Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention.
When you upload a media file to the WordPress Media Library, WordPress creates a separate media attachment page for each individual file, and having the attachment pages as “noindex” or redirecting to the parent page is actually the preferred method to handle those and we mention the same here: https://rankmath.com/kb/should-you-redirect-attachments/
Also, the images are already set as Index and added to your sitemap. Google also discovers the images directly from your content, and you don’t have to do anything to set the image files as Index.
Here is an article to help you optimize your images for SERPs:
https://rankmath.com/blog/image-seo/
Hope that helps.
Thank you.
Hello Reinelle,
Thank you for your response, so we don’t have to worry about the attachment page since it’s not the direct image.
Thanks again for clarifying and for the additional guide to optimize images.
Hello,
You’re very welcome. Yes, you don’t have to worry about the attachment page since it’s not the direct image. Rank Math takes care of that for you.
We’re closing this ticket now but if you ever have another question or need any help in the future, please don’t hesitate to create a new forum topic. We’ll be more than happy to assist you again.
Thank you for choosing Rank Math. Have a wonderful day!
