Hello,
I apologize for the inconvenience you’re facing. It seems like there might be some confusion regarding the instructions you’ve received. The information you’ve provided doesn’t match the steps to disable the Content AI feature in Rank Math.
To disable the Content AI feature in Rank Math, you can follow these steps:
- Go to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Rank Math > General Settings.
- Scroll down to find the Content AI section.
Here’s a screenshot to help you locate the setting:
In the Content AI section, you will find an option to disable the Content AI feature. Simply toggle off the option that says “Enable Content AI.”
After disabling this option, Content AI will no longer be considered as a ranking factor in your SEO score.
If you need further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us by assigning this ticket to a human agent using the available buttons. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Sources:
How to Configure Content AI’s Global Settings » Rank Math
What is a Focus Keyword? » Rank Math
How to Use Rank Math’s Content AI for SEO » Rank Math
Content AI Overview » Rank Math
On the screenshot you displayed, there’s no setting with that function “Enable Content AI”
There’s not one to disable it either.
When I unclick posts and pages, Rankmath adds them back in again after I hit save and return to the page.
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math support.
Please use the following filter to disable the Content AI test: https://rankmath.com/kb/disable-seo-content-tests/#content-ai-test
Here is how to add a filter to your site: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/
Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
So you’re telling me BOTH sets of provided instructions are wrong and you haven’t figured out how to make this part of the settings? Why? You’ve been charging for this for months and took away our credits, so why is it even part of the ranking factor anymore for anyone? It’s an additional paid service and has nothing to do with how Google views our pages. You’re artificially pulling down your own scores. So scores from sites running Yoast or AIOSEO are all higher than ones running RankMath.
None of us should have to go into our theme files to fix this problem. It should be an easy check box like the last support person (wrongly) said it is. Really it should be OFF by default regardless. Your engineers didn’t think to do this when you split off the AI function?
Hello,
First of all, we apologize for the wrong information shared by RankBot, this is a new AI that we implemented on the support forum to assist users with simple issues that don’t require a human agent. You can always request a human agent by replying to the ticket or by clicking on the Assign to Human button.
That said, the “Use Content AI to optimise the Post” test is still a factor (1 factor) in your Rank Math score because we still think you should use Content AI to improve your website’s SEO. But if you do not want this to factor in your Rank Math score you can easily remove it by adding this code to your function.php file. You can also use the Code Snippet plugin to add the code if you do not want to edit your theme files.
add_filter('rank_math/researches/tests', function ($tests, $type) {
unset($tests['hasContentAI']);
return $tests;
}, 10, 2);
We should also clarify that Content AI has always been a paid feature since it was first released, what’s new is the switch from a pay-as-you-go credit system to a tiered credit plan.
We hope this helps clarify the issue. If you have any other questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us again. We are always happy to assist you.
Again, it should not be a factor if it’s a paid optional service. It has nothing to do with how Google is actually ranking pages.
Again, I don’t want to have to edit my theme file to remove a ranking factor that shouldn’t be there in the first place. This is a huge Rankmath failing that this is even a measurement, so it should be an easy toggle switch in the settings to turn it off if it’s not already off by default for those who haven’t subscribed to this extra service.
This workaround doesn’t work either for turning off where AI is a rank factor, another code failing:
“When I unclick posts and pages, Rankmath adds them back in again after I hit save and return to the page.”
Hello,
The Rank Math score and even the Content Analysis tests are not directly related to how Google views your site. Googlebot is not able to see this score.
The tests and scores are guides on generic best practices and can totally be ignored without consequences where your use case differs.
In simple terms, the test is Rank Math’s suggestion for how your content should be drafted. This is the reason the use of Content AI is suggested for improving the content and you can completely remove this using the filter shared by my colleagues.
Feel free to ignore it, insert the filter code for its removal, or if you find the second option challenging include your WordPress access credentials in the sensitive data section by following the below steps and we will assist you in removing it:
Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress 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.
It should not be necessary for a Rankmath user to take either of these steps. You’re shunning your duty to maintain your plug-in and are offloading the task to users. There’s no reason this kind of workaround should be necessary.
“In simple terms, the test is Rank Math’s suggestion for how your content should be drafted.”
In simple terms, you are making an optional paid service a ranking factor.
Without this cumbersome workaround that alters our site code, it is impossible for any site owner to get a score of 100 without paying you more money, even if they don’t want or need your service. (The AI function is provided by many other companies already, which we may or may not be using, so this is simply a shading upsell tactic to get users to pay for yours in order to improve their scores.)
Hello,
Our Content Analysis focuses on optimizing the content, and we feel that Content AI can help you optimize the content further, and that’s why it is included as a suggestion. If you have decided not to use Content AI, you can remove the suggestion using the filter.
We have also shared your feedback with the concerned team and they will look into this. For now, there is no other way to disable the Content AI test other than using the filter we shared before.
Please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
Your desire to upsell exceeds the desire to do what’s right for the customers. Shady, but I get it now.
Hello,
Content AI can help you optimize your page, and that’s why it is added to the SEO tests. We suggest what’s best to optimize your content. We also have a test to check for the TOC plugin, which was present even before we had a TOC block in our plugin, as the TOC can improve on-page SEO.
As a company, we do promote our products, but we have no intention to force you to purchase anything, and that’s why we have a simple filter to remove the test if you don’t want to use Content AI.
Please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
