You have already used this Focus Keyword.

#188179
  • Resolved Christopher Morgan
    Rank Math free

    I’m getting recommendations that the focus keyword has already been used when that’s not the case. The link in the recommendation text links back to the same product I’m editing. What can I do about this?

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  • Prabhat
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    Thanks for contacting us.

    The test for uniqueness of the Focus Keyword provides a link through which you can check which post is already using the current focus keyword. You can have a look at this screencast for a quick reference: https://i.rankmath.com/XU57Nr

    Please refer to this tutorial guide for more details: https://rankmath.com/kb/score-100-in-tests/#focus-keyword-uniqueness-primary-focus-keyword-only

    Hope this helps and please let us know if you have any further questions.

    Thank you.

    Yes, but the link points back to the exact same product – essentially looping back on itself. I’ve checked and there are no duplicates.

    Hello,

    Thanks for getting back.

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

    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,

    I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?

    Thank you.

    Hello,

    Thanks for sharing the details.

    I checked and figured out that the issue only occurs when the Divi Child theme is active. If you switch to a default theme or even to the main Divi theme then the issue goes away. It must have to do with some customization made to the theme or code that you have used in the functions.php file of your child theme.

    Please confirm by removing the changes that you have made to your child theme and see if it works fine.

    You can also simply ignore the warning as the SEO score generated for content analysis is only for your reference and doesn’t have any effect on your site’s SEO score.

    Hope this helps. Let us know if you need any further assistance.

    Ok, but the only changes I have made to the child theme are those additions to the functions.php Rankmath has recommended I apply to solve various other Rankmath-related issues. Is this a bug in Rankmath?

    Prabhat
    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    Thanks for getting back to us.

    No, it is not a bug, As mentioned by my colleague, the issue seems to be from the Divi child theme only. Divi is compatible with Rank Math and we have not heard of any similar issues recently.

    I suggest you double-check the optimizations that you’ve made and see if there is any code conflicting.

    Alternatively, you can also create a staging website and install a fresh Divi and Divi child theme and see if the issue is fixed there. You may follow this tutorial guide for creating the staging platform: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-staging-environment-for-a-wordpress-site/

    Please let us know how that goes.

    Thanks.

    These are the only additions to my child theme’s functions.php and all of these lines are only there because Rankmath told me to put them there to address particular issues:

    add_filter( ‘et_pb_blog_image_width’, ‘custom_blog_image_width’ );
    add_filter( ‘et_pb_blog_image_height’, ‘custom_blog_image_height’ );

    function custom_blog_image_width($width) { return ‘9999’; }
    function custom_blog_image_height($height) { return ‘9999’; }

    /**
    * Disable Gutenberg Sidebar Integration
    */
    add_filter( ‘rank_math/gutenberg/enabled’, ‘__return_false’ );

    Is there a problem with any of the above-recommended additions that could be causing this issue?

    Hello,

    Thank you for the update, and apologies for the delay.

    I’ve tried checking the affected URL you have provided, but it seems that the issue is already fixed. Please see the screencast in the sensitive data section.

    Also, the code you have added in your theme’s functions.php file is still intact. Have you made any changes to your site? I’ve also checked some of your products and they’re not showing that error.

    I hope that helps. Thank you, and looking forward to your update.

    Yes, I can see that the problem is no longer presenting either. To be honest, I’m not sure what it was that made the problem go away. I did refresh the functions.php a couple of times as I removed and then re-added some of the entries to try to explore where the problem might be. Perhaps it was a stray typo of something there. No idea. Either way, the problem has now gone away but I’ll open a ticket again if I run into any more problems. In the meantime, thanks for your patience and advice – all very much welcomed and appreciated! 🙂

    Hello,

    Thank you for the update.

    You are very welcome, and we are glad that this issue is already resolved

    If you will experience this issue again or you have any other concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime by creating a new ticket to assist you further with anything else.

    Thank you.

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