Pro Tip: You first need to add your website to Google Search Console in order to connect and retrieve crawl issues.
Connect To Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools)
- Log in to your WordPress website. When you’re logged in, you will be in your ‘Dashboard’. On the left-hand side, you will see a menu. In that menu, click on ‘SEO’.
- The ‘SEO’ settings will expand providing you additional options. Click on ‘Search Console’.
- Click on ‘ Click here to get a Google Authorization Code’.
- Login to your Google account, if you are not logged in.
- Click ‘Accept’.
- Copy the unique code that displays.
- Paste the code in the plugin settings.
- Click ‘Authenticate’ and save changes. If you have more than one profile, switch to the settings tab and select the profile for this website and click ‘Save Changes’.
Note: Google Search Console (former Google Webmaster Tools) allows you to claim each version of your site including http, https, www and non-www. Each version is considered a separate property. Please select the property that matches your preferred domain format.
View Crawl Issues
- Log in to your WordPress website. When you’re logged in, you will be in your ‘Dashboard’. On the left-hand side, you will see a menu. In that menu, click on ‘SEO’.
- The ‘SEO’ settings will expand providing you additional options. Click on ‘Search Console’.
- All Desktop crawl issues show by default. Filter the list by clicking ‘Not Redirected’ or ‘Ignored’.
