Alternative Page with Proper canonical tag Amp issue

Hello @franks123

Thank you for reaching out to us, When we checked your website and found out that you are not using AMP plugin currently.

The “Alternate Page with Proper Canonical Tag” status message in Search Console means that there are two versions of a page on your website having the same canonical URL. Search Console will simply exclude the duplicate version and index the main version of the page.

This ideally means the search console recognizes these canonicalized URLs correctly and there is nothing you need to do on your part.

However, We will recommend contacting your SEO plugin support and Search Console Support to learn more about them.

Hope this helps!

Hi @milindmore22,

I have deactivated and deleted Amp plugin few hours ago. but still it is alarming situation that after deleting amp plugin why these links are working now.

second thing these 90k links are created due to amp plugin then after deleting amp plugin why these links are not deleted.

please guide me about these 2 questions. I am very tensed due to these 90k links created. Please guide me in resolving these issues.

Hi @franks123

Don’t worry about those URLs with “?amppage” at the end. They work just like normal website addresses with extra information attached (like a search query) and won’t affect your site.

The AMP plugin itself doesn’t create these URLs. It’s possible another plugin or theme you’re using has a custom link structure that’s causing a conflict with AMP. This might be why you’re seeing those URLs.

The good news is, Google’s search bots will visit your site again within 2-4 weeks and update the links in your Search Console. Meanwhile, everything should work as expected.

I will suggest trying AMP plugin on your Local or dev setup first and then use it, you may find the getting started guide helpful.

We hope this helps!

Hi @milindmore22,

when Google’s search bots will visit the site again within 2-4 weeks and update the links in Search Console then these 90k links will be deleted because Amp plugin has been deleted now?

Please guide me about this question.

Thank you

@franks123 Yes, If those links do not exist on your website, e.g., No clickable link exists or no link in your sitemap exists, then they will be get removed from search console over 2-4 weeks period of time.

I hope this clarifies your doubt

Hi @milindmore22

means, Now I need to wait. If that does not fix then I will ping you back after 2-4 weeks. Am I right?

yes

Hi @milindmore22,
These links are now gone upto 132k. I have also deleted amp plugin but still links are going up. I am so worried now.
please suggest me what to do.

@franks123 I will recommend contacting Search Console support.

• This reply was modified 10 months ago by Milind More.

@franks123 As we didn’t receive a response I’ll mark this as resolved. Feel free to open a new support topic if you require any further assistance.

Hi @milindmore22, this issue is not resolved yet.

previously “Alternative Page with Proper canonical tag” error pages were decreasing. These affected pages were 111,078 on 12th May. Now, It starts increasing again. These affected pages are 111,962 on 21st May. All the error links are of Amp. Amp plugin is deleted one month ago. Why it is increasing slowly slowly now? and why amp links are still showing if plugin is deleted one month ago? Please review the screenshot in mentioned below link
https://imgur.com/SkbSg5k

Please guide me about this thing.
Thank you

Hello @franks123

It will be best to contact an WordPress expert who can diagnose the website and locate the issue, or Search Console support to learn if your website has any crawling issues.

As we didn’t receive a response I’ll mark this as resolved. Feel free to open a new support topic if you require any further assistance.