{"id":29976,"date":"2023-04-27T00:52:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T00:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/knowledgebase\/staq-is-blocking-my-seo-tools\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:05:57","slug":"staq-is-blocking-my-seo-tools","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/sg\/knowledgebase\/staq-is-blocking-my-seo-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Staq is blocking my SEO tools with 502 or 503 server errors"},"content":{"rendered":"

When SEO tools, such as SEM Rush, SE Rankings, Screaming Frog, or Ahrefs display a 502, 503 or 520 (Cloudflare) error, it is likely because Staq has intentionally blocked those requests. This is because SEO tools are frequently abusive in their behavior. <\/span>At the same time, it offers the added protection that your competitors cannot spy or reverse-engineer SEO works completed on your website.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, if you do require these tools, you can enable them easily inside Staq.<\/p>\n

Enabling them on a website level<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To enable the ability for SEO tools to scan a website, simply go to the Staq Panel of that website and click\u00a0Nginx Config<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From there, you can select Yes to\u00a0Allow-SEO robots<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Enabling them globally for all your sites<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To enable SEO tools to scan all your sites inside your Staq account, go to Global Settings<\/strong> in the main navigation bar and click Nginx Config:<\/p>\n

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From there, you can select:<\/p>\n

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Please note<\/h2>\n

This only allows:<\/p>\n