Unwanted Excerpt Displayed Below Post Title in Admin – How to Disable?

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the unwanted excerpt display in the WordPress admin post list view. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Currently, there isn’t a specific setting within Rank Math to disable the excerpts displayed below the post titles in the admin area. However, you can use a custom code snippet to remove these excerpts.

Here’s how you can do it:

1. Navigate to Appearance → Theme File Editor in your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. From the list of files on the right side, select the functions.php file of your active theme.
3. Add the following code snippet at the end of the file:

   add_filter('the_excerpt', function($excerpt) {
      return '';
   });

4. Click on Update File to save your changes.

This code will effectively prevent excerpts from being displayed in the admin post list view while keeping Rank Math active.

If you need further assistance or if this does not resolve your issue, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will take over and assist you further.

Thank you for your understanding!

Hello,

Please check if this issue is due to the SEO columns displayed on the post list view.

Click the Screen options at the upper right section and try unchecking the SEO columns

If the issue persists, 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.

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.

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.