Can you confirm you are using WP 4.9.8 and Yoast SEO for WordPress 8.2? When you edit a specific post or page, does the Yoast SEO meta box fully load as expected? Could you please share a screenshot or two of your view of the meta box?
I’ve done an email reply because I see no way to attach files here.
Turned out that I was running Yoast 8.1.2 but I installed update to 8.2.1 and does not seem to have changed the result. My computer is running Win 10 ver 1803 if that matters.
Screenshots attached.
Multisite Install
Wordpress 4.98
Yoast SEO 8.2.1 (after update)
Bulk Editor ‘Welcome to Our Church’ – Title
Bulk Editor ‘Welcome to Our Church’ – Description
WP Edit Page ‘Welcome to Our Church’
Apparently the problem is bacause of a multisite installation.
This gentleman’s post (https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/updating-seo-details-does-not-work-on-a-multisite/) seems to contain the answer. At least it seems to be working for me. I have no idea why, and it may contain hidden dangers.
For those who are even less familiar with these processes than I, here is a slightly more detailed explanation. Log in to whatever code editing capability you have for your site. Maneuver to /wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/admin/metabox/ and open class-metabox.php with a text editor. Search for the word multisite. You should find it in a set of instructions that looks like this:
// Bail if this is a multisite installation and the site has been switched.
if ( is_multisite() && ms_is_switched() ) {
return false;
}
For him these were lines 785-790. My version was 662-667. Just search for multisite. Then you are going to comment those lines out by putting a /* on the line previous and */ on the line after.
Save the file and test.
—–Paul—–
Can you please confirm whether this issue is still occurring with the most recent Yoast v8.3? You can learn more about updating here: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-can-i-update-my-free-plugin/
If you are still experiencing the issue after updating, the best next step would be to create a new issue for our developers at https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/new. You will need an account to create a new issue. If this is your first bug report, please check out: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-write-a-good-bug-report/.
Don’t forget to include the URL to this conversation in your bug report.
Yes, I updated to 8.3. Yes, the same problem returned. I made the same patch. (Different line numbers again.) Seems fixed again.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We’d welcome you to submit a bug report here so our development can investigate this issue further.
No further response, setting to resolved. If the issue persists, please feel free to submit a bug report.
