Wrong Canonical Link Generated

  • Resolved marcustanfree

    (@marcustanfree)


    3 years, 6 months ago

    My organization URL is tptc.org.sg, but when people share the page on ios/andriod/ or the share button next to the address bar, the link appears as tp-tc.org.sg (which is an online gambling site).

    I am not the one to set up the website, nor am I familiar with WordPress/Yoast.

    I understand the term “canonical link” after reading numerous posts about it and even the few related forum threads.

    I think this false canonical link was Yoast-generated. I would like to remove this canonical reference.

    I have tried using the Yoast tester to “reset Indexable tables and Migration” but this link is still there.

    I read another thread to input “wpseo_canonical developer filter” but I cannot find the steps to do so. Please give me a step-by-step guide on how to remove this canonical link.

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  • devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    3 years, 6 months ago

    @marcustanfree We’re sorry to hear you are experiencing this issue on your site.

    The Canonical tag is used to avoid duplicate content issues when you have the same content available on many variations of a URL, so that all those various URLs can all point to one URL for indexing purposes. We also have additional information on this feature at the following link: Canonical URLs in Yoast SEO.
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    ​By default the Yoast SEO plugin will output a canonical tag for every page/post on your site, and will use the permalink of that page/post for the canonical URL value. Normally, you would leave the Canonical URL value in the plugin blank by default and the canonical tag will automatically be set to the same value as the page’s permalink.

    If you do wish to change the Canonical URL for a page, you would need to perform the following steps:

      • Go to the ‘Edit’ screen for a page/post
      • Scroll down to the Yoast SEO box and click on the ‘Advanced’ area.
      • Set a value set for the Canonical URL
      • Click ‘Update’

    Can you please try the aforementioned suggestions and let us know whether this resolves your issue?

    Thread Starter marcustanfree

    (@marcustanfree)

    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Devnihil

    Is there a way to do apply this setting to All pages? at once?

    And also, we are using the free version of Yoast Plugin. Does that affect?

    Jeroen Rotty

    (@jeroenrotty)

    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hey @marcustanfree,

    Thank you for your reply.

    No there is no way to do this in bulk. Please know that Yoast SEO will base the default canonical URLs and all other URLs, like social URLs, on the site URL which is configured in the WordPress general settings (Settings → General). So I’m a bit confused about how this has happened for your pages … this must have been entered manually in the past?

    What you could try though is doing a search/replace query on your database where you replace all instances where “tp-tc.org.sg” is found on your own site URL. However, this is quite technical and you can easily make mistakes in this. Please consult with your site developer to do this and make sure if you do this your own, that you have a database backup.

    Plugin Support Maybellyne

    (@maybellyne)

    3 years, 6 months ago

    This thread was marked resolved due to a lack of activity, but you’re always welcome to re-open the topic. Please read this post before opening a new request.

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