Techniques for diagnosing and resolving common SEO problems in Rank Forge.
Checking Meta Output
View the raw HTML output to verify meta tags are rendering correctly:
bash
curl -s https://example.com/my-post/ | grep -i '<meta'
curl -s https://example.com/my-post/ | grep -i 'application/ld+json'Verifying Schema JSON-LD
php
// In a custom admin page or WP-CLI script
$post_id = 42;
$schema = RANKFORGE_Schema::instance();
$output = $schema->generate( $post_id, 'Article' );
echo '<pre>' . esc_html( wp_json_encode( $output, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES ) ) . '</pre>';
// Validate with Google's Rich Results Test
echo 'Validate: https://search.google.com/test/rich-results?url=' . urlencode( get_permalink( $post_id ) );Diagnosing Score Discrepancies
php
$post_id = 42;
$analyzer = RANKFORGE_Analyzer::instance();
// Force fresh analysis (ignores cache)
$fresh = $analyzer->analyze( $post_id );
// Read the cached version
$cached = $analyzer->get_cached( $post_id );
echo "Fresh score: {$fresh['score']}n";
echo "Cached score: {$cached->score}n";
echo "Issues:n";
foreach ( $fresh['issues'] as $issue ) {
echo " [{$issue['severity']}] {$issue['message']} (-{$issue['deduction']})n";
}Checking Redirect Execution
php
// Test if a URL has a matching redirect
global $wpdb;
$source = 'old-page';
$redirect = $wpdb->get_row(
$wpdb->prepare(
"SELECT * FROM {$wpdb->prefix}rankforge_redirects WHERE source_url = %s",
$source
)
);
if ( $redirect ) {
echo "Redirect found: {$redirect->source_url} -> {$redirect->target_url} ({$redirect->redirect_type})n";
echo "Hits: {$redirect->hits}, Last hit: {$redirect->last_hit}n";
} else {
echo "No redirect found for: {$source}n";
}Verifying Sitemap Contents
bash
curl -s https://example.com/sitemap_index.xml
curl -s https://example.com/post-sitemap.xml | head -50
curl -s https://example.com/video-sitemap.xml—