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IndexNow Plugin

by bingwebmastertools

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Description

IndexNow Plugin for WordPress enables automated submission of URLs from WordPress sites to the multiple search engines without the need to register and verify your site with them. Once installed, the plugin will automatically generate and host the API key on your site. It detects page creation/update/ deletion in WordPress and automatically submits the URLs in the background. This ensures that search engines will always have the latest updates about your site. This plugin submits URLs to a generic end point https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow and these URLs are shared to all participating search engines.

The plugin automatically respects noindex directives to prevent submission of URLs that should not be indexed. It checks the actual rendered HTML for <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> tags. It also checks X-Robots-Tag HTTP headers and WordPress site-wide search engine visibility settings.

Some other handy features included in the plugin:

  • Toggle the automatic submission feature.
  • Exclude specific URL paths from auto-submission using wildcard patterns.
  • Manually submit a URL to IndexNow.
  • View list of recent URL submissions from the plugin.
  • Retry any failed submissions from the recent submissions list.
  • Download recent URL submissions for analysis.
  • Status on recent successful and failed submissions.
  • View IndexNow insights and more in Bing Webmaster tools.

You can browse the code at the GitHub repository.

This plugin was developed with love and coffee by the Bing Webmaster team.

You just need to install the plugin and set up automatic submission of new pages in your WordPress site. It’s that simple!

  • Log in to WordPress admin panel for your WordPress site. Click on ‘Plugins > Add New’.
  • Search for ‘IndexNow Plugin’ and install.
  • Once installed, click on ‘Activate’ to enable plugin.
  • Go to IndexNow admin page and click ‘Let’s Get Started!’.
How can I change the API key?

To generate a new API key, please de-activate and re-activate the plugin. It will automatically generate a new key and host on your site. API key is unique for a website and hence should not be changed too frequently as best practices.

How can I delete any stored data in my WordPress database?

You can go to ‘Plugins’ page from your WordPress sidebar and click on Deactivate under IndexNow plugin. This will remove the API key integration as well as any locally stored data about submitted URLs. Reactivating the plugin will present you with a clean slate.

I cannot see all the URLs submitted on my dashboard? Where can I view all my submissions made via IndexNow plugin?

We are providing a limited number of URLs submitted on the WordPress dashboard (20 successful and 20 failed). Please reach out to individual search engines for more details.

I can’t see the URLs in search engines indexed?

Indexing of URLs is specific and dependent on each search engine’s rules, please reach out to individual search engine for debugging and resolution.

garbage

By raudels on May 18, 2026

forced to use this

THANK YOU SOMETHING ACTUALLY WORKS FROM MICROSOFT

By dadsfam on May 9, 2026

Its not common to hear us complimenting Microsoft as of late but I give it up to them - plugin works. Does what it says and havent had any issues whatsoever.

Greetings from South Africa

Five Stars All the Way

By tradesouthwest (tradesouthwest@gmail.com) on April 28, 2026

I see a large percentage of reviews that say the plugin is crap or doesn't work... I am not affiliated with anything Bing and somewhat loathe MS as a rule but, this plugin does everything it says it does, and I love the efficiency of how it auto-post post. Wish GSC was this easy to push URLs.

I don't think it works... 0 Submissions?

By Owen (owencerijones) on March 31, 2026

I submitted dozens of pages before checking the stats, which declared: 0 Submissions, 0 Failures.

Doesn't make sense to me - it must be bust!

Works well, but has a small loading issue

By guguan123 on February 20, 2026

It works as expected, but I noticed that main.6b93cffc.js is constantly reloading. This is slowing down the WordPress dashboard significantly. It would be great if this could be optimized!

It works

By qerghgfjkgk on August 28, 2025

It works.

No support, plugin abandoned, plugin submits URLs with noindex directives

By Reed Sutton (reedus33) on August 11, 2025

This plugin has no support, it is completely derelict. The plugin submits all URLs to be immediately indexed even if they have the noindex directive. I have tried contacting the github devs, plugin support, bing webmaster support. No response. The plugin is abandoned.

Good hassle free plugin

By Team Khumbaya (himalayantechies) on December 14, 2024

It just works. Low maintenance, can use more features which I am assuming are coming in future versions.

Works

By DimaW on March 18, 2024

Looks like it works as expected.

pak timez

By zabi qureshi (zabiqureshi007) on February 28, 2024

this very help full

1.0.4

  • Migrate UI to Fluent UI v9 with accessibility improvements.
  • Universal noindex detection by parsing HTML meta robots tags and X-Robots-Tag header.
  • Excluded paths feature to prevent submission of specific URL patterns.
  • Retry support for failed URL submissions.
  • Error banners for API key load failures.
  • Fix package vulnerabilities and dependency upgrades.

1.0.3

  • Fix for resubmit button not working.

1.0.2

  • Allow plugin owners of WordPress site to access Indexing Insights in Bing Webmaster tools.

1.0.1

  • Moving Admin menu under Settings.
  • Text domain fix and minor changes.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
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