# CMS Blog pages not being indexed **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [February 23, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-pages-not-being-indexed/54634 "2026-02-23T10:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-pages-not-being-indexed/54634/3 "2026-02-23T10:42:29Z")
@jbob Just to clarify this briefly… If you’re only referring to the blog post listing page of the blog collection, then Ben’s suggested approach should be the right one. But if, as I suspect (and what would make more sense), you’re actually talking about the individual blog posts themselves, then this is currently not possible using Elements’ CMS blogging in the way you intended. The reason is that, for individual blog posts, the canonical tag is always set to the main blog listing page. As a result, the individual posts are not being indexed by search engines. I already raised this issue with Ben in the past, and hopefully it will be added to the to-do list soon. > [@Canonical Tag Issue in Elements CMS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/canonical-tag-issue-in-elements-cms/51033): > > @ben The rel="canonical" tag does not work in Elements CMS. While checking and reviewing the source code, I just discovered that for blog posts in Elements CMS, the SLUG is not being correctly replaced in the rel="canonical" tag. See the screenshot. It would be great if this could be fixed so that the blog posts can be indexed by Google. Also, when I activate the Open Graph meta tags under the CMS item, they are also not being replaced or outputted. … --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-blog-pages-not-being-indexed/54634)._