All in One SEO – %post_title% Problem – What gives?
Last Updated on Sunday, 22 November 2009 12:20 Written by Simon Nicol Wednesday, 11 November 2009 02:36
If you’re like me and you’re using that fab plugin for WordPress – All in One SEO, you have probably noticed by now that all your pages render as %post_title%, not only that but all new posts (my home page has the three most recent posts) also have exactly the same problem! So as long as someone Googles “%post_title%” I’ll be in the top 10 – lol
I’m using WordPress 2.8.5 – the latest as of this post, and I think we all know that the All in One SEO plugin updates every other week or so. I’ve not really found out what the updates are all about, it just means I have to download, re-enable and re-activate the plugin.
Don’t get me wrong, I think the All in One SEO plugin is excellent and I can’t remember exactly when the AiOSEO started going a bit wobbly, but I’ve found that – whatever – text I place in the box, that’s the text that gets displayed, it doesn’t get rendered to a value, which isn’t that bad, but the titles would be the same for every page on my blog.
When the All in One SEO plugin is working it’s fab, but when it’s not, it’s almost as though it’s an ANTI SEO. Listing all my posts and page titles as %post_title% doesn’t describe a thing.
I’m thinking (and maybe I’m sounding a little paranoid here) but with all those seemingly pointless updates I have to do, and constantly re-activating the plugin every time – you know, the button just under the DONATE button, and the one that says I have made…. no, that’s just crazy talk…
I think I might try to track down the problem myself, but then changing the code of the plugin means I would have to constantly re-patch my modification every time the plugin itself gets updated, which would be a pain.
Still, I think I’ll give it a go.
Please post a comment if you’re having the same problem as me – is it just me?
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Yes, these all updates and need to reenable plugin every time, connected with tons of nagging to donate is really annoying. It started when author changed version number from 1.5.x to 1.6.x. This was also connected with problems to correctly move config data to new version – on one of my sites I lost whole config, and have to configure everything again! Eventually because of this stupid “feature” to disable plugin during every upgrade I decided to give up and look for other SEO plugin. I have tested few of them, but finally decided to write my own SEO plugin – Meta SEO Pack. Now I have everything what I want :)
Please take a look on Meta SEO Pack. I will be glad if you can later post how it works for you :)
Regards,
Daniel
Hi Daniel!
Great work ma’ boy! Thanks for visiting my site, I’ve just removed the All-in-One SEO and installed your META SEO, it looks a LOT better. I’ve even written a post for you which you can see here: http://www.caspianit.co.uk/wordpress-20-best-plugins-for-ultimate-blogging/
I think I need your help though as I’ve vanished from Google! Yikes! I was 2nd place on a search for “computer services croydon” but now I’m not listed. I’m not blaming you, I’m blaming myself, I just wondered if you have any suggestions for me to get the ‘Ultimate’ SEO?
I think your plugin has a lot more power and flexibility than All-in-One – I just wish I knew how to use it a little better.
Many thanks!
Thanks!
I have checked that search phrase, and found that you are on position 6th. However this is a strange URL – http://www.caspianit.co.uk/?page_id=3/hard-disks-hdd/ , and with title %post_title%. As I checked, your home page disappeared (but it is still in Google cache). Something like this sometime happens – in Poland we call this a “Google Dance”. Just wait a few days, and your page should return on previous position. In the meantime you can look for a few new incoming links – they should help you to rank better in Google.
Hi Daniel,
I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to me – many thanks. Yes indeed, it’s the wierdest URL on my blog – lol!
It might just be – as you say wait a couple of day’s. I’ve had this before and it even got ranked in a higher position after about a week – Oooh.
I hope you like the write up I gave your META SEO plugin. It links off my home page now.
Great to hear from you and hope to talk again some time!
Simon
Daniel!
Just letting you know that my site has finished it’s ‘Google Bounce’ and everything is back to being good. In fact…
I’m #1 in Yahoo, #1 in Bing and #2 in Google – Not bad!
Great plugin, thank you for all your efforts!
Simon