Yoast PopUps (ex. Google Preview) not opening when editing page

Hello @kstavrov

Thanks for reaching out, but the issue is unclear. The Google and Facebook previews in the Yoast SEO meta box aren’t pop-ups. It’d be helpful if you could share screenshots that highlight what you’re referring to. 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 website. Once you upload it to an image-sharing service, please share the link to the image here.

Hello,

I have uploaded a short video to get a better understanding of my issue.

https://files.fm/u/2thpn7a68

thanks in advance!

Thanks for the screencast, @kstavrov; I see that the Yoast SEO meta box that generally appears under the content was moved to the sidebar.

We know of a?reported issue?with the block editor where the meta boxes under the content can be pushed to the sidebar, sometimes accidentally. In short, the under-content and sidebar list of boxes appears to be a single list. Due to the sidebar setup being stored per user and browser, we cannot fix this for your account. However, we can guide you on moving the sidebar meta box back under the content.

1. Go to the add new post screen.
2. If the sidebar DOES NOT show ‘Document’ and ‘Block’, click on the gear icon next to the ‘Publish button’.
3. Click the kebab three-dot menu.
4. Click on ‘Options’.
5. Under ‘Advanced Panels’, check ‘Custom fields’ and click ‘Enable & Reload’.
6. The page should refresh, and you will see a ‘Custom fields’ section below the content and above the ‘Document’ line. You may have to scroll down to see the ‘Custom fields’ section.
7. In the sidebar (while the gear icon is selected), you will see a ‘Yoast SEO’ section. You may need to scroll down in the sidebar or minimize some areas.
8. Click the up arrow ‘^’ next to the ‘Yoast SEO’ section. The meta box will move from the sidebar to the under-content area.
9. Click the arrow on the right side to expand (if minimized) the Yoast SEO section.
10. Disable the ‘Custom fields’ section using the above steps that enabled it.

Do let us know how it goes.

Hello,

That did the trick.

Thanks!

This thread was marked resolved as the original poster confirmed the issue no longer occurs on their site