Rank Math SEO plugin disappeared from Plugin list and plugins after updating

#314359
  • Resolved Ben Heath
    Rank Math free

    Hi Rank Math Support,

    Something odd happened yesterday afternoon (22nd December 2021) when I tried to update Rank Math in WordPress for Alldoggos… It was showing as needing updating in the ‘Updates’ tab and so I updated it there — not in the ‘Plugin’ tab itself, in the Update tab – it said it had updated successfully. But now I cannot see it in the list of plugins. I always take screengrabs of actions taken just in case something goes wrong and can send them but there is no option to upload in this ticket?

    Please can you see why this happened and advise.

    Many thanks in advance.

    Sheila
    AllDoggos

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  • Hello,

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

    You can use a tool like https://imgbb.com/ to share the screenshots. And can you please confirm if you can still access Rank Math on your site? If not then it must have been uninstalled. You can try to install it again and see if it works.

    Looking forward to helping you.

    Here are the links to the images. https://ibb.co/jrmj0Pq
    https://ibb.co/mcXQfby

    I did not uninstall it, updated and it just disappeared, thanks

    Hello,

    Can you please try installing it again? If you are not able to install it again then we might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.

    Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.
    Sensitive Data Section

    It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

    You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

    We really look forward to helping you.

    Hi Jaideep,

    Thanks for getting back to me again.

    I have reinstalled it and it seems ok, but why did that happen in the first place? I did not uninstall it. I updated it. Please let me know.

    Many thanks!
    Sheila
    Ben Heath’s Team

    Hello,

    Glad that your issue is solved.

    It seems Rank Math option was not in your right admin bar at the time of updating the plugin. It might possible accidentally Rank Math plugin was deactivated and you were seeing the update notice for caching of the browser.

    Hope this clarifies your doubt. Please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Thank you.

    Hi Abdullah,

    Thanks for the reply but no, it was not that. I updated the plugin in updates and it said it had updated successfully as per the screenshot. What else could it have been please as I did not deactivate or uninstall? I do know the difference – I know how to update and how to deactivate.

    Many thanks,

    Sheila
    Ben Heath’s Team

    Hello,

    It seems there was a missing file in the Rank Math directory.

    And also Rank Math option was not in the admin bar.

    Please note that there is nothing to worry about as all your settings are safe in your database and they will return once you install the Rank Math again.

    Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.

    Thank you.

    Hi Abdullah,

    Great, thanks for getting back to us.

    Could you explain how that happened?

    Many thanks,
    Sheila
    Ben Heath’s Team

    Hello,

    The reason behind that the rank-math.php was not accessible. It might be corrupted/removed.

    Reinstalling is the better solution to have that missing file again.

    Hope this clarifies your doubt. Please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Thank you.

    Hi Abdullah,

    Thanks for getting back to me.

    I did reinstall and it seems fine so far. If it happens again I will let you know.

    Many thanks for all your help.

    Best wishes,
    Sheila
    Ben Heath’s Team

    Hello,

    Glad that helped.

    Please feel free to reach out to us again in case you need any other assistance.

    We are here to help.

    Thank you.

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