Version 1.7.1 not saving changes to Yoast SEO

  • My client’s site is running WordPress 4.1 with Yoast SEO 1.7.1.

    I can input anything into the SEO panel on a page, but when I update the page the changes revert. Some of the input labels are also missing on the Advanced and Social tabs.

    I’ve tried deactivating all other plugins (as well as Yoast), but that doesn’t fix the issue. I’ve also tried rearranging the panels below the pages as suggested fixed the problem in earlier versions to no avail.

    I’m afraid deleting Yoast and reinstalling will delete all of my SEO information because there are 100+ SEO-optimized pages on the site and that’s a lot of work to redo.

    Any suggestions?

    Yoast has always been my go-to SEO plugin, so I’m super disappointed to have this problem.

    Thanks,

    April

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-seo/

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  • I am also running WordPress 4.1 with WordPress SEO by Yoast 1.7.1., and I have the same problem. I enter information on existing pages in a child theme of iFeature Pro 5 by Cyberchimps, but nothing will save in the Focus Keyword, SEO Title, and Meta Description fields. Oddly, it will save on one page, but nothing saves in WordPress SEO by Yoast on the other page.

    Even on the page where the fields were saved, Focus Keyword section fails to see keywords on the page sometimes, even if the page title is entered word for word, and under “Your focus keyword was found in:”, everything always says “No,” even when the words or phrases are on the page.

    I’m battling with the same problem. I have a plugin called Duplicate Post and it looks like pages that have been duplicated using this tool are the ones with the issue.

    Any idea where this data is stored in the database?

    Okay, I’ve figured out that the data is saved wp_postmeta. If you want to manually clean up the SEO data for a specific page, use the following query (replace XXXX with the id of the page in question):
    SELECT * FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key LIKE ‘%Yoast%’ AND post_id = ‘XXXX’;

    You should then be able to update the values in phpMyAdmin. If you’re not confident with MySQL, please tread carefully.

    It’s not a solution to the problem but at least it’s a way of cleaning up your SEO values.

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