when should i use rankmath?

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention.

Yes, you can use Rank Math on your site even if it is not yet ready for public viewing (staging site).

There is no unique way of treating a staging site that is different than the productions site. Once you have pushed your site to live, all your Rank Math settings you have made in your staging site would still be intact.

The basic difference would be the indexing option, which you can easily set using the WordPress option to discourage search engines from indexing your site in WordPress Dashboard > Settings > Reading.

Other than this, you should treat the settings on your staging site the same as you would on your live sites.

You won’t however need to enable some modules such as Sitemap, 404 Monitor & Analytics on the staging area since they won’t be useful.

I hope that helps.

Thank you.