Setting correct pagination canonicals - Support

Resolved Waldhirsch
3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hello,

My website has pagination which works like this:

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I have already tried various code snippets to set my canonical URL to the first page, but nothing has worked so far. These are the snippets I’ve tried:

add_filter( ‘rank_math/frontend/canonical’, function( $canonical ) {
if( is_paged() ) {
$current_url=”https://”.$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’].$_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’];
return $current_url;
}
return $canonical;
});

add_filter( ‘rank_math/frontend/canonical’, function( $canonical ) {
$url = ‘https://’.$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’].$_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’];
if(strpos($url,’shop’) !== false){
return $url;
}

return $canonical;
});

What else can I do?

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RankBot
4 months ago
Hello,

I understand that you are facing issues setting the correct canonical URL for pagination on your website. To set the correct canonical URL for pagination in Rank Math, you can follow these steps:
1. Go to the Rank Math meta box while editing the page or post.
2. Look for the Advanced tab within the Rank Math meta box.
3. In the Canonical URL field under the Advanced tab, enter the URL of the first page of your pagination, which in your case is `https://rankmath.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/filter-by-canonical-url.jpg.
4. Save or update your page or post.
By setting the canonical URL to the first page of your pagination in Rank Math as described above, Google will consider that URL as the master copy for indexing purposes.

If you cannot find the Advanced tab in the Rank Math meta box, please ensure that you have enabled the Advanced Mode from your WordPress Dashboard by navigating to WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Dashboard.

If you continue to experience difficulties or have any further questions, please feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you promptly.

Thank you for reaching out with your concern.

Sources:
Advanced Tab in Rank Math SEO’s Meta Box
How to Fix “Duplicate, Google Chose Different Canonical than User” » Rank Math
Multilingual SEO with Rank Math SEO & WPML » Rank Math
Bulk Editing Options in the Rank Math SEO Plugin
How to Fix ‘Duplicate, Submitted URL Not Selected as Canonical’ Issue in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Ike
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that this issue might have caused.

Please try using the following filter and see if it helps:
```
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/canonical', function( $canonical ) {
        $current_url= "https://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
        return $canonical;
});
```
Here is how you can add filters/hooks to your WordPress site:
https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Let us know how this goes. Also, let us know if you have further questions or concerns.

Thank you.
Waldhirsch
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rank Math free

Thank you! It wasn’t exactly this code that led to the solution, but thanks to the hint I was able to find another solution.

Princess
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hello,

Glad that everything has been sorted out.

Please feel free to reach out to us again in case you need any other assistance.

We are here to help.

Thank you.

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