Yoast SEO


Can I Change The Sitemap Change Frequency?

This is an optional sitemap field to describe how often a URL is likely to be updated. We’ve decided to…
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Sitemap error: Missing XML tag

A sitemap is a page on your website that leads search engines to important pages on your site. One of…
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Sitemap Error: Incorrect namespace

The error: Your Sitemap or Sitemap index file doesn’t properly declare the namespace. This error appears when something on your…
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File automatically unzips when downloaded

Are you downloading one of the Yoast plugins and, instead of a .zip file, you get a folder? Your computer…
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Is Yoast SEO compatible with visual page builders?

This article discusses the compatibility of the Yoast SEO plugin with visual page builder plugins. In short: we’ve integrated Yoast…
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How to get Pinterest Rich Pins for your site

Pinterest Rich Pins show more information directly on a pin, like the price and availability of a product, the ingredients…
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How to add Facebook publisher tags

A Facebook publisher tag is a tag that allows Facebook readers to follow the publisher of an article, so they can stay…
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Error: Cannot redeclare yoast_breadcrumb()

Error: Cannot redeclare yoast_breadcrumb() If you’re getting a breadcrumb error that looks like this: Your theme or another plugin is…
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Plugin requirements

Like most software, Yoast SEO has specific requirements to be able to run properly. Here, we list those requirements. In…
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How to use the import and export functionality in Yoast SEO

With the import and export functionality of Yoast SEO, Yoast SEO Premium, and Yoast SEO for Shopify you can easily…
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Does Yoast SEO work with custom post types?

Yoast SEO works with public custom post types ,which is the default option when creating a custom post type. If…
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List of available snippet variables in Yoast SEO

One of the most important functions of Yoast SEO is the ability to automatically add SEO title and meta description…
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Why does my sitemap have gray links?

The gray links in your XML sitemap identify the URLs that your browser has recently visited. As this is browser-specific,…
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How to change the canonical URL in Yoast SEO for WordPress

Yoast SEO adds canonical URLs to your WordPress site: if you have multiple posts or pages with similar content, it…
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How to noindex URLs

In some cases, you want to keep some posts or pages out of the search results. For example, your internal…
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How to activate X Cards in Yoast SEO

X Cards is a system used by X. Combined with the Yoast SEO features, links shared on X will display…
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How to edit .htaccess through Yoast SEO

Want to add redirects or change your permalink structure? You can change your site’s functionality in the .ht access file:…
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How to update the Yoast SEO free plugin

After you’ve installed Yoast SEO free, you want to update your plugin regularly to use all the newest features! In…
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Add theme support for Yoast SEO breadcrumbs

If your theme declares support for yoast-seo-breadcrumbs, Yoast SEO will render breadcrumbs for you in the location of your choice.…
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How to add an external sitemap to the index

Our Yoast SEO plugin creates sitemaps on the fly for the content within WordPress. In some cases, you may have…
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