Split: Problems with Metadescription

#61368
  • Resolved Stevie

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math pro
    Content AI Starter

    I am noticing a smiliar problem. When I ran my pages through seoprofiler, I got quite a lot of warnings, saying I had no meta description. This puzzled me, because they are definitely there….and they are all new posts, created since I installed rankmath.

    But I also then noticed in Google results it also just shows the default site description in many of the posts descriptions.

    i page source I see –
    <!– Admin only notice: this page has no meta description set. Please edit the page to add one, or setup a template in Rank Math -> Titles & Metas. –>

    Yet im sure I have descriptiopn set in all the correct places.

    (bit annoying you cant upload screenshots here)

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  • Stevie

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math pro
    Content AI Starter

    in fact to be honest I am starting to find rankmath way too complicated to use…far too many options, its probably no wonder so many people are doing things wrong

    Todd

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hi Stevia,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us.

    This is why we have an option to switch between easy and advanced mode:

    This is how you add a meta description in Rank Math:
    Classic Editor – Add an SEO Meta Title: https://i.rankmath.com/3FrPFJ
    Classic Editor – Add a Meta Description: https://i.rankmath.com/dhECkg
    Gutenberg – Add title and description – https://i.rankmath.com/ZO21Cd

    With that said, we highly recommend going through the following guide to set up the plugin completely and correctly:
    https://youtu.be/dTvZuMRzW4w
    and
    https://www.wpmediamastery.com/rank-math-seo/?&utm_campaign=Rank+Math

    we hope that helps. Please let us know if there’s anything I can help you with.

    Stevie

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math pro
    Content AI Starter

    Hi Todd

    I have all descriptions set correctly, I’m sure.

    https://postimg.cc/mPqpZr5G

    https://postimg.cc/F1QqJ7sr

    however this is what I see in source code…

    https://postimg.cc/ppW6q4F3

    something somewhere isnt working.

    Todd

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hi Stevie,

    That is weird. We might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please include your WP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.
    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.

    Stevie

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math pro
    Content AI Starter

    Hello,

    I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?

    Thank you.

    Stevie

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math pro
    Content AI Starter

    any luck with finding answer guys?

    Alberto

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    I have been checking it and I was able to see it is happening (only on some posts not in all). I have asked the dev team to take a look into it since everything was set fine, so it is not a normal configuration problem.

    Looking forward to help you.

    Susanne C&m

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello Alberto,

    you know that wasn’t my question Even if the problem seems to be the same.
    I answered your support request and sent you a few pictures.
    I look forward to your solution.
    kind regards

    Pratik

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Hello,

    For some reason, the auto-generated description is not working on your site. I tried to reproduce the issue om my site by copying the page content which is not showing the description but I was not able to reproduce it. Can you please add your site’s FTP access in the Sensitive Data Sections so we can debug the issue by editing plugin files?

    For now, to fix the issue you can add the following code in your theme’s functions.php file:

    
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/description', function( $description ) {
    if ( ! is_singular() ) {
        return $description;
    }

    return $description ? $description : get_the_excerpt();
});

    I hope that helps.

    Stevie

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math pro
    Content AI Starter

    the meta description appears to be working now?

    Alberto

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Do you mean it is working now? After using the code my colleague shared with you or without using it?

    Looking forward to help you.

    RankBot

    3 years, 9 months ago

    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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