Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with the Canonical URL field being greyed out in Rank Math. This can happen for a few reasons, such as if the post type does not support custom canonical URLs or if there are conflicting settings.
Here are a few steps you can try to resolve this:
- Check Post Type: Ensure that the post type you are working on supports custom canonical URLs. Some custom post types may have restrictions.
- Plugin Conflicts: Deactivate other plugins temporarily to see if there is a conflict causing the field to be greyed out.
- Theme Compatibility: Sometimes, themes can interfere with plugin functionalities. Switch to a default WordPress theme to check if the issue persists.
- Clear Cache: If you are using any caching plugins, clear the cache and check again.
If none of these solutions work, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern!
Sources:
How to Fix ‘Duplicate Without User-Selected Canonical’ Status in Google Search Console » Rank Math
How to Fix “Duplicate, Google Chose Different Canonical than User” » Rank Math
Already tried all those ans no luck, even inserted a filter on my theme
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused.
Kindly let us know the canonical errors you have on your site. You can share screenshots of the issue using this tool: https://imgur.com/upload
Also, ensure you are using the latest version of the Rank Math plugin:
We look forward to hearing back from you.
Thanks.
Hi, the error is:
Alternate page with proper canonical tag
Its found on 9 pages, iam not saying it was rankmath fault I used other plugins before maybe it was it anyway.
I have the page url, I can see in the html, the tag is there, but I don’t see any options on rankmath to deal with canonicals ideally would be never apply the tag unless the user would select it as a duplicate content
Hello,
Kindly share some of the affected URLs with us.
We look forward to hearing back from you.
Thanks.
Oh, ok I guess i understand the issue, the canonical page is the feed page
They are all rss links
Last updated: 8/27/24
info
Alternate page with proper canonical tag
These pages aren’t indexed or served on Google
Validation Started
Started: 8/24/24
Affected pages
9
5/30/24
7/3/24
8/6/24
12
8
4
0
Examples
URL Last crawled
https://authorunion.org/the-ministry-of-time-by-kaliane-bradley-secret-to-success/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ministry-of-time-by-kaliane-bradley-secret-to-success
Aug 20, 2024
Hello,
Those URLs are reported to have the canonical pointed in the main page (without the RSS parameter), so those are not issues and the report is correct.
In your Google Search Console, you should use the URL inspection tool of your GSC account to inspect those URLs and check the referring page where they are coming from.
Once you know their referring page, you can remove or update them so Google won’t discover those kinds of URLs.
Looking forward to helping you.
Thanks, will figure it out now
Hello,
You’re welcome.
We are super happy that we have addressed your concerns. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.
If you don’t mind us asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post
about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.
If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.
Thank you.
