Hello,
I apologize for the inconvenience you are facing with adding additional social media links to the Author information in Rank Math SEO settings. Currently, Rank Math provides options to add Twitter and Facebook links directly in the User section of WordPress.
If you wish to include additional social media links like LinkedIn and Instagram for your authors, you can utilize the “Add SEO Controls” feature in Rank Math. This feature allows you to optimize individual author pages with custom titles, meta descriptions, and social sharing meta.
Here’s how you can access and use the “Add SEO Controls” feature:
- Navigate to your WordPress dashboard and go to Users -> Profile.
- Scroll down to find the Rank Math Meta Box on your profile page.
- Ensure that the Meta Box is enabled by checking the settings related to Author Robots Meta.
- If needed, adjust the Author Robots Meta settings to enable the Meta Box.
- Save your changes after making any adjustments.
By using the “Add SEO Controls” feature, you can customize the social sharing meta for individual authors, including adding additional social media links like LinkedIn and Instagram.
If you encounter any difficulties or need further assistance, feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you promptly.
Thank you for reaching out with your query.
Sources:
Social Media Options in Rank Math
The #1 WordPress SEO Plugin in 2023 – Rank Math
How to Use the Watermark Option for Social Sharing in Rank Math PRO » Rank Math
Rank Math ‘Titles and Meta’ Options and Settings
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math support.
You can add the other social media links in the Additional Profile URLs section and they will be added as the sameAs property in the Person Schema of the user profile:
Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
Thank you for the quick response. But I have already tried this several times.
I have created a custom author box using generate press blocks(SS attached below). When I am adding the social media icons with links(it automatically inserts the link info from the user bio added in WordPress). Since there is an option for a Facebook profile link, the author box shows only the Facebook icon there.
Even after adding the social media links like Linkedin or Instagram to the “Additional profile URLs”, icons are not showing up in the author box.
I hope you understand the issue now.
Hello,
Please note that the Author box on your website is not controlled by our plugin. The Additional Profile URLs field in the Rank Math is to add your social media URLs to the schema.
The Autor box is usually controlled by your theme and that’s why we suggest you get in touch with your theme support as they’re in a better position to assist you with this one.
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank 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.
