Title: Basic Meta Edit Tab disappeared
Last modified: April 8, 2020

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# Basic Meta Edit Tab disappeared

 *  Resolved [Gmads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmads/)
 * (@gmads)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-meta-edit-tab-disappeared/)
 * The Tab to edit Basic meta information is gone, only the Advanced one remains:
 * [https://pasteboard.co/J2SNJW7.png](https://pasteboard.co/J2SNJW7.png)
 * I have WordPress version 5.4 (specifically 5.4–es_MX); I am using theme Twenty-
   seventeen; I disabled all my plugins (which were all up to date); I disabled,
   reinstalled YOAST and imported the settings, and still no joy.
 * As I just noticed this, and the plugin was working, I am not sure if this happened
   after upgrading WP (this is very new site, so it started with version 5.3) or
   YOAST itself.
 * The following is the error I copied (only the name of the domain was changed)
   from the message (“An error occurred loading the Yoast SEO primary taxonomy picker.
   Copy error”) I got at the Edit Post page:
 * TypeError: Cannot read property ‘setPrimaryTaxonomyId’ of null
    at [http://my-site.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/js/dist/wp-seo-metabox-category-1341.js?ver=13.4.1:1:12437](http://my-site.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/js/dist/wp-seo-metabox-category-1341.js?ver=13.4.1:1:12437)
   at Object.current ([http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/data.min.js?ver=e80048e7b309581a40e44b8bd8aaba41:2:25704](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/data.min.js?ver=e80048e7b309581a40e44b8bd8aaba41:2:25704))
   at [http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/data.min.js?ver=e80048e7b309581a40e44b8bd8aaba41:2:25272](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/data.min.js?ver=e80048e7b309581a40e44b8bd8aaba41:2:25272)
   at Object.Ei.useMemo ([http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=16.9.0:205:257](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=16.9.0:205:257))
   at v.useMemo ([http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react.min.js?ver=16.9.0:32:306](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react.min.js?ver=16.9.0:32:306))
   at Xe ([http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/data.min.js?ver=e80048e7b309581a40e44b8bd8aaba41:2:25251](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/data.min.js?ver=e80048e7b309581a40e44b8bd8aaba41:2:25251))
   at [http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/data.min.js?ver=e80048e7b309581a40e44b8bd8aaba41:2:25679](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/data.min.js?ver=e80048e7b309581a40e44b8bd8aaba41:2:25679)
   at je ([http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=16.9.0:78:476](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=16.9.0:78:476))
   at ph ([http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=16.9.0:215:173](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=16.9.0:215:173))
   at lh ([http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=16.9.0:126:409](http://my-site.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=16.9.0:126:409))
 * Thanks in advance,
    Guillermo

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 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-meta-edit-tab-disappeared/#post-12658306)
 * There is an open issue [here](https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/13032)
   for this error. But most user aren’t seeing the meta box at all for that issue
   so it might only be part of the issue you’re experiencing.
 * Just to be sure, we would like to rule out any plugin or theme conflicts that
   may occur. The fastest way to do this is to **deactivate all non-Yoast plugins
   and switch to a standard theme** like [Twenty Nineteen](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentynineteen/).
 * Test this on your development or staging site, if you have one. If not, we recommend
   using the [Health Check & Troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/)
   plugin. This plugin allows you to run a conflict check **without affecting normal
   visitors to your site**.
 * As we can imagine that you’re unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we’d like
   to point you to a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process: 
   [How to check for plugin conflicts](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-check-for-plugin-conflicts/).
 *  Thread Starter [Gmads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmads/)
 * (@gmads)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-meta-edit-tab-disappeared/#post-12660211)
 * Hi amboutwe,
 * Thanks for your answer and the reference. In this case the problem had to be 
   with the browser, a very old version was being used: Chromium 49.
 * Cheers!

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-meta-edit-tab-disappeared/#post-12660211)
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