Primary Category not working

Hello @zehirlioglu,

Thanks for using the Yoast SEO plugin. I’m sorry that the primary category you choose isn’t reflected. To understand the issue better, please provide an affected URL and a screenshot of the sidebar that shows the categories selected.

You can use any image-sharing service like https://pasteboard.co/, https://snag.gy/, https://imgur.com/, https://snipboard.io/, or even upload the screenshot to your own website. Once you upload it to an image-sharing service, please share the link to the image here.

I have uploaded 2 photos that show my problem. The link to my posts is: https://nisa-photography.de/love-stories/

The link with the images is: https://nisa-photography.de/forsupport/

Thank you very much for your help.

@zehirlioglu, Thanks for sharing the screenshot but sadly, it’s not legible for me. Can you take a clearer screenshot and reshare? Thanks

I have made a video about it for you, I hope you understand it and see it better. As soon as I select several categories, the primary category is not displayed, but rather the first in the alphabet, in this case A.
https://www.loom.com/share/c73b6816a7c84757a4ff8629ff3c6249?sid=9caad6cb-91a5-40aa-95d6-a48281d1349b

Thanks for the helpful screencast. However, Yoast SEO isn’t responsible for how the category is displayed in the front end; that’s a feature of your theme. A major advantage of the make primary category feature is to ensure that your?permalinks?and breadcrumbs remain clean. So when you set a specific category as the primary, that is reflected in the post URL/permalink.

However, I can’t confirm that due to your permalink structure as it excludes the %category% and uses only the %postname%.

So, can you temporarily switch to a default WordPress theme, such as Twenty-three, using the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin to check the category in the front end? This plugin has a troubleshooting mode, which does not affect normal visitors to your site.

Do let us know how it goes.