Title: Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge Author: Yoast Published: May 30, 2018 Last modified: December 10, 2020 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/yoast-seo-search-index-purge_9e7baf. svg) # yoast-seo-search-index-purge * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/) ## Description This plugin has been closed as of March 31, 2023 and is not available for download. This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/22c1e107736c7457aeec237780b24c7c11eff3550b449dd5202f7decfe227a65? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[it may break your google ranking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-may-break-your-google-ranking/)󠁿 [wpksasa](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpksasa/) October 16, 2020 silly crap redirecting all media to 404 pages, even for existing content. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7dbb67f8ba3c6040be43eb7e1f6b21bd42b0c3f36b39f5ab3053f86b14716c5c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It is not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-is-not-working-22/)󠁿 [jajoho](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jajabings2403/) May 7, 2020 The plugin creates a new XML-Sitemap which contains all attachment URLs. This is the opposite from what you are describing ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6431d5f8fb526a2f0063449800d1a32d4ee62ff7c9b3ad1f2b6491ab09ca8ee8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I do not advise](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-do-not-advise/)󠁿 [brabrubra](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brabrubra/) December 20, 2019 It does not perform its functions. I do not advise ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/191a9bf9a42476715d20608b1b0d5a4774ca41e1083305b2b8d76d59972b94b2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t Work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-2269/)󠁿 [pauliee](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pauliee/) October 20, 2019 “Wait 6 months and it will work.” Bullshit. It’s been 16+ and didn’t work. Yoast makes a mistake, creates plugin to fix and it doesn’t, and you’re left with hours of work to fix URLs that shouldnt exist ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/58b9303756240a6d84e68e12383a3a92f016cc2f14ad2f06ab94a7c33b95a614? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Plugin does not return 401, but DOES reindex all attachment pages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-return-401-but-does-reindex-all-attachment-pages/)󠁿 [jamieschmid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamieschmid/) July 23, 2019 Which is the exact opposite of what it’s supposed to do. It does NOT create a 401 for the attachment page, the page loads as usual. But it actually DID send Google fresh indexes for all attachment pages in its XML – so they’ve been re-indexed all over again. Guys please fix this! This plugin actually made the issue WORSE. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1bc456d19f59a7c20b306832be2c749d263f713a13bf62bf163626f0d741518d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Stupid Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stupid-plugin-7/)󠁿 [phamgiaquocthong](https://profiles.wordpress.org/phamgiaquocthong/) June 14, 2019 My theme has been changed by that. [ Read all 12 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Yoast ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yoast/) * [ Joost de Valk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joostdevalk/) * [ Taco Verdonschot ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tacoverdo/) * [ Omar Reiss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/omarreiss/) * [ Anton Timmermans ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/atimmer/) * [ Jip Moors ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jipmoors/) “Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.1.0** * Last updated **6 years ago** * Active installations **N/A** * WordPress version ** 5.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.6.17** * PHP version ** 5.2.4 or higher ** * Languages * [Arabic](https://ar.wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), [Romanian](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/), and [Ukrainian](https://uk.wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-seo-search-index-purge/advanced/)