Title: Problem with Yoast-Readability-Plugin Last modified: October 10, 2022 --- # Problem with Yoast-Readability-Plugin * Resolved [maxi10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxi10/) * (@maxi10) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-yoast-readability-plugin/) * The problem is that when writing an article the SEO- and readability-buttons are red, even if we fullfill the instructions of Yoast to get green buttons. This itself isn’t the main thing we are wondering about, but even if we republish an article that has been completely green SEO- and readability-wise, it is getting red all of a sudden. So the question we have now is: Why is the readablity (and SEO)-button always red and how can we fix it? And could the PHP-version 7.3, which we are currently using on our WordPress-Blog be the problem? * Thank you for your help! - This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by [maxi10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxi10/). * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblem-with-yoast-readability-plugin%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) * (@maybellyne) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-yoast-readability-plugin/#post-16091834) * Hello Maxi, * I’m sorry to learn that the SEO & readability of your content always gives red feedback even when you do all to improve it. I don’t believe this has anything to do with your PHP version. * Is it possible to share screenshots of the content and the Yoast SEO analysis for it? You can use any image-sharing service like [https://pasteboard.co/](https://pasteboard.co/), [https://snag.gy/](https://snag.gy/), [https://imgur.com/](https://imgur.com/), [https://snipboard.io/](https://snipboard.io/), or even upload the screenshot to your website. Once you upload it to an image-sharing service, please share the link to the image here. * Thread Starter [maxi10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxi10/) * (@maxi10) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-yoast-readability-plugin/#post-16091860) * Hi Maybellyne. * Sure, so the article-Link would be [https://www.maxenergy.at/magazin/energiemarkt/](https://www.maxenergy.at/magazin/energiemarkt/) and the Link to the Screenshots of the readability-optimizations would be [https://www.maxenergy.at/magazin/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-Energiemarkt-Yoast.png](https://www.maxenergy.at/magazin/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-Energiemarkt-Yoast.png) It’s in German, but in general it says that i would be using the same word to start a sentence three times in a row (which I didn’t) or that one paragraph would be longer than 300 words and has no headings in between (which is also not the case). * Thank you for your help! * Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) * (@maybellyne) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-yoast-readability-plugin/#post-16092294) * Thanks for the clarification and screenshots. * About _using the same word to start a sentence three times in a row_, that must be _consecutive sentences_ in English. I suspect this is due to the content under _Energiemarkt – FAQ_. Our analysis reports the bullet points as consecutive sentences. Writing consecutive sentences starting with the same word can lead to monotony in a narration. But altering your content, in this case, is not recommended. Therefore, you may ignore this warning since this is a valid use of repetition in your text. It will not cause any problems with your article and search engines. * Regarding the second issue, can you let me know how you add the content? Are you using a page builder or the default WordPress content editor? * Thread Starter [maxi10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxi10/) * (@maxi10) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-yoast-readability-plugin/#post-16092614) * Thank you for your feedback. The weird thing about the FAQ-section is that until july or august the readablity-bullet has always been green – even if there were FAQs in those articles. Did you have any updates since then? * Regarding the second issue, we are using the “Avia layout architect” and the theme Enfold. I hope that this is what you’re asking for. * Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) * (@maybellyne) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-yoast-readability-plugin/#post-16092855) * I see that _Avia layout architect_ is a page builder. * Yoast SEO analyzes the default WordPress content areas like the title, URL, and the main content box (WordPress editor). Since you are adding your content through other plugins or theme content boxes (as most page builders do), Yoast SEO may not be able to detect it by default. Currently, we are compatible with the Elementor page builder. The Yoast SEO Elementor integration is free to use for everyone; no premium or add-on is required for core functionality. * Since you are using another page builder, please understand that page builders commonly use a custom editor designed by their team. Because plugins rely on the default editor, some page builders make the data entered into their editor available in the default editor. In these cases, Yoast SEO will see and analyze the content as if created with the default editor. When this is not the case, an integration feature must be available to parse the page builder content into Yoast SEO for analysis. * It’s like opening a room to find a safe inside it. Unless you have the code to unlock the safe, you can only see the inside of the room. To get the code to open the safe, you must contact the person who set the unlock code. We have tried to automatically unlock and parse content from other plugins and themes with inferior results in the past. Therefore, we opted to provide an API that developers can use to unlock their content and pass it to our page analysis. * Although our plugin does not detect your content and shows an incorrect analysis report, this does not affect how search engines crawl and analyze your site. Search engines process the front end of your site and will detect your content. * Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/) * (@maybellyne) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-yoast-readability-plugin/#post-16104951) * 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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