Issues with title using Buddyboss Forums

[Eric]

Dear Team,
i recently switched from Yoast to RankMath because of the better support of Buddypress and bbpress.
I recently started using RankMath on my new Foodies Community based on “Buddyboss” (Buddypress fork), and i really like it, thanks a lot for the work so far.

But i found the one or other issue where i think i would need your help to make RankMath the perfect tool for my site, and (i am sure) also all other sites running Buddyboss.

I noticed that for “Forums” the meta information for title and content/description is not set correct, if you enter the discussion tab of a specific group, title and description are still used from the group itself.

You may check this on my site (sorry, it´s in german language):
this is an forums article where “Kaffeeliebhaber” should be set as title:
https://foodies.at/gruppen/kuechenplausch/forum/topic/kaffeeliebhaber/

but the page uses the meta title and description of the group itself and not from the forum entry:
https://foodies.at/gruppen/kuechenplausch/forum/

If i use the buddyboss site without any SEO plugin, the meta information for titles and descriptions in forums are set correct, maybe SEO plugins (not only RankMath) overwrite forum meta data with group meta data in case of Buddyboss?

I´ve tested all popular SEO tools, same issue currently on all tools, would be a real advantage for RankMath if you could solve this issue? 😉

br, Eric

[RankBot]

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the meta information for titles and descriptions in Buddyboss Forums. Thank you for raising this concern and for your kind words about Rank Math.

It seems that the meta title and description for forum topics are not being set correctly and are instead inheriting the values from the group itself. This is indeed a known issue that can occur with various SEO plugins when working with Buddyboss or BuddyPress.

To address this, we recommend checking the following:

1. Ensure that the Buddyboss module is enabled in Rank Math. You can do this by navigating to WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO and confirming that the Buddyboss module is active.
2. Review the Titles and Meta settings specifically for forums within Rank Math to see if there are any custom settings that need to be adjusted.
3. If you have not already, try refreshing the settings page after making changes to ensure they take effect.

If the issue persists, we recommend replying to this ticket so that a human agent from the Rank Math Support team can take over and provide further assistance. We appreciate your feedback and are committed to improving Rank Math for all users, especially those using Buddyboss.

Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to resolving this issue for you!

Sources:
Rank Math ‘Titles and Meta’ Options and Settings

[Reinelle]

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

The title is being generated dynamically by BuddyPress and isn’t attached to the physical page in the backend. That’s why the metadata you have added to the snippet editor isn’t being applied on the front end.

However, here’s a filter you can use and modify to get the title from the current topic:

add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/title', function( $title ) {
	$url = home_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
	if(strpos($url, '/topic/')) {
	       return "";
	}
	return $title;
});

Here’s a reference to their documentation where you can get the data:
https://www.buddyboss.com/resources/?s=topic&subset=cpt-wp-parser-hook&bp_search=1

You may also get in touch with their team so they can assist you with which filter should you use to get the current topic and set it in the meta title.

Looking forward to helping you.

[RankBot]

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.