Focus keyword is initial letter only until save and edit again

[dgooding58]

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Please give us a description of what happened.

Yoast is misreading the Focus keyword before a blog is saved.
Twice now Yoast appears to interpret just the first letter of the Focus keyword, rather than the full phrase. Analysis messages from Yoast seem to indicate this is what it "thinks" (focus keyword does not appear in the first paragraph, keyword density is zero, the focus keyword 'b' does not appear in the SEO title).
I did a test twice in which "focus keyword" is the focus keyword in a new post. The first time it's misreading it as 'The focus keyword 'focus keys' does not appear in the SEO title.' But once the draft was saved, it read the focus keyword correctly.
Second time doing this (see attachments) it read "focus keyword" as "focus key." Random mistakes, which are troubling!

Please describe what you expected to happen and why.

I think you know what I expected to happen - that it reads the focus keyword correctly the first time.

How can we reproduce this behavior?

1. Not sure if others experience this before saving a new blog post

Technical info

• WordPress version: WordPress 4.9.2
• Yoast SEO version: Yoast Version 6.1.1
• Relevant plugins in case of a bug: Coschedule is newest, Akismet, various Meks widgets, assorted others that have been installed for a while

[CarolineGeven]

Thank you for reporting this issue. Due to performance, the analysis doesn't check your content all the time. When you are typing, the analysis pauses itself until you have stopped typing for at least 3 seconds. This means that it could take a while before the analysis is updated. Can you verify if that the case is for you?

If not, you might have a plugin conflict. The fastest way to rule out conflicts is to deactivate all non-Yoast plugins and switch to a standard theme like Twenty Sixteen. If this resolves the issue, you have a conflict and should activate one plugin at a time until you locate the conflict. Finally, after all plugins are active, switch to your theme. This will narrow down the conflict to a specific plugin or a theme conflict.

If you are unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we wrote a small guide that will walk you through the steps. You can find it here: How to Check For Plugin Conflicts

We understand if you wouldn't want to deactivate your plugins and switch themes on a production site, so it may be preferable that you set up a staging environment for your tests.

If you're not familiar with a staging site, this article will help you get started: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-staging-environment-for-a-wordpress-site/

Can you please inform us of the results?

[monbauza]

I have been able to reproduce this issue in my testing environment with all non-Yoast plugins deactivated and the Twenty Seventeen theme. The analysis doesn't seem to update until the post is updated. Waiting for more than 3 seconds after stopping typing doesn't update the analysis.

This seems to affect several checks, i.e. focus keyword, meta description, images, etc. See images below.

How can we reproduce this behavior?

1. Create a new post
2. Add some text to the content editor and publish the post
3. Enter a focus keyphrase in the Yoast metabox, i.e. "understand the risk"
4. Note that only the first letters are detected
5. Provide a meta description and add an image to the post
6. Note that neither of them is detected (no matter how long you wait after you've stopped typing)
7. Update the post and note the analysis is updated and the checks are correct

Technical info

WordPress 4.9.2
Yoast SEO: 6.2
Twenty Seventeen theme

[dgooding58]

Thanks for sharing this. My entrepreneur ecosystem in Maine has a #MeToo crisis I've been in the middle of trying to heal so I haven't had time to verify this. But, it makes a lot of sense. I'm fine with a "human factors" fix on my end, i.e., being a bit more patient. :-) You can close out this ticket if you'd like. But maybe on your end you see that this goes into your fix? Don Gooding http://www.linkedin.com/in/dongooding (c) 207.460.1755 Skype don.gooding58 Visit my blog Four Colors of Money for Entrepreneurs <https://fourcolorsofmoney.com/> Watch my TEDxDirigo talk <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM5thAqkT9w> Like my singing page <https://www.facebook.com/Don.Gooding.Sings/> on Facebook Sign up for my singing email list <http://eepurl.com/b_XS3b>

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On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 3:23 AM, monbauza ***@***.***> wrote: I have been able to reproduce this issue in my testing environment with all non-Yoast plugins deactivated and the Twenty Seventeen theme. The analysis doesn't seem to update until the post is updated. Waiting for more than 3 seconds after stopping typing doesn't update the analysis. This seems to affect several checks, i.e. focus keyword, meta description, images, etc. See images below. [image: image] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9658774/35377294-d9872b0c-01ae-11e8-90f5-5d4ba550c527.png> [image: image] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9658774/35377415-739f2d8e-01af-11e8-9e1e-5179e8223db8.png> How can we reproduce this behavior? 1. Create a new post 2. Add some text to the content editor and publish the post 3. Enter a focus keyphrase in the Yoast metabox, i.e. "understand the risk" 4. Note that only the first letters are detected 5. Provide a meta description and add an image to the post 6. Note that neither of them is detected (no matter how long you wait after you've stopped typing) 7. Update the post and note the analysis is updated and the checks are correct Technical info WordPress 4.9.2 Yoast SEO: 6.2 Twenty Seventeen theme — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#8724 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AiDHVcXHLsFvjCGF1PeK-s8_THMGegd_ks5tODoTgaJpZM4RockH> .

[benvaassen]

This seems to be fixed with the newest version Yoast SEO 7.3. If you are still experiencing the issue, please let me know.

Closing this for now.