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Get one issue

GET/sites/{siteId}/issues/{issueId}
Scope
issues:read
MCP tool
issue_detail

Get an issue with pages, evidence and suggestions For a writable field other than alt, suggestions gives the rule-based value per affected page, 100 per call: page with suggestions_offset. A recheck reads every listed page fresh, so affected, evidence and suggestions show what the pages say now.

Parameters

NameInDetails
siteIdRequiredpathstringWebsite id, from GET /sites.
issueIdRequiredpathstringIssue id, from GET /sites/{siteId}/issues or /actions.
suggestions_offsetqueryintegerdefault 0, min 0, max 1000000Suggestions to skip (suggestionsNextOffset of the previous page).
suggestions_limitqueryintegerdefault 100, min 1, max 100Most suggestions to return, 1 to 100.
suggestionsOffsetqueryintegerdefault 0, min 0, max 1000000Same as suggestions_offset; the snake_case name wins when both are sent.
suggestionsLimitqueryintegerdefault 100, min 1, max 100Same as suggestions_limit.

Response

200 · application/json

FieldDetails
idstring · required; Issue id
ruleIdstring · required; Rule that found it, for example SEO-ONP-011
titlestring · required; Issue title
categorystring · required; Rule category, for example Technical, On-page, Internal linking, Performance, Structured data, AEO readiness or Google Ads (the Ads waste checks, ADS-* rules: about the Ads account, so they list no pages and carry their rows in example.rows)
severitycritical | serious | warning | low · required; How much it hurts
confidencehigh | medium | low · required; How sure the rule is
statusopen | in_progress | recheck_queued | resolved | ignored | reopened · required; Where the issue stands
affectedPagesinteger · required; Pages the issue lists
templatestring · required; The group of pages: Template: /blog/*, Site-level, or a count of URLs
summarystring · required; One line on what was found
firstSeenstring · required; First found
lastSeenstring · required; Last found
lastRecheckrequired; What the last recheck found; null before any recheck
linkstring · required; The issue in the app
whystring or null · required; Why it matters
affectedlist of object · required; Affected pages (first 50)
affected[].urlstring · required; Page address
affected[].evidencerequired; What the rule saw on the page
affectedTotalinteger · required; All affected pages
explanationobject or null · required; The AI explanation when drafted; null otherwise
explanation.summarystring · required; What is wrong
explanation.summaryRefslist of string · required; Evidence the summary is based on
explanation.whystring · required; Why it matters
explanation.stepslist of object · required
explanation.steps[].textstring · required; Fix step
explanation.steps[].refslist of string · required; Evidence for the step
explanation.doNotTouchlist of string · required; What to leave alone
explanation.verifystring · required; How to check the fix
explanation.draftedstring · required; Always "AI-drafted from evidence"
writableFieldseo_title | seo_description | canonical | noindex | alt | redirect | · required; The field MonoRanks can write for this issue; null when none
suggestionslist of object · Writable fields other than alt: the suggested value per affected page, the same as the app shows before Apply
suggestions[].urlstring · required; Page address
suggestions[].pageIdstring · required; Page id
suggestions[].currentstring · required; What the page shows now
suggestions[].suggestedstring or null · required; The rule-based value MonoRanks suggests; null when there is none
suggestions[].adviceobject or null · Meta descriptions only: advice for pages that may not need one
suggestions[].advice.pageKindlegal | archive | empty_archive | empty_page | account · required; legal page, archive, empty archive, near-empty page, or a logged-in, cart or checkout page
suggestions[].advice.legalKindprivacy | cookie | terms | imprint | legal · Kind of legal page
suggestions[].advice.recommendedleave_or_noindex | add_posts_or_noindex | add_content_or_noindex | noindex · required; What to do besides or instead of a description
suggestions[].advice.messagestring · required; The advice in words
suggestions[].writabletrue or false · required; Whether apply can write this page
suggestions[].notWritableReasonstring · Why apply cannot write this page
suggestionsNotestring or null · Titles only: the site changes the letter case of every title (for example Rank Math's Capitalize Titles)
suggestionsTotalinteger · Suggestions over all pages
suggestionsOffsetinteger · Suggestions skipped
suggestionsLimitinteger · Most suggestions in this answer
suggestionsNextOffsetinteger or null · Send as suggestions_offset for the next page; null after the last
suggestionsTruncatedtrue or false · More suggestions after this page
titleTemplateobject or null · Too-long titles (SEO-ONP-005) only: one template ending that makes most titles too long
titleTemplate.suffixstring · required; The shared ending
titleTemplate.countinteger · required; Titles carrying it
titleTemplate.notestring · required; Where to shorten it once
lastChangeobject or null · required; The last approved change batch; null when none
lastChange.batchIdstring · required; Batch id
lastChange.approvedBystring · required; Who approved it
lastChange.approvedAtstring · required; When it was approved
lastChange.changeslist of object · required; First 50 changes
lastChange.changes[].urlstring · required; Page address
lastChange.changes[].fieldstring · required; Field written, for example seo_description
lastChange.changes[].valuestring · required; The approved value
lastChange.changes[].statusapproved | applying | applied | not_live | failed | refused | stale | reverting | reverted | revert_failed · required; applied: written and seen on the live page; not_live: written, but the page still shows another value; refused: the plugin cannot write this field here; stale: the field changed in WordPress after the review, so it is back in review
lastChange.changes[].appliedAtstring or null · required; When it was written
lastChange.changes[].livetrue or false or null · required; Whether the recheck saw the value on the live page
lastChange.changes[].liveValuestring or null · required; What the live page showed
lastChange.changes[].notLiveReasonstring or null · required; not_live only: why, including whether the page cache was cleared
lastChange.changes[].liveNotestring or null · required; applied only: for example the page shows the value in another letter case
lastChange.changes[].errorstring or null · required; Why it failed or was refused

