Issues with Google Search Console

Google's Search Console may throw negative results in some cases. This article will guide you if you have this type of issues.

Common issues

Some common issues that can appear in your Performance and Core Web Vitals reports and graphs are listed below:

• Server Error (5xx) in the Performance report
• Soft 404 and Not Found (404) in the Performance report
• Poor URLs and URLs need improvement in the Core Web Vitals report

How to check WP Rocket's impact

The results in the Google Search Console are taken from real visitor's experience, in a given period of time.

While you can adjust the date range of the reported results, you can't control external factors that also have impact, such as slow network, or old/slow devices.

The only way to confirm or discard if WP Rocket is involved in a problem is done  asynchronously, by deactivating WP Rocket for enough days, and checking the results afterward.

Then, you should act as per the next sections of this article.

How to solve errors caused by WP Rocket

If the errors are registered only in periods of time when WP Rocket is active, please check the following:

• In rare occasions, WP Rocket can cause a 500 error. Please refer to this article to learn how to fix it.
• Additionally, 404 errors can happen when using some optimizations, please read this guide to find further steps.
• Lastly, the Poor URLs and URLs need improvement results can be addressed by checking the improving Core Web Vitals guide.

How to solve pre-existent errors 

So, in cases where the Google Search Console errors are registered:

• Before WP Rocket was installed.
• Regardless of WP Rocket being activated or deactivated.

Then you'd need to fix the problems outside WP Rocket, focusing on your site's design and using external documentation. You can refer to Google's Help Center or to an external guide such as the one here.