Yoast not detecting internal links

  • Resolved Simon Kravis

    (@simonkravis)


    4 years, 11 months ago

    I am using Yoast to try and improve my WP site visibility but on all the pages I analyse with Yoast I see the message “No internal links appear in this page” even though there are links to other pages on the site embedded in paragraph and header blocks. Is this because I am using a non-standard port (444)? All the links are of the form https://captionpro.com.au:444/index.php/pagename/

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  • Plugin Support marcanor

    (@marcanor)

    Hi @simonkravis,

    Can you please let us know what your Site URL settings are under Settings > General?

    Please note that there are a few cases where a link might not be recognized:

    -Only links from inside the WordPress post editor are recognized. This means that links from navigational bars, menus, sidebars or footers are not recognized.

    -Links need to be in absolute form. This means that links need to include the full domain. For example, https://www.example.com/page-a is an absolute link, while /page-a/ is a relative link.

    – If you are adding your contents using a page builder, Yoast SEO plugin may not be able to detect and analyze the content or images in some cases. In this case, despite you have some links on it, Yoast SEO could not be able to detect it.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by marcanor.
    Thread Starter Simon Kravis

    (@simonkravis)

    The WordPress and Site Address is https://captionpro.com.au:444/AlekaConsulting.
    Timezone is UTC+0 (hadn’t thought to change it) I am in Eastern Australia, which I think is UTC+10. Site Language is English (United States) – again hadn’t thought to change it.

    All links are in absolute form and all contain the port number. They are mostly in pages and embedded in blocks, mostly Paragraphs, sometimes Headers, some Classic. Blog posts with internal links are also shown by Yoast as having none. I am using the default WordPress block editing facility in WP 5.3

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by Simon Kravis.
    Thread Starter Simon Kravis

    (@simonkravis)

    Looking at other pages I find that a page with the link https://captionpro.com.au/CaptionProWeb.aspx does not show as missing any internal links. It would seem that the presence of the port number in the link URL prevents it from being identified as an internal link.

    Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    The port number causes the link to not be detected as an internal link.

    Based on the information you provided, we expect this to be a bug. We’re actively using the bug tracking on our GitHub repository so your best next step would be to create a new issue for our developers here.

    You will need an account to create a new issue. Please provide as much information about the issue and don’t forget to include the URL to this conversation in your report. If you have not submitted an issue previously, this guide will help you submit a complete report which may result in a faster resolution.

    Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    This thread has been marked as resolved due to a lack of activity.

    You’re always welcome to re-open this topic. Please read this post before opening a new request.

    Thanks for understanding!

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