{"id":6115,"date":"2021-02-13T19:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T14:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=6115"},"modified":"2021-02-13T19:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T14:06:19","slug":"wordpress-site-is-not-indexed-by-search-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/wordpress-site-is-not-indexed-by-search-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress site is not indexed by search engines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your newly created WordPress site is not indexed by search engines, then this is the first thing that you should do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Login to your WordPress site and go to <strong>Settings \u00bb Reading<\/strong> page. 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