Yoast SEO not available

Hi Johann
Sure is not avalilable?
I can see it here.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/

Hi there,

is your site on wordpress.com ?

Hi guys,

As you can see on below picture, I can't access the Yoast SEO plugin...no Yoast SEO icons here or there...

I haven't done anything strange, just a normal connexion ^^

Registrar = O2 Switch ==> cPanel ==> Wordpress settings (I guess that's Wordpress.org ?)

https://ibb.co/xSr0dQQ

Go to Dashboard > Plugins and make sure you have the Yoast Plugin installed and Activated.

Hi again David,

Please look at this loom session and you'll see what I experiment...

https://www.loom.com/share/a459bc780bf14b658cb3a86683f7a406

Hi Johann
So te question is not that is not available but you can´t install it.
And there can be a bunch of reasons for it, but my experience is mainly 3 reasons:
1.- Maybe your hosting avoid installation of some plugins. Ask to the hosting.
2.- Maybe a file permission issue, if the user that runs the web process is unable to write in this directory, the plugin can´t install
3.- Maybe lack of space in the disk.
Can you acces to the web log? Maybe there is some message to explain the error.

You need to speak with your Host.
GeneratePress has nothing to do with this, it has no control over the permissions for installing a plugins such as Yoast.

Ok guys, thanks for the cool help !

The thing is that I always used Yoast from the very beginning of my website's creation so I don't really understand why as a sudden I can't access it anymore without any logic...

I keep you posted as it might be helpful for the other users

Thanks Johann - let us know what you find :)

Hi There,

Quick update for you guys.

I went to my registrar and explained them what was the issue.

They recommended me to go to that directory ==> public_html/wp-content/plugins and then to delete the wordpress-seo folder (Yoast SEO in my case) in the cPanel file manager.

Once done, go back to WP > Dashboard > Plugins > Look for Yoast SEO > Install > Set it up

Done (phew) !

Hi Johann

Then I think the main reason for the issue was file permisions, for whatever reason the folder is not writable
by the user that runs the web process. Deleting it and re-create makes the folder writable.

Johann - glad to hear you found a solution