Rest API get_head shows incorrect information for front page

[henrikkensen]

When using a page as frontapage, the information in yoast/v1/get_head shows incorrect information.
This bug is visible even on yoast.com.

According to https://yoast.com/wp-json/yoast/v1/get_head?url=https://yoast.com/ the og:title should be "Yoast", but frontend HTML shows "SEO for everyone".

Used versions

• WordPress version: 5.8 & 5.9
• Yoast SEO version: 17 & 18

[lvegerano]

This is also happening on our website. 👍🏾 @henrikkensen did you find a workaround?

[henrikkensen]

@lvegerano Sorry, no.

@Djennez Any news on this issue?
Currently it is impossible to change title for front page when using headless Wordpress.

[henrikkensen]

@Djennez Any updates regarding this?

[Djennez]

@henrikkensen I am no longer involved in the issue triaging of our plugins. Pinging @mmikhan to put it on his radar.

[monbauza]

Still reproducible in Yoast SEO 20.0.

Meta tags in yoast.com frontend
title: "SEO for everyone • Yoast"
description: "Yoast helps you with your website's search engine optimization, with our internationally loved software and our online SEO courses."

REST API response:
title: "Yoast • SEO for everyone"
description: "SEO for everyone"

In the REST API response, it looks like the title is set to the Site title and Tagline (defined under Settings > General) and the description is set to the Tagline.