IndexNow for Statamic

Submit URLs to IndexNow directly from your Statamic Control Panel for faster search engine indexing.

What is IndexNow?

IndexNow is an open protocol that allows websites to instantly notify search engines about content changes. Instead of waiting for search engines to discover updates through crawling, IndexNow enables real-time notifications resulting in faster indexing and more current search results.

When you submit to any one participating search engine, the submission is automatically shared with all others:

• Bing
• Yandex
• Seznam
• Naver

Note: Google does not participate in IndexNow. Use Google Search Console for Google indexing.

Features

• CP Utility — browse all published entries and submit selected URLs with one click
• Submission tracking — see which entries have been submitted and whether they've been modified since
• Auto-submit on publish — optionally submit URLs automatically when entries are saved
• Bulk actions — quickly select all unsubmitted or modified entries
• Collection filtering — filter entries by collection and search by title
• Sortable columns — sort by title, collection, status, last modified, or last submitted
• Batch support — large submissions are automatically chunked per IndexNow's 10,000 URL limit
• History cleanup — artisan command to prune old submission records

Requirements

• Statamic 5
• Laravel 11 or 12

Installation

composer require artofwifi/statamic-indexnow

No database required. Submission history is stored as a JSON file in storage/statamic-indexnow/.

Setup

1. Generate an IndexNow key

Your API key must be 8-128 characters long, using alphanumeric characters and hyphens. You can generate one at indexnow.org/genkey or use OpenSSL:

openssl rand -hex 32

2. Add the key to your .env

INDEXNOW_KEY=your-key-here

3. Host the verification key file

IndexNow requires a verification file at your domain root to prove ownership. Create a text file named {your-key}.txt containing just the key:

https://yourdomain.com/your-key-here.txt

The file must be publicly accessible and return only the key as plain text.

That's it! Head to CP > Utilities > IndexNow and start submitting.

Configuration

Publish the config file if you need to customize settings:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=statamic-indexnow-config

This will create config/statamic-indexnow.php with the following options:

return [
    // Your IndexNow API key
    'key' => env('INDEXNOW_KEY'),

    // IndexNow endpoint (any participating engine shares with all others)
    'endpoint' => env('INDEXNOW_ENDPOINT', 'https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow'),

    // Base URL for submitted entries (useful when submitting from a dev environment)
    'production_url' => env('INDEXNOW_PRODUCTION_URL', env('APP_URL')),

    // Automatically submit URLs when entries are published or updated
    'auto_submit' => env('INDEXNOW_AUTO_SUBMIT', false),

    // Collection handles to exclude from the utility and auto-submission
    'exclude_collections' => [],

    // Max URLs per API request (IndexNow protocol limit is 10,000)
    'batch_size' => 10000,
];

Production URL

If you manage your site from a development or staging environment, set INDEXNOW_PRODUCTION_URL to ensure production URLs are submitted regardless of which environment the CP runs in:

INDEXNOW_PRODUCTION_URL=https://yourdomain.com

Excluding collections

Add collection handles to exclude_collections to hide them from the utility and skip them during auto-submission:

'exclude_collections' => ['internal', 'drafts'],

Usage

CP Utility

Navigate to Utilities > IndexNow in the Control Panel. You'll see all published entries with their submission status:

Status	Meaning
Never (gray)	Entry has never been submitted to IndexNow
Modified (amber)	Entry was modified after the last submission
Submitted (green)	Entry hasn't changed since last submission

Select entries and click Submit Selected to IndexNow. Use the quick-select buttons to select all unsubmitted or modified entries.

The table supports sorting by title, collection, status, last modified, and last submitted date. Filter by collection or search by title using the controls above the table.

Auto-submit on publish

Enable automatic submission whenever entries are saved:

INDEXNOW_AUTO_SUBMIT=true

When enabled, each published entry triggers a submission to IndexNow. Entries in excluded collections and unpublished entries are skipped.

Cleaning up old records

Submission history accumulates over time. Use the artisan command to prune old records:

# Delete records older than 90 days (default)
php artisan indexnow:prune

# Delete records older than 30 days
php artisan indexnow:prune --days=30

To run this automatically, add it to your schedule in routes/console.php or app/Console/Kernel.php:

$schedule->command('indexnow:prune')->monthly();

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.md for details.