How to index private videos with Video SEO

Currently, our Video SEO plugin doesn’t work with private videos if they are set to private before the video is indexed by the plugin. Unfortunately, the plugin cannot read the data from a private video. We’re working on a solution for this. In the meantime, we have a work-around for you, which we’ll discuss in this article.

Do you have a different question regarding the Video SEO plugin? Check our Video SEO FAQ.

Follow the instructions below to index private videos.

On your video hosting platform, change the privacy settings of your video to Public
In your WordPress Dashboard, go to Yoast SEO
Go to Video SEO
Under Indexation of videos in your content, check the box Force reidex of already indexed videos
Click Re-Index Videos
On your video hosting platform, change the privacy settings of your video to Private
Please note that every time you do a forced reindex of already indexed videos, you must first change the videos to public.