Notes

For an issue MonoRanks can fix (SEO title, meta description, canonical or redirect), GET /sites/{siteId}/issues/{issueId} also returns suggestions: for each affected page, the current value and the value MonoRanks suggests. These are the same values the app shows before you press Apply.

"suggestions": [
  { "url": "https://example.com/pricing/", "pageId": "…", "current": "Pricing", "suggested": "Pricing | Example", "writable": true }
],
"suggestionsTotal": 240,
"suggestionsOffset": 0,
"suggestionsLimit": 100,
"suggestionsNextOffset": 100,
"suggestionsTruncated": true
What Details
Paging Each call returns up to 100. For the next ones, call again with ?suggestions_offset= set to suggestionsNextOffset; it is null after the last page. suggestions_limit (1 to 100) sets the page size. The spellings suggestionsOffset and suggestionsLimit work too.
suggested is null when MonoRanks has no good new value for that page. A title that is too long is shortened by fixed rules that keep the page’s topic and never cut a phrase in half; when no shorter title works, suggested is null and you can draft one in the app.
suggestionsNote (titles only) is set when the website changes the letter case of titles on the page, for example Rank Math’s Capitalize Titles setting.
writable is false, with notWritableReason, when apply cannot write that page, for example a category archive that is not a WordPress post or page. Do not send those to apply.
advice (meta descriptions only) says when a page may not need a description: a legal page or an archive (leave it empty or set noindex), an empty archive (add posts or set noindex), or a login, account, cart or checkout page (set noindex; no description is suggested).
titleTemplate (titles that are too long) is set when one shared ending from the SEO plugin’s title template makes most titles too long, so one change to the template fixes them all.
lastRecheck says what the last recheck found. A recheck reads every listed page again, fresh, so pages you already fixed leave the list. A page that did not answer stays listed and is counted in lastRecheck.notRechecked.
lastChange is the last approved batch, with each change’s status. not_live means it was written but the page still shows another value; notLiveReason says why, including whether the website’s page cache was cleared after the write. A recheck looks at such changes again. Titles and descriptions count as live when only the letter case, spaces, quotes or dashes differ; liveNote then says what changed them.

