourdomain.com/your-key.txt.
• Bulk URL submission for existing published posts and pages.
• Live status tester to test any URL and inspect the HTTP response.
• Clear submission history log with status indicators.
• Direct server-to-API requests to the official IndexNow endpoint without intermediary servers.
• Lightweight PHP implementation with zero external library dependencies.
• Compatible with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, and WooCommerce.

Privacy & External Services

This plugin connects directly to the official external IndexNow API endpoint using the open IndexNow protocol (https://www.indexnow.org) to notify search engines when pages are published, updated, or deleted.

• Service Provider: Microsoft Bing / IndexNow
• Endpoint URL: https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow
• Data Sent: The URL of the published, updated, or deleted post, host domain name, and the generated IndexNow verification key.
• IndexNow Terms of Use: https://www.indexnow.org/terms
• Microsoft Privacy Statement: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement