I need to remove this line <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> on my site for the accessibility mode.

I successfully added the <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow"> by calling add_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_no_robots', 1); but it shows both metatags

 <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow"> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow">  

I didn't find the way to remove the index metatag line.

I need to remove this line <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> on my site for the accessibility mode.

I successfully added the <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow"> by calling add_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_no_robots', 1); but it shows both metatags

 <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow"> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow">  

I didn't find the way to remove the index metatag line.

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• You've tagged this question with plugin-all-in-one-seo - are you using the plugin? – kero Commented Feb 26, 2021 at 15:33
• 1 Nope, I do not use any plugin for <meta name="robots" content="index, follow">. But I am using a custom plugin for enabling/disabling to the accessibility mode where I simply adding these lines add_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_no_robots', 1); I kept looking the way to remove the robots metatag. even through I tried this statement remove_action( 'wp_head', 'robots'); but no luck so far. – princeexpedition Commented Feb 26, 2021 at 15:46
• Ok, sorry but I can't help you with that as I'm unfamiliar with the core robots stuff. Somebody else will probably pick it up - just wanted to make sure it is about WP core and not a plugin. – kero Commented Feb 26, 2021 at 16:05
• 1 make.wordpress/core/2021/02/19/… – birgire Commented Feb 26, 2021 at 23:00

1 Answer 1

Rather than using the

add_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_no_robots', 1 );

Try using

add_filter( 'wp_robots', 'wp_robots_no_robots' );

In your code you are actually trying to add one more function call to pre called function rather than just changing its value to noindex. Use add_filter instead. :)