Title: Error 404 when saving settings
Last modified: February 27, 2023

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# Error 404 when saving settings

 *  Resolved [adamshakebiz06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamshakebiz06/)
 * (@adamshakebiz06)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-when-saving-settings/)
 * Dear,
 * We have a huge problem with your plugin, when saving settings of Yoast Seo, we
   have error 404 in the API and category page. We had to rebuild the permalink 
   to make it work.
 * The problem is that each time we save settings we have to rebuild permalinks,
   it’s umconfortable.
 * We have tried many ways on our end to resolve the issue, for example disable 
   WP_CRON, by disabling it, the error will not occur but we can’t disable it as
   other plugin use this feature.
 * We have come with this conclusion by evaluation the log, because after the execution
   of the following CRON : wpseo-reindex, the error appears.
 * Can you tell me what is the purpose of this cron ? And if it’s possible, could
   we disable it ?
 * Kind regards Adam Harmand developper at Shakebiz

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 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-when-saving-settings/#post-16509951)
 * Hello Adam,
 * Thanks for reaching out. `wpseo-reindex` removes all existing indexables and 
   then reindexes them. Have you tried resetting the indexables table and migration
   and then re-running the Yoast SEO data optimization?
    1. Install & activate the [Yoast Test Helper plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-test-helper/)
    2. Go to Tools > Yoast Test
    3. Locate the Yoast SEO section and 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 the specific reset was
       successful.
    4. Go to SEO > Tools, and under SEO data, click the “Start SEO data optimization”
       button to allow Yoast to rescan your content.
 * Do let us know how it goes.
 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-when-saving-settings/#post-16521660)
 * This thread was marked resolved due to a lack of activity, but you’re always 
   welcome to re-open the topic. Please read [this post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-before-your-post/)
   before [opening a new request](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo#new-post).

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 * Last reply from: [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-404-when-saving-settings/#post-16521660)
 * Status: resolved