server 500 errors and website goes down after latest update

We are sorry to hear that your websites were down due to Yoast SEO’s recent update. We can imagine how that could give you a pause.

Can you please share the exact errors here with us so that we can understand what went wrong?

We look forward to hearing from you.

Here to. Updated to latest Yoast SEO Version and now I have an Error 500.

‘2021-10-06 13:13:52’ WHERE id = ‘3’ made by require(‘wp-blog-header.php’), require_once(‘wp-includes/template-loader.php’), include(‘/themes/betheme/page.php’), get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once(‘/themes/betheme/header.php’), wp_head, do_action(‘wp_head’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_robots, apply_filters(‘wp_robots’), WP_Hook->apply_filters, Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Front_End\WP_Robots_Integration->add_robots, Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Front_End\WP_Robots_Integration->get_robots_value, Yoast\WP\SEO\Memoizers\Meta_Tags_Context_Memoizer->for_current_page, Yoast\WP\SEO\Repositories\Indexable_Repository->for_current_page, Yoast\WP\SEO\Repositories\Indexable_Repository->find_by_id_and_type, Yoast\WP\SEO\Repositories\Indexable_Repository->upgrade_indexable, Yoast\WP\SEO\Builders\Indexable_Builder->build, Yoast\WP\SEO\Builders\Indexable_Builder->save_indexable, do_action(‘wpseo_save_indexable’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Watchers\Indexable_Ancestor_Watcher->reset_children, Yoast\WP\SEO\Repositories\Indexable_Repository->find_by_ids, array_map, Yoast\WP\SEO\Repositories\Indexable_Repository->upgrade_indexable, Yoast\WP\SEO\Builders\Indexable_Builder->build, Yoast\WP\SEO\Builders\Indexable_Post_Builder->build, Yoast\WP\SEO\Builders\Indexable_Post_Builder->has_public_posts, Yoast\WP\SEO\Repositories\Indexable_Repository->find_by_id_and_type, Yoast\WP\SEO\Repositories\Indexable_Repository->upgrade_indexable, Yoast\WP\SEO\Builders\Indexable_Builder->build, Yoast\WP\SEO\Builders\Indexable_Builder->save_indexable, do_action(‘wpseo_save_indexable’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Watchers\Indexable_Ancestor_Watcher->reset_children, Yoast\WP\SEO\Repositories\Indexable_Repository->find_by_ids, array_map,

@corbybrooks12 Thanks for your reply.

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.

Hello, I tried on one of the websites and it seems to have worked for now at least. I will try on the other websites and monitor. thank you,

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by corbybrooks12.

hello, i now getting an email notification from several of the websites stating the following:

Howdy!

Since WordPress 5.2 there is a built-in feature that detects when a plugin or theme causes a fatal error on your site, and notifies you with this automated email.

In this case, WordPress caught an error with one of your plugins, Yoast Test Helper.

When seeking help with this issue, you may be asked for some of the following information:
WordPress version 5.8.1
Current theme: Betheme Child (version 1.6.1)
Current plugin: Yoast Test Helper (version 1.14)
PHP version 7.3.17

Error Details
=============
An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 156 of the file /home/public_html/wp-content/plugins/yoast-test-helper/src/wordpress-plugins/yoast-seo.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Class 'WPSEO_Options' not found in /home/public_html/wp-content/plugins/yoast-test-helper/src/wordpress-plugins/yoast-seo.php:156
Stack trace:
#0 /home/public_html/wp-content/plugins/yoast-test-helper/src/wordpress-plugins/yoast-seo.php(225): Yoast\WP\Test_Helper\WordPress_Plugins\Yoast_SEO->reset_prominent_words_calculation()
#1 /home/public_html/wp-content/plugins/yoast-test-helper/src/wordpress-plugins/yoast-seo.php(103): Yoast\WP\Test_Helper\WordPress_Plugins\Yoast_SEO->reset_indexables()
#2 /home/public_html/wp-content/plugins/yoast-test-helper/src/wordpress-plugin-features.php(142): Yoast\WP\Test_Helper\WordPress_Plugins\Yoast_SEO->reset_feature('reset_indexable...')
#3 /home/public_html/wp-content/plugins/yoast-test-helper/src/wordpress-plugin-features.php(104): Yoast\WP\Test_Helper\WordPress_Plugin_Features->reset_feature(Object(Yoast\WP\Test_Helper\WordPress_Plugins\Yoast_SEO))
#4 /home/public_html/wp-includes/cla

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by corbybrooks12.

Hi @corbybrooks12,

Thank you for your replies and investigation.

The error stack from the test helper is odd. Can you still access the wp-admin dashboard? IF so, can you please try to deactivate and delete the Yoast SEO plugin from your dashboard and then reinstall the Yoast SEO plugin again? You won’t lose any settings or previously entered data when you do this, all of that is stored in your database. After you did this, can you then check if the error within/from the Test helper plugin persists?

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