Send the values you approve to POST /sites/{siteId}/actions/{issueId}/apply as { "changes": [ { "url": "…", "value": "…" } ] } (at most 500). Through the API, apply writes SEO titles, meta descriptions, canonicals and noindex; image alt text and redirects are applied in the app.

Personal email addresses in the page text MonoRanks stores are hidden, for example j•••@gmail.com.

Errors

StatusMeaning
400Bad request. Codes: bad_paging.
401Missing, unknown or revoked key. Codes: missing_key, invalid_key.
403The key lacks the scope, covers another website, or its owner lost access. Codes: missing_scope, other_site, owner_left, no_owner, forbidden.
404Not found. Codes: not_found.
429Too many requests this hour for this key. Codes: rate_limited.

Example request

curl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mr_ws_…" \
  "https://app.monoranks.com/api/v1/sites/SITE_ID/issues/ISSUE_ID"

Example response

{
  "id": "b2e4c6a8-1d3f-4a5b-9c7d-0e2f4a6b8c1d",
  "ruleId": "SEO-ONP-011",
  "title": "Meta description missing on 3 pages (/products/*)",
  "category": "On-page",
  "severity": "warning",
  "confidence": "high",
  "status": "open",
  "affectedPages": 3,
  "template": "Template: /products/*",
  "summary": "3 pages have no meta description. Google shows a snippet cut from the page instead.",
  "firstSeen": "2026-09-20T02:40:03.000Z",
  "lastSeen": "2026-10-04T02:41:12.000Z",
  "lastRecheck": {
    "at": "2026-10-02T09:12:44.000Z",
    "present": 3,
    "checked": 3,
    "crawlId": "e5a7c9e1-3f5b-4d7f-9b1d-5f7b9d1f3b5c",
    "passed": false
  },
  "link": "https://app.monoranks.com/sites/3f6c2a1e-8b4d-4c7a-9e21-5d0b7a6f4c13/issues/b2e4c6a8-1d3f-4a5b-9c7d-0e2f4a6b8c1d",
  "why": "A written description raises click-through from results; it is the one line of ad copy you control.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "url": "https://acmebikes.com/products/trail-pro-29",
      "evidence": {
        "title": "Trail Pro 29 Mountain Bike | Acme Bikes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://acmebikes.com/products/city-glide-7",
      "evidence": {
        "title": "City Glide 7 | Acme Bikes"
      }
    }
  ],
  "affectedTotal": 3,
  "explanation": null,
  "writableField": "seo_description",
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "url": "https://acmebikes.com/products/trail-pro-29",
      "pageId": "c7a9e1b3-5d7f-4b9c-8e1a-3c5e7a9b1d2f",
      "current": "",
      "suggested": "Trail Pro 29: a light aluminium trail bike with 140 mm travel and a 12-speed drivetrain. Free delivery and 30-day returns.",
      "advice": null,
      "writable": true
    }
  ],
  "suggestionsNote": null,
  "suggestionsTotal": 3,
  "suggestionsOffset": 0,
  "suggestionsLimit": 1,
  "suggestionsNextOffset": 1,
  "suggestionsTruncated": true,
  "lastChange": {
    "batchId": "f6b8d0f2-4a6c-4e8a-ac2e-6a8cae2a4c6d",
    "approvedBy": "sam@acmebikes.com",
    "approvedAt": "2026-10-01T14:03:00.000Z",
    "changes": [
      {
        "url": "https://acmebikes.com/products/city-glide-7",
        "field": "seo_description",
        "value": "City Glide 7: a comfortable seven-speed city bike with mudguards and a rack.",
        "status": "applied",
        "appliedAt": "2026-10-01T14:03:41.000Z",
        "live": true,
        "liveValue": "City Glide 7: a comfortable seven-speed city bike with mudguards and a rack.",
        "notLiveReason": null,
        "liveNote": null,
        "error": null
      }
    ]
  }
}

The MCP server does the same with the tool issue_detail.