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Non-200 HTTP Status Code on Primary URL on WordPress

The primary URL returns a non-200 HTTP status code, which may prevent search engines from indexing the page correctly.

Issue ID: CRAWL-STATUS-001Severity: criticalEffort: S

Why this matters

The primary URL returns a non-200 HTTP status code, which may prevent search engines from indexing the page correctly. This affects how clearly search engines understand the page and how persuasive it looks in search results.

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How to fix this on WordPress

Use the page editor, theme, or SEO tooling depending on where this issue lives.

  1. 1Inspect the page and theme output.
  2. 2Apply the fix in the most direct place.
  3. 3Publish and validate with a re-audit.

After you fix it

  • ✓Use curl or a browser to confirm the URL returns HTTP 200

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Fix non-200 http status code on primary url on a different CMS

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