So without further ado, in this post, we’ll run through the reasons we chose to recommend the Rank Math WordPress SEO plugin and why we use it on our website.
1. Rank Math + OceanWP = An Unbeatable Combination
We’ve worked directly with the Rank Math plugin developers to ensure that our theme is as SEO-friendly as possible and works seamlessly with the plugin’s existing powerful Schema.org implementation for all of OceanWP’s elements, sidebars, footers and so forth.
2. Seriously, all of this is free - we’re not kidding 💸
Here’s a quick look at some of our favorite features that are freely available in the Rank Math SEO plugin:
- Deep Schema Markup Integration for Over 14 Types of Content.
- Latent Semantic Indexing Keyword Tool Built-in.
- Track your keyword rankings, click-through ratio, and other important metrics right from your WordPress dashboard.
- Easily initiate a 12-Step SEO Audit – helps identify issues on your website that may be preventing your site from ranking in search.
- Built-in 404 Monitor & Redirections Support.
- Create sitemaps that can easily be submitted to the Google Search Console.
- Breadcrumbs are useful in helping Google’s bots better understand a website’s hierarchy and make it easier for users to understand where they currently are on a website. In case you missed it, Google replaced site URLs in search results and now uses site names and breadcrumb paths instead for mobile search snippets. Rank Math automatically adds the structured data (markup) to your website so you don’t have to go through the tedious process of doing this yourself.
3. It makes everything easy (the way it should be) 😅
All you need to do is click the Redirect button on any of the links that appear in the 404 Monitor’s logs.
And you’ll be taken straight to the redirections page to add a redirect – as shown below:
4. The user interface is second to none 🥇
As we’re about to come onto, Rank Math is really fast. And this is in part due to the sheer amount of thought that went into the design of the user interface. It’s simple and nice to work with on a daily basis. The free plugin isn’t riddled with advertisements and upsells that continuously try to encourage you to buy something else from them which is something we’ve seen a lot in our days of working with WordPress.
5. Rank Math is the fastest search engine optimization plugin 💨
Here at OceanWP, we truly care about and pride ourselves in developing with performance in mind. Nobody should be forced to wait for your website to load and slower websites are known to have lower conversion rates.
6. A Schema.org Implementation that makes sense 📜
- Article Rich Snippets
- Book Rich Snippets
- Course Rich Snippets
- Event Rich Snippets
- Job Posting Rich Snippets
- Local Business Rich Snippets
- Music Rich Snippets
- Person Rich Snippets
- Product Rich Snippets
- Recipe Rich Snippets
- Restaurant Rich Snippets
- Review Rich Snippets
- Service Rich Snippets
- Software/App Rich Snippets
- Video Rich Snippets
Schema is more important than ever now that voice search is an integral part of Google search as a whole. There’s really never been a better time to make it easier for Google to understand your website’s content using Rank Math’s Schema.org Markup implementation. With Rank Math, you finally have the ability to take complete control of your website’s on-page SEO.
7. The tight Google Search Console Integration 🔗
8. Support is available for non-paying users 🙋♂️
Their extensive documentation together with their amazing customer support works 24/7 to make sure that no question is left unanswered. Now that you’re using Rank Math, you’re also more than welcome to join this Facebook community of fellow WordPress users passionate about search engine optimization.
9. Quick & Easy migrations from Yoast & others! 🥳
- Leave the old SEO plugin you were using before active.
- Install and activate the Rank Math WordPress plugin.
- Use Rank Math’s one-click migration and setup wizard to start the migration process + let the magic happen! 🚀 (it supports migrations from Yoast, All In One SEO Pack and SEOPress).
If you have anything to add or have a question for us – please feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible!
Glad to know. I’m using OceanWP with Rankmath.
Hello Maahi,
Glad you are, and we genuinely hope you enjoy the combination of both as your workflow.
Thank you for the comment.
Please explain the migration and what you mean by “Leave the old SEO plugin you were using before active.” I have been using yoast but i would like to give it a try based on your recommendation. I will be expecting the feedback to enable me install and active as well as migrate. Thank you
Hello Harley,
Rank Math SEO has quite of strong support documentation online, regarding migrating from your existing plugin, you may find this handy: https://rankmath.com/kb/import-export-settings/
Besides that, there is also a support group through Facebook, quite active and easy to find through a simple search.
Thank you for your comment.
Rank math is awesome, i am using this plugin from beta phase.. It’s provides all the features Which PRO version of other SEO Plugins..
