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I am using WordPress SEO plugin written by Yoast. This plugin, by default, shows "noindex,follow" on every page. I am sure I know the file that displays "noindex, follow" but after much "tweaking" I can't seem to remove the code.

Here's the file: https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordpress-seo/tags/1.2.8.3/frontend/class-frontend.php

I'd really appreciate if you can let me know which line needs to be commented out, or what needs to be edited. :)

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Have you visited the plugin's settings page and configured it properly? It's creating those based on its configuration settings. – Otto Sep 7 '12 at 16:21
Are you sure it's the plugin? I use wordpress SEO and it definitely does not add a noindex, follow by default. Does the full meta tag look like this? <meta name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' /> That can get generated by the Settings >> Privacy screen in the wordpress dashboard. – Ben Sep 7 '12 at 16:38
Guys, I think I am sure the plugin does this. I have checked Privacy screen, and I am also sure I have configured it properly. This is shown only in domain/page/2/, page/3/, etc. A quick search revealed that this is, indeed, added by default: wordpress.org/support/topic/… I'd really appreciate if you can help! :) – Sid Sep 7 '12 at 17:13

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Ooohhh you mean "pagination" pages. Gotcha now!

It's hard to say for sure(I know I know), but at first glance it looks like this block of code would be what you're after:

if ( $wp_query->query_vars['paged'] && $wp_query->query_vars['paged'] > 1 && isset( $options['noindex-subpages'] ) && $options['noindex-subpages'] ) {
                $robots['index']  = 'noindex';
                $robots['follow'] = 'follow';
            }
        }
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