Need help setting up RankMath

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

1: How can we reduce the number of columns from Posts page like SEO Title, Meta Description, Meta Keywords

You can simply uncheck the columns from the screen options of your post/page list.

2: Do we need to submit fresh sitemaps for google indexing or the earlier one’s will work

Please note that Rank Math generates your sitemap at /sitemap_index.xml. If it is already submitted on your Google Search Console then don’t have to resubmit it again. But if your current sitemap is on a different URL then you’ll have to submit the sitemap generated by Rank Math.

However, if you connect your Google account with Rank Math, then it automatically submits your sitemap on your Google Search Console. For more details, you can check this guideline: https://rankmath.com/kb/submit-sitemap-to-google/

3: We are unable to make payment for Pro version. We are using our GST details while making the payment but it is declining our international card.

Please ensure that your payment method supports the following:

– Payments in USD $
– Supports subscription-based payments
– You are not using a prepaid card
– International payments are turned on
– Your IP is not a Proxy, or you are using any VPN or hosting service

You can also call your bank and ask what’s stopping the payment from going through and request them to approve it on your end.

If the issue persists, or the methods above don’t resolve the issue, please send a screencast link to the sensitive data section. You can use a tool like loom to record what you see on your screen.

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

Hello,

We can’t access the screenshot you sent in the last reply. It’s also a possibility that error is caused by your current location vs the country your card/s are registered to but if the International payments are turned on, it shouldn’t cause any issue.

Can you please share the last 4 digits of your card along with the last name you used while trying to make the purchase.

You can share it in the sensitive data section, so no one else but our team can see it.

We will forward the information to our Accounts team to check.

We look forward to hearing back from you.

Hello,

It appears you have successfully uploaded and activated the Rank Math PRO plugin. To answer your other query about the status of your settings, uploading the Rank Math PRO plugin in addition to the FREE version will not override your prior settings.

The discovered column only indicates the number of URLs Googlebot discovered using that particular sitemap, but it must have discovered others through other means should as internal links within the site. It wouldn’t have shown success if there was an issue with the sitemap.

Please note that you are only to submit your main sitemap (sitemap_index.xml) as Googlebot is capable of accessing all other sub-sitemaps through it. Kindly remove all the sitemaps and only add the /sitemap_index.xml sitemap. You can refer to this KB: https://rankmath.com/kb/submit-sitemap-to-google/

We hope this helps. Please let us know if you have further questions or concerns.

Thank you.