MariusG
Forum Replies Created
-
Hey @macpheek,
Unfortunately, we couldn’t replicate the issue as you have deactivated the conflicting plugin. It is possible that the other plugin is also generating Open Graph tags, which might be causing the issue. If that is the case, it would be best to contact its developers on how to deactivate the OG tags.
Hi @sanderrrrr,
Unfortunately, it is not possible to do so using REGEX redirects. A REGEX redirect would not only match posts, but every existing URL of your website.
You might have to create individual redirects for each post.
Hi @thejuls,
What you are trying to achieve is not as easy as it sounds, just by adding a few lines to your functions.php file.
In addition, you’ll need different tags not just for the meta description, but also for the title and social tags and to add hreflang tags accordingly. The best solution is to use a multilingual plugin.
You can choose one of the free ones from the ww.wp.xz.cn repository too. We usually recommend MultilingualPress.
Hi @marcodiversi,
We’ve addressed your questions below.
Yoast SEO not working
It seems like something happened halfway through the update process and you ended up with a corrupted or incomplete installation of Yoast SEO. We’d recommend manually updating through FTP as in this guide and check if the issue persists.es_template
The es_emplate is not part of the WordPress default post types or taxonomies. It is likely a custom post type/taxonomy created by your plugin or your WordPress theme.As long as you allow it to be shown in the search results, you can also find a sitemap for it in your website’s /sitemap_index.xml
Check the URLs for in es_template sitemap, if they lead to useful pages then you should continue to allow them to be shown in the search results. If they lead to broken or useless pages, then you should not show them in the search results anymore (this will also remove the sitemap for this post type).
Tags and Formats
Tag and Category SEO can be done correctly, as in this guide. However, if you have created dozens of tags with thin content and that do not provide real value, it might be best to noindex them (which also includes removing them from the sitemap).In regards to the Formats sitemap, if you’re not using them, it is safe to noindex them. Most people do not use different formats (only the standard format), in which case it is safe to noindex them.
Author and date archives
If your website has a single author, it’s best to disable the author archives. As for date archives, the answer can vary based on each website. If your posts are not highly related to the date (such as news), then it’s safe to remove them.Inserting breadcrumbs
Unfortunately, there is no exact answer as each theme is different. From an SEO point of view, it doesn’t really matter.The best way to find out is through trial and error, by adding the snippet from this guide.
In general, the breadcrumbs are added above the content area of posts/pages, but this is not enforced.
Hi Dylan,
That sitemap is being created because you are currently allowing those post types/taxonomies to be indexed. To remove the bp_docs sitemap, please go to SEO → Search Appearance → Post Types/Taxonomies/Archives and search for
bp_docs_associated_item, then select No when asked if you want to show them in the search results.Hi @silverback123,
No, the Search Index Purge plugin does not work without Yoast SEO. The plugin is using Yoast SEO’s sitemap index and creates a sitemap for the attachment pages (so Google re-crawls all these URLs), then sets a 410 HTTP header status to each attachment page URL, so that it gets removed from Google’s index ASAP.
That being said, if you’re going to use the Search Index Purge Plugin, you will need Yoast SEO too.
Hey @david-c,
The connection between Yoast SEO and Google Search Console (to retrieve the crawl errors in your WordPress dashboard) is unrelated to your issue.
With Yoast SEO, there are 2 ways which you could use to noindex your website:
- by noindexing your posts, pages, post types or taxonomies. If your posts don’t have a noindex robots tag, then this is not the problem.
- by editing the robots.txt file and setting wrong rules. However, in this case the issue would persist upon deactivating the plugin.
We did notice that your robots.txt file contains the following 2 rules:
User-agent: * Disallow: /blog/tag/ Disallow: /blog/page/This means you are blocking all bots (including Googlebot) from crawling all URLs that start with /blog/tag/ and /blog/page/. This seems to be why your pages got removed from Google’s index.
You can activate Yoast SEO, edit your robots.txt file and remove those 2 lines.
Please note that Yoast SEO does not add anything to your robots.txt file automatically, which means your file was manually edited to include those 2 lines.
We hope to have cleared things up for you and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any further questions.
Hi @jp-stilts,
If you can add your PDF files to a different sitemap, then yes, you can include that sitemap in Yoast SEO’s sitemap index by following this guide.
Hey @papachumba,
Does WP Super Cache allow excluding specific post types from being cached? If so, a solution would be excluding the attachment pages from being cached.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Hey @steveeuk,
Many of our recent updates included bugfixes related to og:image. There still are some open issues as the one Mazedul mentioned which we are working on.
That being said, if you consider that something is not working as expected or you would like to suggest a different solution than what Yoast SEO is currently using, you can submit a new issue here.
Not allowing og:images which have the width or height lower than 200px is the intended behavior, as even if you would manually set the og:image tag, Facebook would ignore it.
We’ve checked your page’s title and it is indeed
19 Off-page SEO Techniques 2018 – Dos & Don’ts of Off-page SEO Techniques
.
Please send us a screenshot of the title you have set in the Yoast SEO meta box, in the snippet editor, so that we can compare the data.
We are looking forward to your reply.
Hi @cosmoweb,
Indexing the subpages is the expected behavior. You can prevent having duplicate titles and meta descriptions by following this guide.
Hi @artdivision,
After checking the URL which you have provided, we noticed that you are currently using Yoast SEO 5.3.3, which is highly outdated. We recommend updating to the latest version, 7.9.
In addition, if you have any security plugins or firewalls, please try temporarily disabling them then check again with the sharing debuggers to find out if they can crawl your website.
As you have mentioned, the social tags are being generated correctly. The problem is that social media networks aren’t able to detect the tags.
We’ve also checked your robots.txt file, it doesn’t seem to cause any issues.
Hi @leeeastman982,
Can you mention which AMP plugin you are using? In addition, are there any errors shown in the search console regarding AMP?
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi @miguelgaton,
We understand you do not like how the variables are now being displayed. If you believe this is something that more users would be interested in changing, you can submit a Feature Request here.
Unfortunately, at the moment there is no solution to revert to displaying the variables otherwise.