Fix collaborators not being able to save wordpress post drafts

Hello,

I’m sorry to hear about the issue your collaborator is facing with saving WordPress post drafts after filling in fields like focus keyword, title, and meta description. This issue could be due to various reasons, such as plugin conflicts or JavaScript-related errors.

To troubleshoot this issue, you can follow these steps:

1. Plugin Conflicts: Plugin conflicts can sometimes prevent the saving of SEO details. You can check for plugin conflicts by following our guide on plugin conflict resolution.

2. JavaScript-Related Errors: JavaScript errors can also cause issues while saving SEO details. You can diagnose JavaScript errors in the browser console. Here’s how to check JavaScript errors in Chrome.

If after following these steps the issue persists, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.

Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention.

Sources:
Why Your SEO Title, Description & Focus Keyword Aren’t Being Saved » Rank Math
Bulk Editing Options in the Rank Math SEO Plugin
Bulk Editing Options in the Rank Math SEO Plugin
Bulk Editing Options in the Rank Math SEO Plugin
How to Prevent Modified Date of Your Blog Posts from Being Updated » Rank Math

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

When this happens it’s usually caused by some sort of blockage on the route to save the metadata on the website.

While saving the data please keep the browser console open in the “Network” tab and see what is the status code of the following route: https://www.yourdomain.com/wp-json/rankmath/v1/updateMeta?_locale=user

You can find the browser console in your browser following this guide: https://balsamiq.com/support/faqs/browserconsole/

​​​​​​​If it’s returning any other value than a 200, there’s something wrong with the route and we would request that you follow the steps here: https://rankmath.com/kb/meta-data-not-saving/

Looking forward to hearing back from you.​​​​​

Hello,

You’ll have to whitelist the URL using the Live Traffic tool of WordFence to apply it to all the user-roles. To do so, navigate to WordFence → Tools → Live Traffic, as shown below.

Next, find the rule that got blocked by the firewall and click on ADD PARAM TO FIREWALL ALLOWLIST, as shown below.

The following are Rank Math routes:

/wp-json/rankmath/v1/updateMeta
/wp-json/rankmath/v1/updateSchemas
/wp-json/rankmath/v1/updateRedirection
/wp-json/rankmath/v1/getFeaturedImageId
/wp-json/rankmath/v1/getHead

Please refer to this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/whitelist-rank-math-in-wordfence/

Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

Hello,

Thank you for your kind words! We’re glad we could assist you.

Regarding your question about learning Python or PHP to support your future SEO career, both have their benefits.

Python is useful for tasks like analyzing data, automating processes, and scraping websites for information. Learning Python can help you develop tools and scripts to analyze large datasets, automate repetitive tasks, extract data from websites, and even build custom SEO tools.

On the other hand, PHP is the backbone of many content management systems (CMS), including WordPress, which powers a significant portion of websites on the internet. Having a good understanding of PHP can be valuable if you’re working with WordPress or other PHP-based CMS platforms. It allows you to customize websites, create plugins, and troubleshoot issues more effectively.

The choice between Python and PHP depends on what you want to do in SEO. If you’re into data analysis and automation, Python is great. If you’re more into website development and WordPress, PHP is better.

We recommend exploring both languages to see which one aligns better with your career aspirations and interests. Many resources are available online for learning both Python and PHP, including tutorials, courses, and documentation.

Hello,

A good start is learningseo.io, they have a clear SEO roadmap with free resources and tools. You should also start the free Rank Math SEO course from here: https://rankmath.com/my-account/course/ – and if you want to dive deeper, the premium SEO course is available here: https://rankmath.com/seo-course/

We hope this helps. Don’t hesitate to contact us again with any other questions or concerns regarding Rank Math. We are always happy to help.

Thank you for choosing Rank Math!

Hello,

You can try Freecodecamp.org, it’s free and can help with your WordPress/PHP development journey. Codecademy.com is not totally free, but it does have a free plan that can help you get started.

Hope that helps

Hello,

When you change the initial URL domain/ftrain, it becomes unavailable and should lead to an error 404 page. However, Rank Math has a built-in redirection manager that helps you get rid of 404 and other errors.

In this case, there is a possibility that you have set the fallback behavior to redirect any 404 page to your homepage. You can check this by going to WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > Redirections as shown in the image below:

However, to redirect domain/ftrain to the new URL which is domain/ftrain-3, then you need to set up the redirection following this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/how-to-redirect-posts-after-changing-urls/

We hope this helps, and please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.

Thank you.

Hello,

Apologies for the inconvenience.

This usually happens when the Redirect Attachments option is enabled on your site, and you have a media or attachment URL with the same slug.

If that is the case, you can re-upload the media with a different file name (/ftrain) or at least rename the attachment URL to a different slug.

Let us know how this goes.