Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
We’ve checked the product description with the latest version of the Rank Math plugin and we can see it is working properly without any issue.
This is the order we follow to generate meta descriptions for WooCommerce products:
1. Content from the SEO Description field
If that is missing, then:
2. WooCommerce Excerpt or Product Short Description
If that is missing, then:
3. Template From General Settings in WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Products
If that is missing, then:
4. Auto generated Content from the product page (long description)
However, if you wanted to force the use of the description you have set in Global product settings (Rank math > Titles & meta > Products > Single Product Description), please add the following filter on your website:
/**
* Use the Description from Global Setting, if the description is missing in the Post metabox
*/
add_action( 'rank_math/frontend/description', function( $description ) {
global $post;
$desc = RankMath\Post::get_meta( 'description', $post->ID );
if ( is_product()) {
$desc = RankMath\Helper::get_settings( "titles.pt_{$post->post_type}_description" );
if ( $desc ) {
return RankMath\Helper::replace_vars( $desc, $post );
}
}
return $description;
});
Here’s how you can add filter/hook to your WordPress site: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/
Please note that the filter may not be visible while editing the products as it only works when your products load in a browser. Once done, clear your website’s cache and check the published product meta description via the page’s source code.
You can check the final output of the meta description here:
https://rankmath.com/tools/meta-tag-analyzer/
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
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