I understand that you are getting an error below when running the SEO data optimization:?error parsing the response to json.
First, not performing the optimization process will not affect your site negatively in search results. Additionally, the optimization process will run silently in the background as content on your site is created, modified, or removed. As the optimization process makes our plugin work more efficiently, let’s look into what might be causing this on your site.
Currently, we cannot say which was the cause of this is. From time to time, we see that other site components could prevent SEO data optimization from running smoothly.
Therefore as a first step, we ask you to try the following:
- For your site’s health and safety, we recommend creating regular backups of your website and database. This is especially important before installing, updating, or removing plugins. You can learn more about <u>the benefits of regular backups</u>.
- Please go ahead and install and activate the Yoast Test Helper plugin if you don’t have it.
- Same for the Health Check plugin: <u>https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/health-check/</u>. The plugin will permit you to perform a conflict check by deactivating plugins and switching themes. I just wanted to let you know that doing that will not affect your site’s SEO, and your visitors will still be able to view your site as usual.
- Verify you have the default theme Twenty-Twenty Two. If not, please install it.
- Go to your WordPress admin dashboard > Tools (on the left sidebar) > Yoast Test.
- Click on the ‘Reset indexables tables & migrations,’ ‘Reset Prominent words calculation, and ‘Reset Internal link counter’ buttons. After each click, the page will reload to confirm that each reset was successful.
- Activate the Troubleshooting Mode (TM) in the Health Check plugin.
- In TM, activate only the Yoast SEO plugins (free and premium) and the default theme Twenty-Twenty Two.
- Rerun the SEO data optimization.
- Deactivate the Troubleshooting Mode in the Health Check plugin.
If the issue persists, please check for JavaScript errors in the browser’s console when you perform the SEO data optimization, and it fails. This Help article explains how to check for JavaScript errors:?https://yoast.com/help/how-to-find-javascript-errors-with-your-browsers-console/.