Can you please confirm you are using the most recent Yoast v7.1? You can learn more about updating here: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-can-i-update-my-premium-plugin/
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https://yoast.com/why-we-dont-support-old-wordpress-versions/
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?If you update to the most current version of WordPress, does this resolve the issue?