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Canonical Loop or Chain Detected on WordPress

Canonical tags form a loop (A points to B, B points to A) or a chain (A points to B, B points to C). Search engines may not follow multi-hop canonical chains, leaving ranking signals diluted.

Issue ID: CRAWL-CANONICAL-LOOP-001Severity: majorEffort: M

Why this matters

Canonical tags form a loop (A points to B, B points to A) or a chain (A points to B, B points to C). Search engines may not follow multi-hop canonical chains, leaving ranking signals diluted. This affects how clearly search engines understand the page and how persuasive it looks in search results.

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How to fix this on WordPress

Canonical tags are usually handled by your SEO plugin.

  1. 1Open the page in WordPress.
  2. 2Set the canonical URL in Yoast or Rank Math advanced SEO settings.
  3. 3Update the page and verify the rendered <head>.

After you fix it

  • ✓Crawl the site and confirm no canonical chains or loops exist

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