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Excessive Redirect Chain on WordPress
Long redirect chains waste crawl budget and slow page load.
Issue ID: INDEX-REDIRECT-001Severity: moderateEffort: M
Why this matters
Long redirect chains waste crawl budget and slow page load. This affects crawlability, rendering, and whether the site can be interpreted correctly by search engines.
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How to fix this on WordPress
Check robots, sitemap, and noindex settings in your SEO stack.
- 1Inspect Yoast or Rank Math indexing settings.
- 2Confirm the page is indexable and the sitemap is enabled.
- 3Resubmit the sitemap in Search Console if needed.
After you fix it
- ✓Follow the URL and confirm no more than 1 redirect
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