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Hello Importlamp,

I am sorry to learn that you could not complete the SEO data optimization analysis. We have seen unexpected issues where the previously optimized data is invalid or incomplete. We’ll start with a reset of the optimization to ensure we’ve removed any invalid data. Let’s cover a few important things to be aware of beforehand.

First, we would understand if you were hesitant to reset the optimized data. We can assure you that your hard work will not be lost as the default WordPress tables also contain the SEO data. This process will only reset the custom Yoast tables with the combined data pulled from those default tables.

Second, we recommend creating regular backups of your site and database for your site’s health and safety. Backups are especially important before making substantial changes to your website. It provides you with a safety net if something were to go wrong. Learn more about?the benefits of regular backups.

Thirdly, we highly recommend using a staging or testing site to reduce the impact on your live site. Some popular web hosts offer quick setups for a staging site, so please contact your web host for assistance. They will probably be able to help you out. If your web host does not offer staging sites, the WordPress plugin repository offers?staging plugins, or you can?create your own staging site.

Now, back to the issue at hand. We know that resetting the data may sound intimidating, but our?How to reset the Yoast indexables?guide will walk you through the process step by step. We’ve also summarized the steps below.

1. Install & activate the?Yoast Test Helper plugin
2. Go to Tools > Yoast Test
3. Locate the Yoast SEO section and click on the ‘Reset indexables tables & migrations’, ‘Reset Prominent words calculation’, and ‘Reset Internal link counter’ buttons. After each click, the page will reload to confirm that the specific reset was successful.
4. Go to SEO > Tools, and under SEO data, click the “Start SEO data optimization” button to allow Yoast to rescan your content.

Please let us know if the reported issue remains after resetting the optimized data.

@maybellyne

Did the job according to the instructions. The problem is not solved.

Thanks for the feedback.

The Yoast plugin uses the WordPress REST API for several features, including SEO data optimization. Therefore, the pathway wp-json/yoast/v1/indexing/prepare/ is a request that our plugin makes to the REST API for scanning posts and indexing them in the website database. Note that it is not a folder or file that you’ll find in your WordPress installation directory, so manually creating as well won’t even solve the problem.

It looks like something on your site/server setups blocks them. Therefore, SEO data optimization cannot be performed. Because we don’t know your server setup, we cannot determine exactly why the server returns a 404 for the REST API requests made by Yoast. Based on similar issues we receive from other users, this typically occurs due to a security or server setting.

Would you please check the ‘mod_security’ settings that prevent our plugin from accessing the REST API? If there are no ‘mod_security’ settings preventing access to the server, you may have a custom .htaccess rule or security plugin limiting access to the WordPress REST API. Please review any security restrictions and whitelist the Yoast plugin for accessing the feature. You need to whitelist all the yoast.com and my.yoast.com URLs.

If you have a Web Application Firewall (WAF), like Comodo, please verify that it is not set up to strip the parameter from the Yoast REST API requests. Some users have reported that some WAF setups are too strict to prevent Blind SQL injection attacks.

Hi,

We’ll be closing this thread in order to keep the forum overview.

Thanks!