The issue also happens on my CPT category page where the Description overrides the CPT defined settings.
Upon further investigation, I have found that if the SEO Meta Box is disabled is the SEO Titles & Meta Settings, then the behavior will use the settings saved in Titles & Meta.
If the box is enabled and the Description on the category/archive page is blank, it will use the settings from Titles & Meta.
If the box is enabled, and the Description is not empty, then the Description field overrides the settings from Titles & Meta.
It would be ideal if the settings would not get overwritten unless the %term_description% variable is used in the Meta Box.
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.
You can use the following function if you wish to override this to use the Description from Global Setting, if the description is missing in the Post metabox:
/**
* 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 ( ! $desc ) {
$desc = RankMath\Helper::get_settings( "titles.pt_{$post->post_type}_description" );
if ( $desc ) {
return RankMath\Helper::replace_vars( $desc, $post );
}
}
return $description;
});
Hoping this helps you. Thank you.
Appears to be working Thank you.
If anything with this surfaces, I will let you know.
After testing, this fixes the final output, however the change is not reflected in the meta box.
For example, my excerpt still shows in the empty meta box Description, but the global settings are rendered on final output.
Hello,
Thank you for the follow up.
This is expected behavior. The metabox will analyze only page content and hence taking the page content excerpt. This should not worry you, the filter affects the final description output.
Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
The problem with that of course is that the analysis of the SEO page is incorrect.
Hello,
Yes, I understand your concern. For now, don’t be worried about it, they are just guidelines and meanwhile, all of us would like to get the 100/100 score, since you know your description will be fine at Google’s eyes, it is what really matters.
But I will submit this suggestion to the devs, so they can check it and maybe implement some change in a future update.
Looking forward to help you.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
