Avada and Fusion Core Text modules result in "The focus keyword doesn't appear in the first paragraph of the copy" warnings

[Pcosta88]

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Please give us a description of what happened.

Keyword was in the first paragraph position of a text module and Yoast outputted the "The focus keyword doesn't appear in the first paragraph of the copy. Make sure the topic is clear immediately" warning.

Please describe what you expected to happen and why.

To detect the keyword in the first paragraph

How can we reproduce this behavior?

1.Add a page

2.Add a text module

3.See warning

Technical info

• WordPress version: 4.8.2
• Yoast SEO version: 5.5.1 (and also 5.4.2)
• Avada Theme: 5.2.2
• Fusion Builder: 1.2.2
  *Fusion Core: 3.2.2
• Relevant plugins in case of a bug:

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Happens with: Avia Layout Builder and Enfold theme

[monbauza]

I've been able to reproduce this issue with Yoast v11.3, Avada v5.9, Fusion Core v3.9, Fusion Builder v1.9 and WordPress v5.2.1.

Note: Immediately after publishing the post, Yoast SEO may detect the focus keyphrase in the introduction. However, when the post is saved (several times), the keyphrase can't be found anymore.

After further investigation, it looks like the Yoast analysis has difficulties detecting the keyword in the introduction where there's an indented <div> block with a line break before the first <p> (see below). Removing the indentation or the line break resolves the problem.

HTML code:

 <div>

 </div>
<p>my focus keyphrase</p>

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[monbauza]

A similar problem happens when a Slider block is added before a Text block using the Divi theme. Yoast SEO is unable to detect the focus keyphrase in the first paragraph.

Another sample code that causes Yoast SEO to not detect the first paragraph:

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