# Are hivepress categories indexed by Google? **URL:** \ **Category:** HivePress\ **Created:** [November 20, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://community.hivepress.io/t/are-hivepress-categories-indexed-by-google/8323 "2023-11-20T10:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mbevia](https://community.hivepress.io/user_avatar/community.hivepress.io/mbevia/32/6214_2.png) [@mbevia](https://community.hivepress.io/u/mbevia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://community.hivepress.io/t/are-hivepress-categories-indexed-by-google/8323/1 "2023-11-20T10:13:10Z")
Just a quick question, are hivepress categories indexable by google or do I need the SEO plugin? Right now I am using Yoast…but I still do not see my categories indexed on Google webmaster tools. I do have this meta in the header right now name=‘robots’ content='index, follow ---
**Author:** ![andrii](https://community.hivepress.io/user_avatar/community.hivepress.io/andrii/32/2951_2.png) [@andrii](https://community.hivepress.io/u/andrii)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://community.hivepress.io/t/are-hivepress-categories-indexed-by-google/8323/3 "2023-11-21T09:07:06Z")
Hi, Unfortunately, we cannot help with this because this is a third-party setting for indexing a website in Google. But as a solution from our other customers, we recommend a plugin like this one [Instant Indexing for Google – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fast-indexing-api/) ​I hope this is helpful to you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.hivepress.io/user_avatar/community.hivepress.io/system/32/13990_2.png) [@system](https://community.hivepress.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://community.hivepress.io/t/are-hivepress-categories-indexed-by-google/8323/4 "2023-12-21T09:07:20Z")
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