Wordpress, Yoast and canonical links.

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Melissa Klaver: Hello again! Please bear with me as I learn WP! I'm so grateful for everyone's feedback, and I have yet another question:
  
  I asked about SEO plugins the other day for WP, and Yoast was the hands-down winner. I installed this to my client's website and it seemed to input a canonical tag so the blog link goes back to the home page! I searched forums and support to no avail, so I decided to deactivate and delete the plugin hoping this would remove the canonical and fix the problem. It hasn't. ;
  
  When I look at the page source code I can no longer see the canonical (it was located in the block of Yoast SEO data), but the link still goes back to the home page. Ugh! ;
  
  Can someone please advise? I would also like to know how this happened, as I didn't implement it myself. ;
  
  Thanks in advance, and eagerly looking forward to your responses! ;
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  Phil Buckley: Can you share the URL?
  
  The +Yoast plugin was't the culprit for that problem.
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  Reginald Chan: +Melissa Klaver Hmm..by default, Yoast SEO has canonical but it doesn't redirect to homepage. Hmm. I know it sounds stupid but you did clear the cache etc right?
  
  Just like what Phil said, I think best if you can provide the URL. I don't think is yoast. I had the same problem in the past and it was due to W3TC pro (fragment cache enabled).
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  Melissa Klaver: I did clear the cache...
  The fix turned out to be simple (I changed the front page from static to posts)...but before I deleted Yoast the canonical was within the block of code generated by the plugin. That's why I was so confused. ;
  Here's the URL anyway, I'd love any feedback whatsoever. I'm in the process of gaining full admin of the site.
  
  As always, I appreciate such quick and helpful responses, this is such a great community!
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  Reginald Chan: Glad you figured that out!
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  Melissa Klaver: Lol, thanks, +Reginald Chan  ;! I still don't know where that canonical came from though....
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  Reginald Chan: It happens though. My experience was W3TC pro version. Maybe other plugins too play a role.