Sudden Indexation of "Index of /wp-content/uploads/"

[Tom3_15]

Hi all,

I have suddenly noticed a massive jump in indexed pages. After performing a "site:" search, it was revealed that the sudden jump was due to the indexation of many pages beginning with the serp title "Index of /wp-content/uploads/" for many uploaded pieces of content & plugins.

This has appeared approximately one month after switching to https. I have also noticed a decline in Bing rankings. Does anyone know what is causing/how to fix this? To be clear, these pages are **not **normal /wp-content/uploads/ but rather "index of" pages, being included in Google.

Thank you.

[Tom3_15]

Using the htaccess I 404'd all the pages using "Options All -Indexes". Will this resolve the issue?

[Tom3_15]

We use Worpdress as our CMS and do indeed use Yoast. We have never had an issue with /wp-content/ being indexed before, and I have been very conscientious about keeping our index clean.

Why I am confused is that this is an index of our wp-content, similar to a sitemap. I do not have robots.txt blocked for this as I do not know what is making the index.

Thanks!

[MattJanaway]

Can you share the URL of the site in question, please? I'd be happy to take a look for you. Those resources should be blocked from being crawled in the robots.txt file, at the bare minimum.

• What CMS is the website running?
• Do you have a plugin like Yoast running?

Ranking declines could indicate a poor migration from HTTP to HTTPS, but would require some investigation.