Problem with canonical on mylisting theme

Hello,

I’m sorry to hear about the issue you’re facing with Rank Math and your MyListing theme. It sounds like there might be a conflict between Rank Math and the theme that’s causing the canonical tags to not work as expected.

To address this, you can try the following steps:

1. Check for Plugin Conflicts: Deactivate all other plugins except for Rank Math and see if the issue persists. If the problem goes away, reactivate your plugins one by one to identify the conflicting plugin.

2. Theme Conflict: Switch to a default WordPress theme like Twenty Twenty-One and see if the issue still occurs. If it doesn’t, then the problem might be with your current theme.

3. Update Rank Math: Ensure that you are using the latest version of Rank Math to rule out any known issues that might have been resolved in the latest update.

If none of these steps resolve the issue, please feel free to reach out to our support team by assigning this ticket to them using the available button. They will be able to provide further assistance in resolving this matter.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention, and we appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this issue for you.

Sources:
How to Fix “Duplicate, Google Chose Different Canonical than User” » Rank Math
Setting Canonical URLs in Rank Math » Rank Math
Alternate Page with Proper Canonical Tag Status in Google Search Console » Rank Math
How to NoIndex Paginated Pages » Rank Math
How to Disable All Rank Math Generated SEO Tags » Rank Math

Hello,

Please try this code instead:

add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/canonical', function( $canonical ) {
	global $wp;
	$current_slug = home_url( $wp->request ) . '/';

	if (strpos($current_slug, '/ads-tag')) {
		$canonical = $current_slug;
	}

	return $canonical;
});

Let us know how that goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

Yes, the code forces the canonical of all the URLs with ads-tag.

In this case, please update the filter to this one so you can still customize the canonical URL via the Advanced tab in Rank Math:

add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/canonical', function( $canonical ) {
	global $wp;
	$current_slug = home_url( $wp->request ) . '/';

	if (strpos($current_slug, '/ads-tag') && empty($canonical)) {
		$canonical = $current_slug;
	}

	return $canonical;
});

Hope that helps.

Hello,

We might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.

Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.

It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

We really look forward to helping you.

Hello,

Since the tags are loading as the page in the front end, the filter will check for the custom canonical present in the meta of that page, not the tag that is loading from the backend. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to check for a custom canonical present in the tag and use it since the actual tag ID is not being loaded in the front end.

Please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.