Hello, we’re sorry to hear that you’re experiencing issues with setting the canonical URL on your site. We’d be happy to help you with this.
To set the canonical URL using Rank Math, please follow these steps:
- Navigate to the post or page you want to set the canonical URL for.
- Under the SEO tab, you should see the Rank Math meta box.
- Click on the Advanced tab within the Rank Math meta box.
- In the Canonical URL field, enter the URL that you want Google to index.
- Save or update your post or page.
If you’re unable to find the Advanced tab, please ensure that you have enabled the Advanced Mode from the WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO.
If you’ve already tried these steps and are still facing issues, please provide us with more details so we can assist you further.
Best regards,
Rank Math Support
Sources:
How to Fix ‘Duplicate, Submitted URL Not Selected as Canonical’ Issue in Google Search Console » Rank Math
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
I need canonicals set automatically as the site has hundreds of posts… I can’t just set them all one by one…
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that this issue might have caused.
You do not need to edit the canonical field for all pages/posts as Rank Math by default adds a self-referencing canonical tag to your site pages once they are set to index.
Currently, your site is set to noindex:
Once your site pages are set to index and cache cleared, the self-referencing canonical tag should appear.
We hope this helps. Please let us know if you have further questions or concerns.
Thank you.
Thank you! I was wondering if that was the case because I’ve never had this problem before!
Hello,
We are super happy that this resolved your issue. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.
If you don’t mind me 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.
