Hello,
I've been having a problem with my site and I think it started just after I switched over to Rank Math a month or two ago. At first, the homepage would give a 404 error at times. I eventually figured out that whenever there was a plugin or theme that needed to be updated is when the error would occur. As soon as I would update the plugin the homepage would work just fine...until the next plugin needed to be updated.
Now, for the last couple weeks, the 404 error on the homepage has been occurring even when there are no plugins that need to be updated.
Also, lately, the initial time I go to the homepage it shows the 404 error. If I leave the tab open and come back and refresh the page it will load correctly sometimes.
I've tried it on all different computers and devices, different browsers, different networks, etc. Sometimes it would happen in all instances and other times it would just happen on desktop computers and not on mobile devices. I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with my cache or history needing to be cleared because of this.
Again, I don't have the technical know-how to pinpoint what is causing the error, but to my best estimation, the problems began after I switched over to Rank Math.
Please help me with this as I'm sure it's damaging our SEO and because customers have started to notice.
Thank you and please let me know if there is anything I need to do.
Dustin