Technical SEO

Dive into the technical side of Yoast SEO features. This category covers crawling, indexing, schema, sitemaps, canonical URLs, redirects, and all the behind-the-scenes elements that help search engines properly understand your site.


Why the Yoast SEO sitemap does not update in WordPress

Why the Yoast SEO sitemap does not update in WordPress The Yoast plugins create sitemaps automatically. When you add, edit,…
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My sitemap is giving a 404 error, what should I do?

My sitemap is giving a 404 error, what should I do? Is your sitemap giving a 404 error? This article…
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How to exclude content from the sitemap

How to exclude content from the sitemap Posts and pages can be assigned to multiple taxonomies and can unexpectedly show…
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Google Search Console: Breadcrumb Schema Report

Google Search Console: Breadcrumb Schema Report Google Search Console notifies webmasters of issues with their breadcrumb schema. We will use…
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I can’t see a meta description in the head section in the source code of my site

I can’t see a meta description in the head section in the source code of my site Yoast SEO helps…
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We couldn’t complete the optimization of your SEO data: A technical guide

We couldn’t complete the optimization of your SEO data: A technical guide To optimize your websites’ SEO data, our plugin…
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How to customize the sitemap index

How to customize the sitemap index The Yoast SEO plugin generates a sitemap of your site. It is a crucial…
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XML sitemaps in the Yoast SEO plugin

XML sitemaps in the Yoast SEO plugin Having an XML sitemap can be beneficial for SEO: it allows search engines…
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Warning about missing return policy info in WooCommerce

Warning about missing return policy info in WooCommerce Have you received a warning from Google’s Rich Results Test or Google…
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Warnings about missing SKU or identifier properties

Warnings about missing SKU or identifier properties If you’re using Google’s Rich Results Test tool to test your site, you…
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Web server redirects in multisite environments disabled 

Web server redirects in multisite environments disabled  Web server redirects in a multisite environment may cause some issues that can…
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How to fix the warning Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt

How to fix the warning Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt Do you see the following warning in Google Search Console:…
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How to fix missing Schema property: missing field “priceValidUntil”

How to fix missing Schema property: missing field “priceValidUntil” The warning missing field “priceValidUntil” occurs in Google Search Console when a product…
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What link settings should I use?

What link settings should I use? With Yoast SEO, you can add extra settings to your links. You can mark…
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Search Console crawl error: Submitted URL marked noindex

Search Console crawl error: Submitted URL marked noindex In this article, we’ll take a look at the Google Search Console…
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Google Search Console: video schema report

Google Search Console: video schema report Google Search Console notifies webmasters of issues with their video schema. If your site’s…
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Warning: Eye marker is disabled in current view

Warning: Eye marker is disabled in current view The Yoast SEO plugin is compatible with the classic editor, the Gutenberg…
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Warning: [XYZ] has been disabled for security reasons

Warning: [XYZ] has been disabled for security reasons This server-related error occurs when your hosting configuration does not allow your…
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Why are 404 errors reappearing, even after being marked as fixed?

Why are 404 errors reappearing, even after being marked as fixed? A common issue we hear from users is regarding…
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How to prevent sitemaps from being cached

How to prevent sitemaps from being cached Most cache plugins will by default be configured not to cache sitemap files.…
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