Errors, Warnings and Notices

Issues are graded by how much they can hurt — triage in that order.

Why it matters: Treating every flag as equal wastes effort; severity-based triage fixes what moves rankings first.

Before you start

Step-by-step

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Errors first

Address critical issues such as 4xx/5xx errors, non-indexable pages, and missing titles that can directly affect search visibility.

Step 1 — Address critical issues such as 4xx/5xx errors, non-indexable pages, and missing titles that can directly affect search visibility.
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Then warnings

Check long titles, short meta descriptions, thin content, and slow load times to improve page performance.
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Notices last

Address missing schema and readability recommendations as additional optimization opportunities.

Expected result

A prioritised fix list instead of an overwhelming wall of flags.

Helpful tips

Fix template-level problems once (header, footer, theme) and watch dozens of page issues disappear together.

Common mistakes

An issue won't clear after fixing

Re-run the audit — results reflect the crawl, not live state. Confirm the fix is deployed, then crawl again.