Rankmath Meta Descriptions not showing on other pages (homepage aside)

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  • Resolved Patrick

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Hi

    I use your SEO plugin and my Meta descriptions are not showing on pages in Google Search – apart from the Index.

    I am aware of the situation with Elementor, that they use their own Meta tags so I run the following code on my functions.php, using the codesnippet plugin to run this everywhere:

    function remove_hello_elementor_description_meta_tag() {
    remove_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘hello_elementor_add_description_meta_tag’ );
    }
    add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘remove_hello_elementor_description_meta_tag’ );

    Please can you check a couple of my pages to see what is happening:

    https://acrow-uk.com/about-warehouse-solutions

    For example, this is correct:
    <meta property=”og:title” content=”Discover Our Warehouse Solutions: Racking since 2005″>
    <meta property=”og:description” content=”Nationwide warehouse solutions and fit outs: SEMA inspections, racking and shelving systems, from pallet racks to cantilevers, and British mezzanine floors.”>

    Yet on Google search, the title is correct but not the meta description:
    Discover Our Warehouse Solutions: Racking since 2005
    “Nestled in Warwickshire, Acrow UK is a family-centric business with an unwavering dedication to crafting cutting-edge storage equipment”

    If it helps I am also using the Astra theme.

    Thanks
    Patrick

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  • RankBot

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,

    We apologize for the inconvenience you are facing with the meta descriptions not showing on pages in Google Search. We understand that you have already tried to remove the Elementor meta tags using the provided code snippet.

    To further troubleshoot the issue, we recommend checking if there are any conflicting plugins or themes causing this issue. You can enable your plugins one by one and switch to a default theme to identify the conflicting plugin or theme.

    If you are unable to identify the conflicting plugin or theme, please reach out to the developer of the theme or plugin for further assistance. They may have specific filters to remove the meta tags added by them.

    If you need further assistance, please feel free to assign this ticket to our support team using the available button, and we will be happy to help you.

    Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

    Sources:
    How to Fix Duplicate Meta Tags » Rank Math
    Remove Organization Schema from Your Website » Rank Math
    How to Make Your Theme Rank Math Compatible » Rank Math
    How to Disable All Rank Math Generated SEO Tags » Rank Math

    Patrick

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    I have removed the code snippets plugin and created a child theme and added rank-math.php. I have put the code in rank-math.php

    function remove_hello_elementor_description_meta_tag() {
    remove_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘hello_elementor_add_description_meta_tag’ );
    }
    add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘remove_hello_elementor_description_meta_tag’ );

    Please take note when reviewing

    Reinelle

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,

    We’ve checked the description of the URL, but there’s no duplicate description meta tag in the page’s source code.

    Also, it is already showing on the search results page

    description

    Please note that Google sometimes ignores the custom meta info altogether and shows something from the page’s content that matches the search intent better. In this case, the best you can do is optimize your meta title and description to try and match the intent of the search/keyword.

    Here’s a link for more information:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/different-meta-title-and-description/#meta-description-rewrites

    Hope that helps.

    Patrick

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Great thanks for your help and input.

    Patrick

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Is this the same for the image Google uses in the search results? Even though I set my Rank math local SEO image under titles and meta differently?

    Great

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,

    We can see that the Logo displayed on the search results is the same one you have set in your settings.

    "logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://acrow-uk.com/#logo","url":"https://acrow-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Acrow-UK-Logo.webp"

    Can you confirm if this image is different from the one you have set? Looking forward to hearing back from you.

    Patrick

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    I have now created a robots.txt in the root and added:

    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /wp-admin/
    Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

    User-agent: Googlebot-Image
    Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Acrow-Logo-300×189-1.webp

    Sitemap: https://acrow-uk.com/sitemap_index.xml

    Am I on the right lines? Thanks

    Patrick

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    https://imgur.com/a/m9qY6Is – this appears for me but the image does not fit in the square dimensions that Google provide in the search. Any suggestions?

    The image you get in the search is the one I was hoping you would get: “https://acrow-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Acrow-UK-Logo.webp&#8221; as this would fit and display properly – correct?

    Thanks
    Patrick

    Patrick

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    I have tried altering my robots.txt:

    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /wp-admin/
    Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
    User-agent: Googlebot-Image
    Disallow: /images/Acrow-Logo-300×189-1.webp
    Sitemap: https://acrow-uk.com/sitemap_index.xml

    the file path for the image I think is: https://acrow-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Acrow-Logo-300×189-1.webp

    Might this help?

    Reinelle

    11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,

    Please note that Rank Math doesn’t have any control over how images in the SERP results are displayed and search engines display them as per their will and it mostly depends on the keyword search term and the website authority.

    In this case, you may try to add relevant ALT text to the featured image or image you wanted to show, and chances are search engines will refer to it.

    Here’s a guide you can follow as well:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/how-to-show-images-in-search-results/

    Hope that helps.

    RankBot

    10 months, 3 weeks ago

    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.

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