Post category update is not applied due to Rank Math

  • Resolved Keith

    (@keithkhl)


    11 months, 4 weeks ago

    Hello,

    It seems like Rank Math blocks post category updates to be applied. There are posts that I began writing from one category, left it as draft for a few days, and eventually put it in different category when I publish. But after installing Rank Math, it went back to old category, or let’s say, initially chosen category. Updating category in post editing does not apply to.

    I just turned off Rank Math, and it reverts back to newly chosen category.

    It occured to 3 posts out of about 20 posts that I recently changed categories. Any idea?

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  • Plugin Support Rank Math Support

    (@rankmathsupport)

    Hello @keithkhl,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math support, and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    Can you please let us know if the categories are changed back to the old value in the post editor themselves or does the category has changed only on the frontend?

    Looking forward to helping you with this one.

    Thread Starter Keith

    (@keithkhl)

    In the post editor, it looked like the newly chosen category was applied. But when I opened the post for view, breadcrumb shows that it is assigned to a different domain.

    Since I use permalink structure as /category/post_id, I can also see that it was assigned to different category.

    In sum, on the post editor from WP admin, I can see the category is updated, but at the back, it was not. While de- and re-activating plugins, I figured that it is Rank Math. After I de-activate your plugin, the categories got updated. Since then, I have de- and re-activated for a few times already to double confirm the situation. And it does.

    Fortunately(?) category setting does not go back to old value after re-activating Rank Math. So for now, whenever I see such problems, I deactivatge Rank Math first and let WP update the category, and re-activate Rank Math.

    Plugin Support Rank Math Support

    (@rankmathsupport)

    Hello @keithkhl,

    You may just need to specify a primary taxonomy for your post so Rank Math can display the correct category for the breadcrumbs. Please follow this guide to do that: https://rankmath.com/kb/how-to-choose-a-primary-category/

    Let us know how that goes. Looking forward to helping you.

    Thread Starter Keith

    (@keithkhl)

    Yup I changed the option from ‘none’ to category, and it seems fine for now. Will let you know if it occurs again.

    Plugin Support Rank Math Support

    (@rankmathsupport)

    Hello @keithkhl,

    Glad that worked. Sure, do let us know if the issue happens again in the future.

    Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any other questions.

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