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10 Best Noindex Pages Alternatives in 2026

Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works

Noindex Pages has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.

The 10 closest alternatives to Noindex Pages

  1. 1

    HTTP 410 responses

    Closest match

    HTTP 410 (Gone) responses

    4.6 (21) 4,000+ active installs

    Sends HTTP 410 (Gone) responses for deleted content, telling search engines the page is permanently removed.

    Shares the robots tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated August 5, 2026.

  2. 2

    Companion Sitemap Generator – Simple, Smart, and SEO-Ready

    4.7 (55) 7,000+ active installs

    Create clean, complete, and up-to-date sitemaps for your WordPress website automatically.

    Shares the robots tag on WordPress.org. About 3.5 times the installs, last updated April 23, 2026.

  3. 3
    4.3 (32) 5,000+ active installs

    Imports well-formed HTML files into WordPress pages.

    Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.

  4. 4
    4.7 (161) 20,000+ active installs

    The easiest and highest rated way to Add Widgets or Sidebars to Posts and Pages using Visual editor, shortcodes or template tags.

    Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 13, 2024.

  5. 5
    5.0 (22) 10,000+ active installs

    An admin interface to control the default comment and trackback settings on new posts, pages and custom post types.

    Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated November 17, 2025.

  6. 6
    4.9 (20) 4,000+ active installs

    Using this plugin one can easily collapse/expand pages with children and grand children.

    Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since July 9, 2019.

  7. 7
    4.8 (23) 20,000+ active installs

    Adds the built in WordPress categories and tags to your pages.

    Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated January 7, 2026.

  8. 8
    4.4 (86) 10,000+ active installs

    Easily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes.

    Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since May 13, 2019.

  9. 9
    4.0 (25) 2,000+ active installs

    Dynamic menus: Add a page to your menu and then let WordPress automatically add the child pages.

    Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 10 days ago.

  10. 10
    4.7 (23) 700+ active installs

    Restrict access to your WordPress pages using WooCommerce products.

    Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated June 7, 2026.

Switching from Noindex Pages: common questions

What is the best alternative to Noindex Pages?

HTTP 410 responses is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 4,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.

Which Noindex Pages alternative has the most users?

Widgets on Pages, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.

Which Noindex Pages alternative is rated highest?

Widgets on Pages, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 161 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.

Are these Noindex Pages alternatives free?

Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.

How are alternatives chosen?

Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Noindex Pages score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.

How we choose these alternatives

Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Noindex Pages on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.

The bottom line

HTTP 410 responses is the closest match to Noindex Pages by the data we track, and Widgets on Pages has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Auto Submenu shipped the most recent release, on August 28, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.

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