Hello,
I’m sorry to hear that you’re experiencing issues with the canonical URL in Rank Math. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
The greyed-out canonical URL in the Rank Math settings indicates that a canonical URL is set for the page. However, the absence of the rel="canonical" line in the source code suggests that the canonical URL may not be properly implemented.
To address this issue, please ensure that you have saved or updated the product category page after setting the canonical URL in Rank Math. Additionally, it’s important to verify that the Rank Math plugin is functioning correctly and that there are no conflicts with other plugins or themes on your website.
If you’re still encountering difficulties after checking these steps, please provide us with access to your WordPress dashboard so we can investigate further and assist you in resolving this issue.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Sources:
Alternate Page with Proper Canonical Tag Status in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Advanced Tab in Rank Math SEO’s Meta Box
Setting Canonical URLs in Rank Math » Rank Math
How to Fix ‘Duplicate, Submitted URL Not Selected as Canonical’ Issue in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Hello,
I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?
Thank you.
I added a login link to the sensitive data. Please check my Rankmath settings and go to a product category page. Please point out to me what you did you to solve this issue. Please do not publicly post any screenshots which will reveal the URL of the website.
Hello,
Yes, you’re correct about the grey URL in the field as Rank Math adds the canonical automatically.
However, the product category page is set to noindex, that’s why the canonical is not visible in the page’s source code.
Upon further investigating your site, this option is checked that’s why your whole site is set to noindex
If you have not intentionally checked it, you need to disable that option to set your whole site to index. Once done, the canonical URL should be also shown in your page’s source code.
Hope that helps.
Wonderful, thank you so much for your support. 🙂
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.
