Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with the alert regarding "Excess updates to option rank-math-options-titles blocked." This can occur due to various reasons, including conflicts with other plugins or themes, or issues with the database.
Here are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot and potentially resolve this issue:
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Check for Plugin Conflicts: Since you’ve already deactivated all plugins, ensure that your theme is not causing the conflict. You can switch to a default WordPress theme (like Twenty Twenty-One) temporarily to see if the issue persists.
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Use the Health Check Plugin: This plugin can help you troubleshoot your site by checking for common problems. You can install it by going to the Plugins page, clicking on "Add New," searching for "Health Check & Troubleshooting," and then installing and activating it. After activation, navigate to Tools > Site Health to see if any issues are reported.
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Clear Transients: Sometimes, clearing transients can help resolve such issues. Go to Rank Math SEO > Status & Tools > Database Tools in your WordPress dashboard and click on Remove Transients.
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Database Optimization: Consider optimizing your database using a plugin like WP-Optimize or similar tools that can help clean up your database.
If these steps do not resolve the issue, please reply to this ticket with any additional details or error messages you may be encountering, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.
Thank you for raising this concern!
Sources:
Fatal Error Happening on Some Installations After 1.0.49 Update » Rank Math
How To Fix Blocked Due to Access Forbidden (403) Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Hello,
I’ve done all of the above and the alert is still showing up. Can you please help me?
Site Health is good and the only alert is that one:
Excess updates to option rank-math-options-titles blocked.
I didn’t have transients so I couldn’t remove them. I also switched off all the plugins and the alert was still showing.
Thank you
Luca
Hello,
The meta key rank-math-options-titles holds the default post/page title configured at Rank Math SEO > Titles & Meta > Posts (or other post type) and taxonomies.
The size of our options is not so big that it could cause any performance issues by being autoloaded, and most of the option names here are crucial for all of Rank Math’s functionality to work properly.
You can change the autoload option, but the default behavior will return to your website as soon as that option is regenerated.
Looking forward to helping you.
Hello,
thank you for the quick. I was investigating a bit and I think it was caused by the Site Accelarator of Jetpack that I think I turned on some days ago. I’ve now turned it off to see if that is the issue but it’s still showing me that alert.
Does it mean the issue was not caused by Jetpack or do I have to wait some time to stop seeing that alert? Could you please let me know?
Thanks a lot
Hey there, for more context I checked the logs with ChatGPT and according to ChatGPT the issue is:
I’m getting “Excess updates to option rank-math-options-titles blocked” alerts.
In logs I see repeated wpcomsh warnings:
PHP Warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$response in
/wordpress/plugins/wpcomsh/7.2.0-alpha+rolling…/feature-plugins/managed-plugins.php on line 555
Also:
PHP Warning: include_once(/srv/htdocs/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcomsh-loader.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory
Troubleshooting mode (all regular plugins disabled) does NOT stop the alert, so it seems platform/MU code.
Could you please:
1) Patch or roll back wpcomsh (currently 7.2.0-alpha+rolling.1755190441.gc4dff62) to a stable build without these notices, and
2) Restore the missing wpcomsh-loader.php MU file?
If helpful, I can provide call traces showing which process updates rank-math-options-titles.
I contacted WordPress support and they are trying to recommend me their SEO Tools which I really don’t want as I love RankMath!
Could you please help me fixing this?
The “Could you please” part is what I requested to WordPress, just FYI
Hello,
From the logs you shared, the alerts seem related to the wpcomsh MU plugin on WordPress.com rather than Rank Math itself. Since the notices persist even in troubleshooting mode, we recommend continuing with WordPress.com support to have them restore or roll back the wpcomsh build.
Rest assured, Rank Math is not causing any harm to your site performance, and once WordPress.com addresses the MU plugin issue, the alert should disappear.
We’ll be here in case you need any further assistance.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
