Google indexing login page w/password

  • I just discoverd that if you google two of my wordpress sites (I have many, these are the first two I checked) via:

    site: domainname.com

    Among all of the cached pages are log in pages, WITH PASSWORDS. Anybody can just log in.

    I’m guessing this only happens when you tell the log in page to “remember me”, but that’s a nice feature.

    Any cure to this?

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  • Thread Starter msky

    (@msky)

    Sorry, just did a better wordpress search (login , instead of password) and it turned up several instances of this question, with solutions, thanks……

    Thread Starter msky

    (@msky)

    Does raise the question: why doesn’t wordpress just put :

    <META NAME=”ROBOTS” CONTENT=”NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW”>

    on the login and admin pages and save us the trouble?

    because thats not wordpress’ job, thats your job as the web master to decide what you dont want indexed.

    furthermore, the passwords that you are seeing, are due to your own browser/site settings — ppl CANNOT just login,l unless those “ppl” are you.

    Thread Starter msky

    (@msky)

    Well, I wasn’t trying to diss WP, who I absolutely love, but just thought that there’s no reason you’d ever want log in pages getting indexed so why not add the line to such pages. But you’re right, it’s my job.

    Meanwhile, my whole complaint was moot since, as you point out, this is only a problem if ou’re using the browser that remembers the passwords.

    thanks

    I think the issue is becoming recent again. There’s even a test site to found out what Google has indexed.

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