Webflow
How to get your Webflow site indexed by Google
Webflow can generate your sitemap and noindexes staging by default — here's the checklist.
https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml
Webflow gives you proper control: an auto-generated sitemap you switch on, per-page noindex toggles, and an editable robots.txt. The two things that trip people up are forgetting to enable the sitemap and accidentally getting the .webflow.io staging domain indexed instead of the real one.
Turn on the sitemap
In Site settings → SEO → Sitemap, enable "Auto-generate sitemap". Webflow then serves it at yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml. Publish to your custom domain for the change to take effect, then submit that URL in Google Search Console.
Webflow-specific gotchas
- The yoursite.webflow.io staging domain is noindexed by Webflow by default — good. Make sure your custom domain is published and is the one you submit and link to.
- Each page (and CMS collection template) has an SEO setting to "Disable indexing for this page" — check it's off on pages you want indexed.
- CMS collection pages are included in the sitemap automatically once the collection template is published.
- If you hand-edit robots.txt in Site settings, make sure you haven't disallowed paths you actually want crawled.
- Publish after any SEO change — Webflow only applies settings on publish.
Step by step
- Enable "Auto-generate sitemap" in Site settings → SEO and publish to your custom domain.
- Verify the custom domain in Google Search Console.
- Submit https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml.
- For any page not indexing, confirm "Disable indexing for this page" is off in its settings, then republish.
- Push the URL through the Indexing API to prompt an immediate crawl.
Point IndexerNow at your sitemap, then push new and updated URLs through Google's Indexing API and IndexNow on your own account and quota — no plugin, no code.
Connect your Search Console and indexFrequently asked
Where is the Webflow sitemap?
At yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml once you enable "Auto-generate sitemap" in Site settings → SEO and publish to your custom domain. Before you enable it, there is no sitemap.
Why is my .webflow.io URL in Google instead of my domain?
Webflow noindexes the .webflow.io staging domain by default, so this is rare — but if it happened, make sure your custom domain is published and primary, submit its sitemap, and the staging URLs will drop out as Google re-crawls.
Why isn't my Webflow page indexing?
Check the page's "Disable indexing for this page" toggle is off, confirm you enabled and published the sitemap, and that you're working with the custom domain. Then submit the URL to bring the crawl forward.