Hello Kathir,
Glad you enjoy Rank Math SEO as much as we do, and yes, the free version of the plugin covers much of what is offered as paid features elsewhere.
Thank you for your comment.
After I discovered Rank Math I just tested it, after some plugin updates, I definitely stopped using Yoast as the main SEO plugin for WordPress.
I’m an SEO expert, a fan of OceanWP since the early versions and now Rank Math as a great tool!
Hello Gustavo,
Pleased to know you are enjoying Rank Math SEO as much as we do, and definitely, a good alternative when it comes to comparing it to other plugins alike, mostly because it is entirely free.
Since you are a fan of OceanWP, now strengthened with Rank Math SEO, we are confident you will keep your enthusiasm high with our newest updates.
Thank you for your comment.
I am using OceanWP and Rank Maths and it’s better than the first two SEO plugins I used earlier. No issues at all!
I become fan of rank math plugin. The day i remembered i first use rank math on 1st of november and from that day i always use rank math on all of my website.
Glad to reach you found the plugin of your liking.
Great !!! I use oceanwp on my website and i am going to use Rank Math. Thank you for this article.
Hello Serge,
You are more than welcome, and we are pleased to know you opted by choosing it as your SEO plugin.
Best of luck with your website.
This plugin has so much more features than yoast but yoast is been in the seo game for so long and I have trust that it won’t crash. how much is the possibility of rank math getting crash.
The team behinds it does extensive testing before releasing a new update, but as any other plugin, mistakes can happen however, Rank Math SEO is known for quick-turn rounds when it comes to fix issues reported by its users.
Rankmath really great seo plugin, also best point is, it free
I think at this point of time Rank Math is the best SEO plugin. If fact it’s better than many other paid plugins. On top of that support is just awesome. I am using Rank Math and extreamly happy with it.
How does Rank Math perform with WooCommerce? Will it speed up my site’s performance?
Rank Math SEO will not optimise your WooCommerce performance mostly because it is a SEO toolset and not a performance plugin. It will on the other hand, help you to index your products faster, and optimise the titles, description etc as well as to add propose schemas to the products you sell, helping you to rank higher on Search Engines such as Google.
I Will try it next, based on article and comment above this plugin give a better method than the popular SEO plugin
I use OceanWP in combination with RankMath on my website. Both are full of helpfull features and the best, my site is really loading very fast. Writing new blog post in combination with RankMath is more then fun, because the SEO score is telling u the result during you are writing. Before switching to RankMath, I used an SEO Plugin from a competitor. The result was not as good as now!
Glad to read you got better results with Rank Math SEO and find it amusing while creating new content for your website. Thank you for the feedback.
So, should I uninstall Free Yoast and give this a whirl? I’m rebuilding my site with no current comments or traffic anyway.
We would strongly advise you to give it a spin, after all, you have nothing to lose and the plugin is quite solid.
Do it Charles, RankMath will import your Yoast data easily!
Thank you for your post!
I ditched Yoast Premium with less features. Then I switched to RankMath, and that’s the best thing I’ve ever done.
fan of rank math plugin
I also use this seo plugin in my another website this one is best.
This is the best plugin. Thanks for such a great post.
So, should I uninstall Free Yoast and give this a whirl? I’m rebuilding my site with no current comments or traffic anyway.
I would say, most definitely. It also includes the option to import all the settings from Yoast, which would make the transaction easier for you.
No doubt, Rank math is the best. It is even better than the paid version of Yoast. using it for a year and it is amazing. support is also great.
the great plugin I ever used thx for this
Will it speed up my site’s performance?
Great !!! I Use Oceanwp on My Website and I Am Going to Use Rank Math. Thank You for This Article.
Well done your article. In your opinion, we all got to learn something or something.
Well done… got to learn something.
I want to encourage that you continue your great posts, have a nice weekend!
Hi after reading this article we try to install the rankmath plugin, but it keeps crashing the entire website. Error reads something like “table not existing or something” any idea on how to fix this?
Hello Kenya, I suggest going over this topic on Rank Math’s support forum. If you fail to resolve the problem on your own, I suggest you open a thread with their support directly or on the WordPress forum
Thanks! we were able to resolve the issue.
Really glad to hear that! Enjoy building your website
Thanks for sharing the same. I am switching to shift back to Rank Math after wasting money with yoast
I am also thinking to shift back to Rank Math after wasting money with yoast.