JGreene

OK. Thanks.

Experiencing the same problem here. Definitely connected to a conflict with rel=”publisher” settings within the plugin. Proper rel=”author” for homepage reappeared once I deleted our Google Publisher Page URL from WordPress SEO.

Thank you for your detailed answers, they are much appreciated.

My main concern is with XML-RPC pinging every time a post is edited, which I understand is normally a good thing. The problem comes in for “compulsive editors” who can get penalized for excessive pinging of posts. I have found newbie bloggers to be particularly prone to editing their new posts 5, 10, 20 times in a short time frame, trying to get them just perfect. Because of this I have been recommending that they either turn off XML-RPC pinging altogether, or use a ping management plugin, to avoid any penalties or problems.

Thanks again for all of your help.

Yes, categories are fine, it’s only the tags that are having problems.

Thanks anyway.

I’ve never encountered this before either, I’m stumped.

Yes, a new instance of the same tag, but, obviously, with a new slug.

The new tag shows up on the tags page, on a new/edit post page in the ‘Choose from the most used tags’, and when you go to add tags to existing posts via Quick Edit by starting to type the tag, then selecting the one you want from the available options. However, it doesn’t accept your selection, but instead creates an entirely new tag.