Yoast Breadcrumbs Not Displaying Parent Page Link Due to Incomplete Indexes in Development Environment

[wittich]

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Please give us a description of what happened

To Reproduce

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Set the environment to local, development or staging in wp-config.php.
2. Create a parent and a child page in WordPress.
3. View the child page and observe the breadcrumb.

Expected results

1. Breadcrumb output: Home > Parent > Child

Actual results

1. Breadcrumb output: Home > Child

Technical info

• Breadcrumb depth relies on the yoast_indexable and yoast_indexable_hierarchy tables.
• Inconsistent behavior depending on environment settings.

Used versions

• Device you are using:
• Operating system: Ubuntu
• PHP version: PHP 8.3.8
• WordPress version: 6.6.1
• WordPress Theme: Default
• Yoast SEO version: 23.2
• Relevant plugins in case of a bug: none

Similar issue

• Category breadcrumbs path lost on posts in 23.1 #21518

[josevarghese]

Hi @wittich

Thanks for using the Yoast SEO plugin and for creating the issue. As the issue has already been reported here: #21518 and we have already informed our development team internally. I just wanted to let you know that I'm closing this issue to avoid any duplication.