Title: Optimize SEO Data Error
Last modified: May 27, 2022

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# Optimize SEO Data Error

 *  Resolved [samacharnagari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samacharnagari/)
 * (@samacharnagari)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimize-seo-data-error/)
 * I got an error, when I’m trying to optimize Optimize SEO Data. Kindly look into
   this.
 *     ```
       Oops, something has gone wrong and we couldn't complete the optimization of your SEO data. Please click the button again to re-start the process.
   
       Below are the technical details for the error. See this page for a more detailed explanation.
   
       Error details
       Request URL
       https://samacharnagari.in/newsite/wp-json/yoast/v1/indexing/prepare
   
       Request method
       POST
   
       Status code
       403
   
       Error message
       Cookie check failed
       ```
   
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Foptimize-seo-data-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/)
 * (@mikes41720)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimize-seo-data-error/#post-15684400)
 * Hi [@samacharnagari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samacharnagari/)
 * Based on that 403 error, it means that that specific requests that are blocked
   or unauthorized. This means that something in or in front of your website is 
   blocking our requests to the WordPress API. We see that some Web Application 
   FireWalls utilize some rules that may block some of these requests (`/wp-json/
   yoast/v1/indexing/prepare`). This status code will also show up if you’ve completely
   disabled the WordPress API. Could you please check on this?
 * You can learn more about it here – [https://yoast.com/help/we-couldnt-complete-the-optimization-of-your-seo-data/](https://yoast.com/help/we-couldnt-complete-the-optimization-of-your-seo-data/)
 * Once these requests aren’t blocked, we would expect that the SEO data optimization
   process would be completed when ran.
 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimize-seo-data-error/#post-15713672)
 * We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you
   require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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 * Last activity: [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimize-seo-data-error/#post-15713672)
 * Status: resolved