Wrong canonical URL with Elementor post grid

[maybellyne]

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Please give us a description of what happened

When an archive page/paginated series is created with Elementor Pro, the canonical URLs of the respective pages in the series falls back to the first page instead of employing self-referencing canonical URLs

To Reproduce

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Install Yoast SEO & Elementor Pro
2. Create a page with Elementor page and add a Posts or Loop Grid element

Expected results

In a paginated series, self-referencing canonical should be used

Actual results

In the paginated series, /page/n defaults to the first page in the series

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

Technical info

• If relevant, which editor is affected (or editors):

• [ ] Block Editor
• [ ] Gutenberg Editor
• [ ] Elementor Editor
• [ ] Classic Editor
• [ ] Other:

• Which browser is affected (or browsers):

• [ ] Chrome
• [ ] Firefox
• [ ] Safari
• [ ] Other:

Used versions

• WordPress version: 6.2
• WordPress Theme: Twenty Twenty-One
• Yoast SEO version: 20.5-RC2
• Gutenberg plugin version:
• Elementor plugin version:
• Classic Editor plugin version:
• Relevant plugins in case of a bug:

[jonoalderson]

The issue is broader than just the canonical; the problem is that we don't recognize/treat this as a paginated state, and all of our logic, meta, schema, etc, reflects the series root.

[maybellyne]

+1 https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-canoncical-urls-with-pagination/

[maybellyne]

+1 https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-canonical-on-elementor-post-page-when-yoast-is-activated-2/

[maybellyne]

Please inform the customer of conversation # 1081614 when this conversation has been closed.

[maybellyne]

Conversation # 1104131 doesn't use Elementor but WPBakery integration in JNews theme. Yoast SEO doesn't recognize pagination from widget elements.

[maybellyne]

Please inform the customer of conversation # 1203865 when this conversation has been closed.

[maybellyne]

Please inform the customer of conversation # 1202424 when this conversation has been closed.

[maybellyne]

Please inform the customer of conversation # 1250392 when this conversation has been closed.

[maybellyne]

Please inform the customer of conversation # 1254377 when this conversation has been closed.

[maybellyne]

+1 https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yoast-seo-canonical-tag-issue-for-blog-page-2-not-self-referencing/

[josevarghese]

Slack conversations: https://yoast.slack.com/archives/C01NCRHHN30/p1755068901480669 and https://yoast.slack.com/archives/C02D43TFT/p1754858408397719