diff --git a/inc/template.php b/inc/template.php
index 19c36abedfcc6ebe154ed6f9327708cbb8c6189d..53986823d16bfa03b88d676fc6fa3b8a0d3ef214 100644
--- a/inc/template.php
+++ b/inc/template.php
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ function tpl_metaheaders($alt = true) {
     if(($ACT == 'show' || $ACT == 'export_xhtml') && !$REV) {
         if($INFO['exists']) {
             //delay indexing:
-            if((time() - $INFO['lastmod']) >= $conf['indexdelay']) {
+            if(!isHiddenPage($ID) &&  (time() - $INFO['lastmod']) >= $conf['indexdelay']) {
                 $head['meta'][] = array('name'=> 'robots', 'content'=> 'index,follow');
             } else {
                 $head['meta'][] = array('name'=> 'robots', 'content'=> 'noindex,nofollow');