Yoast SEO WordPress Troubleshooting Guide

Most Yoast SEO issues stem from incorrect site visibility settings, caching conflicts, or improper URL canonicalization rather than plugin bugs. low confidence based on 3 community reports

Most Yoast SEO issues stem from incorrect site visibility settings, caching conflicts, or improper URL canonicalization rather than plugin bugs.

Based on 3 community reports.

Linked sources: 6.

Known Issues

Crawled but not indexed errors
Incorrect site visibility settings
Canonical URL conflicts
Caching plugin interference

Community Q&A

Why is my site showing ‘Crawled but not indexed’ in Google Search Console?

This often occurs due to low-quality content, duplicate pages, or incorrect canonical tags set within the Yoast SEO plugin settings.

How do I fix Yoast SEO settings not saving?

Check for conflicts with your caching plugin or hosting-level object caching, and ensure your WordPress database permissions are correctly configured.

Does Yoast SEO prevent my site from being indexed?

Check the ‘Search Appearance’ settings in Yoast to ensure you have not accidentally set your site or specific post types to ’noindex’.

Reddit Sources

Not Indexed with Google (r/webdev)
Need to build a website for a law firm. Number 1 priority is generating leads through contact forms/SEO. Is Wordpress the best solution? (r/webdev)
WordPress Alternatives? (PHP based) (r/webdev)
WordPress + Yoast Not Fully Communicating with Demandware (r/webdev)
Mystery sitewide noindex tag — not from WP core, not from any plugin, not in the database. Stumped after 6+ hours of debugging. (r/ProWordPress)
How to improve my website? (r/webdev)