Yoast SEO


How to add your website to Yandex Webmaster Tools

Yandex is a popular search engine, so to ensure that your content is visible, you should add your website to…
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How to write a good bug report

Despite all the measures, such as Code Reviews and automated Unit-testing, we take to create the highest quality code, it…
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How to add Facebook author tags

A Facebook author tag is a tag that allows Facebook readers to follow the author of an article, so they…
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How to change the title separator in Yoast SEO

Why can’t I choose my own separator? While we have considered adding an input field to have you choose your…
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How to fix duplicate meta tags

Google Search Console can report that you have duplicate meta titles or duplicate meta descriptions. Each URL should have unique…
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Images in XML sitemaps

Yoast SEO creates XML sitemaps, which by default include an entry for every public post and page on your website.…
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Missing or invalid date in XML Sitemap

Google Search Console may flag your sitemap for a missing or invalid date in your sitemap. In this article, we’ll…
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Yoast XML sitemaps on NGINX servers

Our plugin generates sitemaps dynamically when you enable the sitemap feature. In some cases, you may need to add server-level…
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How to check for plugin conflicts

You have likely arrived at this article because you spotted a conflict on your site. With the WordPress core, a…
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Page analysis has been disabled

Page analysis has been disabled The following message will appear when a theme or plugin developer turns off the functionality…
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“Call to undefined function filter_input()” fatal error

If you’re getting the following error, it means that your hosting setup has disabled a PHP filter extension that our…
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Social profiles missing from Google’s Knowledge Graph

If you have a Knowledge Graph in Google, you want the information to be correct and your social profiles to…
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Warning! [XYZ Plugin Name] might cause issues

The warning: The [XYZ Plugin Name] might cause issues when used in conjunction with Yoast SEO. Both Yoast SEO and [XYZ…
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Category snippet variable replacement not working

A very important feature of Yoast SEO is that you can automatically add SEO title and meta description templates to…
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Why doesn’t Yoast SEO create a sitemap?

Our sitemaps are created dynamically. If you’ve recently made changes to your site, you may need to refresh the permalink…
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Can we use Yoast plugins on WordPress.com?

The basic WordPress.com plan does not allow you to install plugins. Upgrading to the WordPress.com Business or eCommerce plan allows…
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Sitemap error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity

Are you seeing one of the following sitemap errors? In this article, we provide you with steps you can follow…
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Can I contribute to the translation of the plugin?

Can I contribute to the translation of the plugin? The short answer: YES, you can. The longer version: Yoast SEO…
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