The Yoast SEO Plugin is a wonderful WordPress plugin that allows WordPress editors to type in various information for their posts and pages that help search engines find, and accurately describe the post or page.
Using the Yoast Tool
After the SEO plugin is enabled, WordPress editors can visit their post or page within the WordPress admin. When editing a post or page, underneath the main editing section the SEO plugin has several fields that can be updated for SEO.
The Title
The title is one of the most important elements for SEO. The text entered in the title field of the SEO plugin is the main link that shows up in search results. “Most search engines use a maximum of 60 characters for the title.”
The Description
The description, when entered into the description field of the SEO plugin, is the same description that shows up in search results underneath the title. “Most search engines use a maximum of 160 characters for the description.”
Hiding Pages from Google Search Results
To hide a page from displaying in Google search results, you will need to set a site to no-index,no-follow. You can do this by scrolling down to the Yoast SEO component, click the “Advanced” tab with the gear icon. Set the field ‘Meta Robots Index‘ to noindex. Set the Meta robots follow field to nofollow.
Hiding Pages from In-site Results
To hide a page from in-site search results (i.e, the global search field in the footer of your website) , you will need to copy the page ID of the page you wish to hide. You can see this when you are on the page in the browser toolbar. Screenshot below.
After grabbing the ID,
Then go to SearchWP → Settings → Pages and find the Rules box. Paste the ID into the “only show entries” field with a comma in between entries
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