Woocommerce Product via CSV upload – Description Meta not updated

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.

Since you mentioned you’re testing it in your local installation, could you please share the CSV file to check and test on our end? You can share a downloadable file URL using https://wetransfer.com/ or Google Drive and share it in the sensitive data section

It is completely secure, and only our support staff has access to that section.

Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

Hello,

Thank you for sharing the file.

I’ve checked the CSV, and it seems that there’s no meta title and description included.

This is the order we follow to generate meta descriptions for WooCommerce product or product category for that matter:

1. Content from SEO Description field
If that is missing, then:

2. WooCommerce Excerpt or Product Short Description
If that is missing, then:

3. Template From General Settings in WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Products
If that is missing, then:

4. Auto-generated Content from the product page.

Since you wanted to use the value you have set in Single Product Description: Some text %sep% %title% %sep% some text, you may need to use this filter to force it to your meta description.

/**
 * Use the Description from Global Setting, if the description is missing in the Post metabox
 */
add_action( 'rank_math/frontend/description', function( $description ) {
 global $post;
 $desc = RankMath\Post::get_meta( 'description', $post->ID );

 if ( is_product()) {
 $desc = RankMath\Helper::get_settings( "titles.pt_{$post->post_type}_description" );
 if ( $desc ) {
 return RankMath\Helper::replace_vars( $desc, $post );
 }
 }

 return $description;
});

And here’s a link on how to apply a filter on your site:
https://rankmath.com/kb/filters-hooks-api-developer/#how-to-add-code-snippets-to-rank-math-php

Please note that the filter may not be visible while editing the products as it only works when your products load in a browser. You can check the published/saved product meta description via the page’s source code.

I hope that helps.

Thank you, and please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime if you need further assistance with anything else.

Hello,

The CSV file you shared contains a column with a short description. That’s why it is setting the meta description to that value, which falls to number 2 in the hierarchy.

2. WooCommerce Excerpt or Product Short Description

I hope that clears your doubts.

Thank you.

Hello,

Please use the code that my colleague has provided to make Rank Math take the meta description from the Global Settings.

And I was able to replicate the issue where it shows the SEO description as set in the Global Settings in the list view but it takes the product short description. I have forwarded this to the devs and will inform you once we have any updates regarding this.

We really appreciate your patience in the meantime. Let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks.

Hello,

We have identified the product list view of the SEO description as a bug and are working on resolving it. We will soon release an update with a fix and will inform you here. You can also keep an eye on our changelog to get notified about the latest features and updates: https://rankmath.com/changelog/

Thanks and don’t hesitate to get in touch in case you need any other assistance.

Hello,

We are working on resolving the issue with the product list view.

For the order of setting the meta description, I have also forwarded this as a feature request to the devs and they will consider it. If your suggestion is something we decide to include in a future update, we will let you know.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks.

Hello,

We really appreciate your feedback and we have provided you with the code you can use to change the logic of the selection of WooCommerce Product Meta descriptions.

You are still being offered a choice here to choose the way plugin works and I don’t know if any other plugin offers the level of control we offer.

But, it seems like you have already made up your mind. We would love to have you again if you change your mind.