Title: External requests
Last modified: June 5, 2021

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# External requests

 *  Resolved [julia77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julia77/)
 * (@julia77)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-requests-2/)
 * Hello,
 * I´m about to block external requests and need to know which Url´s this plugin
   needs to function properly (if any, to define the accessible hosts).
 * Thanks,
 * Julia
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fexternal-requests-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/)
 * (@mikes41720)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-requests-2/#post-14526269)
 * Hi [@julia77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julia77/)
 * Could you clarify what kind of external requests you mean that you are trying
   to block?
 * You can refer to our developer documentation for more reference on what APIs 
   we use for the plugin – [https://developer.yoast.com/](https://developer.yoast.com/)
 *  Thread Starter [julia77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julia77/)
 * (@julia77)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-requests-2/#post-14528508)
 * Hello,
 * That´s the point. I´m looking for the external url´s requested by this plugin
   to function properly in its free version.
 * The link you provided doesn´t contain info about it.
 * Julia
 *  Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/)
 * (@mikes41720)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-requests-2/#post-14531716)
 * Hi [@julia77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julia77/)
 * After consulting with our developers, we found the following external URLs being
   used in the free version of Yoast SEO for WordPress plugin:
    - [https://www.google.com](https://www.google.com) (sitemap ping)
    - [https://www.bing.com](https://www.bing.com) (sitemap ping)
    - [https://indexability.yoast.onpage.org](https://indexability.yoast.onpage.org)(
      ryte integration)
    - [https://oauth.semrush.com](https://oauth.semrush.com) (semrush integration)
    - The Yoast SEO plugin requests those external URLs for those particular features.
      However, even if you should block any of those external URLs, the Yoast SEO
      plugin would most likely still work even then.
    - There are also some external URLs that reference to MyYoast (our subscription
      connection check) and Zapier (integration), but this is for the premium version
      of the Yoast SEO for WordPress plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [julia77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julia77/)
 * (@julia77)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-requests-2/#post-14532488)
 * Thanks Michael!

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 * Last reply from: [julia77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julia77/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-requests-2/#post-14532488)
 * Status: resolved