Canonical Mismatch on Redirected Pages

  • abbottwp

    (@abbottwp)


    6 months, 2 weeks ago

    An audit tool we use is giving Canonical Tag Mismatch warnings on several pages. The pages in question were old and have been replaced, and a redirect is in place to send traffic to the new page. How am I supposed to fix this if the page no longer exists? Do I add the Canonical tag to the new page? We also use AIOSEO, if that matters.

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  • Moderator threadi

    (@threadi)

    6 months, 2 weeks ago

    The answer to that question really depends on what the audit tool is expecting at that point. I’d recommend looking into that first and, if necessary, contacting their support team before you try to tinker with anything in WordPress that might inadvertently cause problems elsewhere.

    Md. Aminul Islam

    (@wpdevsxyz)

    6 months, 2 weeks ago

    When a page is redirected to a new URL, the canonical tag should point to the new (destination) page, not the old one. Here’s how to fix this with AIOSEO:

    1. Go to the new page that the redirect points to
    2. Scroll down to the AIOSEO meta box
    3. Under “Advanced” tab, check the Canonical URL field
    4. Make sure it shows the correct new page URL

    If the redirect is a 301 (permanent), most SEO tools will eventually stop flagging it. However, if your audit tool still shows a mismatch, you can manually set the canonical URL on the new page to itself.

    Also, there is no need to add a canonical tag to the old (redirected) page — the 301 redirect itself tells search engines which page is the correct one.

    Hope this helps!

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