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What is Rank Math?
Rank Math is a brand new FREE plugin from MyThemeShop, that promises to be а main competitor in the fight of the WordPress SEO plugins, a fight dominated by Yoast for years.
One thing is for sure, the guys from MyThemeShop have put their hearts and souls into this project and from what we’ve seen so far, it’s notable that this plugin is powerful!
The plugin is so well-documented and described, you can view the plugin’s page for more details here.
What I really like about RankMath is that it combines 5 plugins (if not more), while being lightweight and fast. With Rank Math, you can get rid of these plugins: Redirects plugin, Schema markup plugin, Role Manager plugin, Local SEO plugin, and XML Sitemaps.
My Personal Results with Rank Math (Updated)
I’ve switched to Rank Math on one of my blogs in August 2018. Since then I haven’t put any special work in terms of SEO, neither post any new content. All I did was applying the suggestions below every post that Rank Math gives.
The reasons for the increase in organic traffic, of course, might be due to lots of factors, but here is the graph of the clicks from Google Search Console for the past 12 months.
There is a nearly 50% increase in organic traffic based on that period.
RankMath Speed
Rank math is lighter compared to Yoast SEO. It has a reduced number of HTTP Requests thus resulting in faster page load times and a decrease in page size.
This site is using the Siteground Startup Plan.
Rank Math Support
This has been mentioned many times, by lots of users – the number of features you get for Free is insane.
Another great feature of RankMath is the support you’ll get.
There is a private Facebook group where you can post about any issues you are having with your SEO and the admins and members will be more than willing to help you.
Rank Math Setup
The plugin has a setup wizard and a 1 Click Import From Yoast SEO, which will keep your existing SEO settings and you won’t lose anything along the way.
The setup is very detailed, but users can also choose the recommended settings option and skip a lot of the manual work.
The in-post user interface looks similar to the one in Yoast, but with more polished and modern look.
Watch this sneak peek video of Rank Math:
Yoast SEO or Rank Math?
We can immediately notice the difference in the post SEO scores.
Rank Math is much more detailed when it comes to the SEO score, giving an accurate score from 0 to 100.
With Yoast, you get only three indicators – Poor, OK and Good.
The same goes for the below the post meta box.
Compared to the Yoast view:
Again Rank Math has gone the extra mile and really got into detail.
In the advanced settings tab, we can see extra options for robots meta tags, that are not available in Yoast.
Another useful feature that we can find in RankMath and is absent in Yoast SEO is the build-in Redirect tool.
Yoast is out there for years and it’s true that it does amazing work. It was a revolution to WordPress SEO in and it will continue to be.
But it is also true that Yoast hasn’t changed much for years. There were some cosmetic changes and a few new features and that’s all.
I was expecting something to change with every major update…but again and again, I was seeing the same old interface and features.
I think the creators of Rank Math used this flaw very well and created something that combines the useful features of Yoast with new-age plugin UI.
The site-wide analysis in another detailed report, where Rank Math will show you a list of SEO factors with а corresponding status and tips on how to improve the missing areas.
The Bottom Line
Rank Math is making technical SEO more user understandable and easy to apply for every WordPress user.
When I first get the email from MyThemeShop describing there is a new revolutionary SEO plugin coming soon, I instantly knew I’ll make the switch. The time will tell if this was a smart move or the good old Yoast remains the best option when it comes to WordPress SEO plugins.
I want to use rank math I want your suggestion which plugin should I use between yoast or rank math. Currently I am using yoast for seo
Both plugins are great and will do the work. Rank Math has more options, also if you run an e-commerce store I suggest Rank Math.
Cheers.
Is Rank Math compatible with AMP for WP? as AMP for WP uses meta deta from Yoast seo and some other seo plugin, what about with Rank Math? Is it safe for sel of my AMP pages.?
Hi, Manas
Yes, it works with the AMP plugin. Just activate the option from the Rank Math dashboard.
Cheers.
I am using Rank Math since 20 days and, believe me, it is of same standard at AIOSEO, SEO Framework and Yoast SEO, if not better. It has everything an SEO plugin should have. It also eliminates the need of many other plugins.
BR,
Thanks for the thorough guide. I will give Rank Math a try.
How to set force title rewrites with Rank Math like we use to do in Yoast SEO? I am having duplicate title issue.
I have used the rank math SEO plugin for the last 3 months. I am a little bit disappointed because title rewrite is not working very well. I am going back to Yoast.
Well, it may have many features, and I have tried it. its really good to manage all the things in one place, so it may be required sometime maybe to overcome the challenges.
I have used Rank Math for the past 3 months, and i must say it’s really helpful from its detailed analysis to its uniqueness.
I have also noticed an increase in my traffic unlike when I was using Yoast.
I recommend Rank Math any time, and any day.
Please, will rank math increasing my ranking on search engines. Everyone is now talking about this SEO. I need to know.
There are more important factors than the SEO plugin, but it will probably help!
Thanks for this information. I have been using yoast for a long time now, can I change it and use rank math without it affecting my search engine rankings?
Yes, RankMath has a tool to transfer all your settings from Yoast without losing anything important. Just follow the steps on the setup wizard.
Thank you for the comprehensive review. Do you still think Rank Math is better thank Yoast, also when comparing it to Yoast Premium?
thanks for your review, now i know and use Rank math in my site
I tested Both plugins and i can see Rank math is easy to setup, make things easy to newbie, by how quickly setup his own blog.
In the other hand what i don’t like in Yoast every time i open my dashboard there is an update for it and even and there is no a complete documentation for it.
If you want a good setting you need to buy their service. and even i think yoast developer’s they don’t understand how google work by using the old method by focus on meta (title + description and focus keyword). and keyword ratio.
Now we need something follow google update and advice us how we can setting a good article or page structure and gain google trust.
This is just my view about the both plugins
Regards
Badr
Please do consider reading their privacy policy about how they collect your valuable data. Good luck with the free plugin.
https://rankmath.com/privacy-policy/
which redirect to:
https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/12277733
Yo, Good morning, I wanted to know if I can Install Yoast seo and rank math together? Like they could be installed and actived together. Will the conflict?
Hi,
Why do you want to do that? They do the same, except for some extra options. Installing both will create a huge mess, I don’t recommend.
Great explanation! I think Rank math is gaining more ground right now. I will test run it to see how good it is. Thanks for this review.