Critical Error Indexable_Hierarchy_Builder::is_invalid_ancestor

We’re sorry to hear you are experiencing this error. To resolve this, can you please try the following?:

1. Install & activate the?Yoast Test Helper plugin
2. Go to Tools -> Yoast Test
3. Hit the “Reset Indexables & Migrations” button
4. Under SEO → Tools, click the “Start SEO Data Optimization” button.

Hi

After running SEO Data Optimization I get an error message

Oops, something has gone wrong and we couldn’t complete the optimization of your SEO data. Please click the button again to re-start the process.

Thx

@wrapupweb

Sorry for the trouble. We want to investigate the issue further. 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.?

Test this on your development or staging site, if you have one. If not, we recommend using the?Health Check & Troubleshooting?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.`

Hi

If I Troubleshoot Yoast using the health app then press Appearance/Menus/Save Menu button I get the error below

Recoverable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in /home/customer/www/moodhaircolor.com/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1015
There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.

Learn more about debugging in WordPress.

Cheers

@wrapupweb Did you get that new error when you disabled all non-Yoast plugins and activated the standard TwentyTwenty theme? The error looks like it appeared from the WordPress core file.

If possible, please try to run the SEO Data Optimization on the Troubleshooting mode with all non-Yoast plugin deactivate and just the standard theme.

Let us know the results again.

Hi

I ran SEO data Optimization in Troubleshooting mode successfully but got same error below

Recoverable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in /home/customer/www/moodhaircolor.com/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1015
There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.

when pressing Appearance/Menus/Save Menu button

This is with all Plugins disabled except Yoast and using Twenty Twenty

Cheers

@wrapupweb

We tested the SEO Data Optimization on our test environment with the default setup and is working fine.

If you go to Tools > Site Health, do you see any critical errors flagged like REST API, cURL, etc.

Does your setup meet our plugin requirements?

If you see any sort of errors or warnings, can you please write us what they are? If possible, can you take a screenshot that highlights this issue? This would help us investigate the issue further.

We look forward to your response.

Hi

There are no errors and the requirements are all satisfied. My hosting provider is siteground and Yoast works perfectly well on all my other WordPress websites on Siteground.

Very strange

Site Info FYI

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user_language: en_GB
permalink: /%postname%/
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wordpress_size: 547.29 MB (573876232 bytes)
uploads_path: /home/customer/www/moodhaircolor.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads
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themes_path: /home/customer/www/moodhaircolor.com/public_html/wp-content/themes
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theme_path: /home/customer/www/moodhaircolor.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/hello-elementor

### wp-themes-inactive (1) ###

Twenty Twenty: version: 1.6, author: the WordPress team

### wp-mu-plugins (1) ###

Health Check Troubleshooting Mode: author: (undefined), version: 1.7.2

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Product Slider and Carousel with Category for WooCommerce: version: 2.4, author: WP OnlineSupport
Redirection: version: 5.0.1, author: John Godley
SG Optimizer: version: 5.7.14, author: SiteGround
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed: version: 2.8.1, author: Smash Balloon
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WooCommerce Wholesale Pro: version: 1.4.5, author: Barn2 Plugins
Yoast Test Helper: version: 1.12, author: Team Yoast

### wp-plugins-inactive (7) ###

AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor: version: 0.7.1, author: Andrei Strekozov <anwppro>
Card Elements for Elementor: version: 1.1.3, author: Techeshta
Google Ads & Marketing by Kliken: version: 1.0.7, author: Kliken
Mailchimp for WooCommerce: version: 2.5.0, author: Mailchimp
Product Carousel Slider for Elementor: version: 1.0.1, author: Plugin Devs
WPC Show Single Variations for WooCommerce: version: 1.2.0, author: WPClever.net
Yoast SEO: version: 15.9, author: Team Yoast

### wp-media ###

image_editor: WP_Image_Editor_GD
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gd_version: 2.2.5
ghostscript_version: 9.27

### wp-server ###

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server-headers: 
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	date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:33:21 GMT
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	vary: Accept-Encoding
	expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
	cache-control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0
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	link: <https://moodhaircolor.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://moodhaircolor.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/585>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json", <https://moodhaircolor.com/>; rel=shortlink
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### wp-database ###

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client_version: mysqlnd 5.0.12-dev - 20150407 - $Id: 7cc7cc96e675f6d72e5cf0f267f48e167c2abb23 $

### wp-constants ###

WP_HOME: undefined
WP_SITEURL: undefined
WP_CONTENT_DIR: /home/customer/www/moodhaircolor.com/public_html/wp-content
WP_PLUGIN_DIR: /home/customer/www/moodhaircolor.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins
WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT: 768M
WP_DEBUG: false
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY: true
WP_DEBUG_LOG: false
SCRIPT_DEBUG: false
WP_CACHE: false
CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_CSS: undefined
WP_LOCAL_DEV: undefined

### wp-filesystem ###

wordpress: writable
wp-content: writable
uploads: writable
plugins: writable
themes: writable
mu-plugins: writable

We are sorry to hear that you’re still having trouble with our plugin. Due to the nature of the issue, we’ll need to take a look at your setup. However, we are unable to do it here as this is a public forum.

So, if you have an active Yoast SEO Premium subscription or if you can consider buying one, we can investigate the issue further directly on your setup privately through email.

However, if you don’t wish to get the Yoast SEO Premium subscription, that’s completely fine. In this case, you’ll need to troubleshoot the issue further on your setup as we are literally out of any clue at this moment without taking a look at the setup. So, someone from the community might step forward as well who has experienced the issue or familiar with the parent/child breadcrumbs relationship.

Thanks for your understanding!

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