exclude urls are being crawled

[orders178]

Hi there, I have urls like this in the exclude url area but they are being indexed.

wp-json/
?filter_by=
search.php?
mb3/

is there a limit to the amount of excludes you can have? I have a lot - could that be the issue?

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

that should be working.
What is an example URL that is added in sitemap and full list of exclusions?

[orders178]

I am attaching a text file of the excludes and a sample of some of the urls that are getting into the sitemap that shouldn't be there. I will run it again to be sure that this is all the most accurate information for you.

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

if you are using "*" in Exclude URLs setting, then it must be defined in "regular expression" syntax:
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In your case, you need to escape "?" characters to avoid issues:

Code Select Expand

?filter_by=
search.php?
should be replaced with:

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\?filter_by=
search.php\?


[orders178]

ok that makes a lot of sense! will give that a shot and let you know the results. thanks so much for your prompt replies

[orders178]

That is working! thanks so much!

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Great, I'm glad it works!