Need to keep your WordPress site out of Google search results — temporarily or permanently? In this quick tech tip, Charly shows you how to prevent indexing using the Site Visibility setting in WordPress.

✅ You’ll learn:

- Where to find the “Discourage search engines from indexing this site” option

- What this setting does and doesn’t do

- When to use this (e.g. during development, staging, or pre-launch)

- Why this isn’t a foolproof long-term SEO strategy

If you're building or testing your site and want to keep it private from search engines, this episode is a must-hear.

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