IndexNow Installation Instructions

Instantly tell search engines about new and changed pages

Written By David

Last updated About 24 hours ago

IndexNow is a simple way to ping search engines (like Bing) the instant you publish or update a page. Setup takes one small file and a redirect. Follow the steps for your platform.

How it works

Cromojo gives you an API key file. You host that file on your site so search engines can confirm it's really you, then click Verify in Cromojo. After that, Cromojo can submit changes through IndexNow automatically.

The key file must be reachable at the root of your domain, for example https://yourdomain.com/a1b2c3d4e5f6.txt. Most website builders don't let you place a file at the root directly, so the method is always the same:

  1. Upload the file somewhere your platform allows (a media library or assets panel).

  2. Copy the URL where the platform stored it.

  3. Create a redirect from the root path to that URL.

Before you start

Download your key file from Cromojo (open your site, go to IndexNow, then Download key file). Note the exact filename. It is a long string of letters and numbers ending in .txt, for example a1b2c3d4e5f6.txt. In the steps below, replace yourkey.txt with that filename.

If your site uses www (for example https://www.yourdomain.com), contact support before verifying so we can check the site is registered with the correct host.

For Webflow

Webflow doesn't have a built-in integration for IndexNow, so we use an asset upload plus a redirect.

  1. Upload your API key file

    • In the Webflow Designer, open the Assets panel and upload yourkey.txt.

  2. Set up a 301 Redirect

    • Go to Site Settings → Publishing → 301 Redirects.

    • Old path: /yourkey.txt (the filename from Before you start, with a leading slash)

    • Redirect to page: paste the file URL you copied in step 1

    • Click Add redirect path.

  3. Publish your site

  4. Test it: open https://yourdomain.com/yourkey.txt in a browser. You should see the key text.

  5. Back on Cromojo, click Verify

For WordPress

  1. Upload your API key file

  2. Set up a 301 Redirect

    • Use a redirect plugin such as Redirection or Yoast SEO Premium.

    • Source URL: /yourkey.txt

    • Target URL: paste the file URL you copied in step 1

    • Save the redirect.

  3. Test it: open https://yourdomain.com/yourkey.txt in a browser. You should see the key text.

  4. Back in Cromojo, click Verify.

    Note: if your security or upload settings block .txt files, you may need to allow the file type or ask your host.

For Shopify

  1. Upload your API key file

    • Go to Settings, then Files, and upload yourkey.txt.

    • Click the link icon next to the file to copy its CDN URL. You will paste this URL in step 2.

  2. Set up a redirect

    • Go to Online Store, then Navigation, then URL Redirects, then Create URL redirect.

    • Redirect from: /yourkey.txt

    • Redirect to: paste the CDN URL you copied in step 1

    • Save.

  3. Test it: open https://yourdomain.com/yourkey.txt in a browser. You should see the key text.

  4. Back in Cromojo, click Verify.

For Squarespace

  1. Upload your API key file

    • Squarespace has no general file library. Add a File Block to any page (a hidden or unlinked page works well), upload yourkey.txt through it, then copy the link the block creates. It will look like https://yourdomain.com/s/yourkey.txt. You will paste this URL in step 2.

  2. Set up a URL Mapping

    • Go to Settings → Advanced → URL Mappings.

    • Add this line, replacing the second part with the link you copied in step 1:
      /yourkey.txt -> /s/yourkey.txt 301

    • Save

  3. Test it: open https://yourdomain.com/yourkey.txt in a browser. You should see the key text.

  4. Back in Cromojo, click Verify.

For Wix

  1. Upload your API key file

    • Go to your Wix Dashboard → Media Manager and upload your yourapitoken.txt file.

    • Select the file, click Copy URL. You will paste this URL in step 2.

  2. Set up a redirect

    • Go to SEO Tools, then URL Redirect Manager, then New Redirect.

    • Old URL: /yourkey.txt

    • New URL: paste the file URL you copied in step 1

    • Save.

  3. Publish your site

  4. Test it: open https://yourdomain.com/yourkey.txt in a browser. You should see the key text.

  5. Back in Cromojo, click Verify.

Verification failed?

  • Open https://yourdomain.com/yourkey.txt in a browser. If you see a 404 or your site's homepage, the redirect isn't active yet: check the old path matches the filename exactly and that the site is published.

  • If your site uses www and the bare domain redirects to it, contact support and we'll check the host registered on your site.

  • If you use Cloudflare or a firewall, allow our crawler IP 178.104.46.97. See our Cloudflare article in Troubleshooting.

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