Optimizing SEO Data causes 404 Error

  • Resolved homefrontfreedom

    (@homefrontfreedom)


    4 years, 6 months ago

    This error has been occuring for some time now. When I click the button to optimize SEO Data, I get the followimg details from the oops, something went wrong widget:

    Error details

Request URL
https://homefrontfreedom.com/wp-json/yoast/v1/indexing/prepare

Request method
POST

Status code
404

Error message
No route was found matching the URL and request method.

    Im using Yoast SEO 17.6 on WordPress 5.8.2.
    I also have the Yoast Test Helper installed.
    I searched but could not find the answer. Can you please help?

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  • Plugin Support Maybellyne

    (@maybellyne)

    4 years, 6 months ago

    Hello Homefrontfreedom,

    We are sorry that you are unable to complete the SEO data optimization on your site.

    The Yoast plugin uses the WordPress REST API for several features, including SEO data optimization. Therefore, the pathway wp-json/yoast/v1/indexing/prepare/ is a request that our plugin makes to the REST API for scanning posts and indexing them in the website database. If you’re still getting 404, it looks like something on your site/server setups blocks them. Therefore, SEO data optimization cannot be performed.

    Because we don’t know your server setup, we cannot determine exactly why the server returns a 404 for the REST API requests made by Yoast. Based on similar issues we receive from other users, this typically occurs due to a security or server setting.

    Would you please check the ‘mod_security’ settings that prevent our plugin from accessing the REST API? If there are no ‘mod_security’ settings preventing access at the server, you may have a custom .htaccess rule or security plugin limiting access to the WordPress REST API. Please review any security restrictions and whitelist the Yoast plugin for accessing the feature.

    If you have a Web Application Firewall (WAF), like Comodo, please verify that it is not set up to strip the parameter from the Yoast REST API requests. Some users have reported that some WAF setups are too strict to prevent Blind SQL injection attacks. Your hosting provider can easily check and help you to resolve this.

    Do let us know how it goes.

    devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    4 years, 5 months ago

    We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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