🔍 Why changes may not appear
Search Atlas may show a blog update as deployed while the live page still displays an older version. This usually happens because of page caching, a plugin or theme overriding the content, or the live URL differing from the page that was updated.
✅ Check the live page first
- Open the published blog post URL in a private or incognito browser window.
- Refresh the page and confirm that you are viewing the correct URL, including the preferred version of the domain.
- View the page source or use your browser’s inspect tools to confirm whether the updated H1 and image are present in the HTML.
If the change appears in the page source but not visually, the theme, CSS, or a page builder may be changing how the content is displayed.
🧹 Clear WordPress and site caches
Clear all active cache layers, then test the page again. Check your WordPress caching plugin, hosting cache, CDN, and browser cache. If your site uses a CDN, purge the specific page or cache zone when possible instead of only refreshing your browser.
📝 Troubleshoot an H1 that does not update
- Confirm the post has one visible H1 on the published page.
- Check whether the theme generates the H1 from the post title instead of the edited content.
- Review page-builder templates, custom fields, and theme settings that may replace the standard post heading.
- Make sure the update was applied to the published post, not a draft, revision, or staging copy.
- Check the live URL again after clearing caches.
Some themes display a title outside the main post content. In that case, changing content inside the editor may not change the heading shown by the theme.
🖼️ Fix a duplicated featured image
A duplicated image commonly appears when the theme automatically displays the featured image and the same image is also inserted at the top of the post content.
- Remove the repeated image from the post body if the theme already displays the featured image.
- Check theme or page-builder settings for an automatic featured-image block.
- Review image blocks, reusable blocks, and custom fields that may add the same image again.
- Clear caches and reload the published URL after saving the change.
If the image is duplicated only on the live page, inspect the theme template or page-builder layout rather than adding another content edit.
🚀 Confirm deployment status
- Open the relevant deployment or fix record in Search Atlas.
- Confirm that the target WordPress site and exact post URL are correct.
- Allow the deployment to finish before testing the page.
- Verify the live page, rather than relying only on a successful deployment message.
A successful deployment confirms that Search Atlas sent the change. It does not always mean that every cache, theme template, or WordPress output layer has refreshed.
💬 Get help
If the live page still does not match the deployed change after checking the URL, caches, theme, and page builder, capture the page URL and the affected change. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.