Multiple Meta Description Tags

#836874
  • Resolved Kathryn Sawers
    Rank Math free

    My blog posts are showing multiple meta description tags. I have followed the instructions on your help article: https://support.rankmath.com/ticket/multiple-meta-description-tags-problem-at-ahrefs/ and noticed in the source code of my site that the Rank Math code meta name=”description” shows the meta description that I manually added in the Rank Math SEO settings for that individual post; however, an additional meta tag in the source code is being added from the Rank Math global SEO post settings that automatically pulls the first line from the blog post (even though the global post seo settings for description is set to: %seo_description% like your help article indicates it should be). This is causing two competing meta description tags for every single blog post I publish.

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  • Hello,

    I apologize for the issue you are facing with multiple meta description tags on your blog posts. It seems like there might be a conflict between the individual post SEO settings and the global SEO post settings in Rank Math.

    To address this problem, please follow these steps:

    1. Check the SEO settings for the individual blog post:

      • Ensure that the meta description is correctly set to %seo_description% in the SEO settings for each post.
      • Verify that there are no conflicting manual descriptions added in the individual post settings.
    2. Review the global SEO post settings:

      • Confirm that the global post SEO settings are configured to pull the description as %seo_description% and not from the first line of the blog post content.

    If after checking these settings you still encounter the issue, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.

    Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We are here to help you resolve this issue.

    Sources:
    Google Shows A Different Meta Title/Description For My Site » Rank Math

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math support.

    This is a conflict with another plugin or theme. The extra meta description comes from one of your plugins or active theme, not Rank Math.

    Assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins and the themes (please update if not yet), to determine that, please follow this troubleshooting guide:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/

    Here is a video you can follow as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIWRhcUP2c

    Only the site admin would know and your users won’t be affected by this troubleshooting.

    Let us know how this goes.

    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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