Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin Review

WordPress is basically a blogging platform that offers robust features for high search engine rankings. With the default WordPress setup, it is very easy to categorize blog posts and pages. However, nowadays SEO has other aspects compared to the traditional focus on metadata. Yoast is the leader in SEO for WordPress, leading the way for many other developers to address these various aspects of WordPress SEO. Following the path of Yoast, Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin for WordPress sites from Mythemeshop. It has all the features you need to customize and improve your site’s search engine rankings.

Installing and activating the plugin

Go to your WordPress dashboard and select Plugins > Add New. Search for “ranking math” to install and activate the plugin.

Using the installation wizard

If you already have the Yoast / Redirections plugin, then Rank Math will prompt you to migrate your settings.

If you’re installing on a new WordPress site or don’t have the Yoast / Redirection plugin, you’ll see an initial setup wizard without importing options.

Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin The installation wizard will show the compatibility of the Rank Math plugin with your WordPress installation. Click the “More” button to see if you have any incompatibility issues. The plugin has several steps to configure settings in the installation wizard.

Section of your site

In this section, indicate whether your site is a personal blog or owned by an organization. This will help Google display the Knowledge Graph in search results.

Search Console

Enter the authorization code in Google Search Console and select a profile to connect the plugin to your account. You can now directly view Search Console crawl errors and take action.

Sitemaps

Enable the Sitemaps button to have the plugin automatically generate an XML Sitemap index for your site. You can include or exclude post types, taxonomies, and images in a Sitemap.

Below is how the sitemap index file generated by the Rank Math plugin will look like.

Optimization

You can optimize the SEO settings below in this section.

• Noindex empty tag and category archive
• Links to nofollow image files
• Open external links in a new window
• Band category database

Now you are ready to use the plugin. However, you can click the “Set advanced options” button to view more options.

Additional customization options

Advanced setup has two options:

404 + Redirect – Enable or disable the 404 error and redirect monitoring module.

Miscellaneous – Here you can allow the plugin to add missing alt/title text for images and set default rich snippet settings.

After completing the setup, you will be redirected to the control panel.

Using the Plugin Settings Menu

If you missed something in the setup wizard or want to change the initial settings, use the menu items to customize them to suit your needs. There are also many additional options on the settings page you are interested in:

• Enable or disable author/date archives in the Headings and Meta section.
• Set the default title and description formats using variables.
• Redirect the attachment pages to the URL of the post under General Settings > Links.
• Turn on the breadcrumbs and adjust them in General settings > Breadcrumbs.
• Export the entire setting from the Import or Export section.

Creating posts with Rank Math

Rank Math will add a meta field to the post editor that will show options for content optimization.

• You can add a keyword to post and get an SEO score.
• Check the readability of the content and title.
• Make sure keyword density is sufficient.
• Define the post as the main content (the cornerstone of Yoast SEO).
• Set up redirect meta tags and robots.
• Change the settings for rich web page descriptions.
• Add social options for Facebook and Twitter.

To use all the features, you need to create an account on the Rank Math website.

Help and support

Rank Math offers detailed documentation, Facebook page support, and a demo site. If you want to try before installing on your site, then check out the demo to see the settings in the frontend and backend options.