Hey @oriver,
Thank you for reaching out.
Yes, some of our meta keys are prefixed with wpseo and/or _yoast_wpseo short for our original plugin name, which was WordPress SEO.
They are still used by our plugin to set meta keys in the postmeta table for example, so I’d recommend not to delete them while using the plugin, only if you want to completely remove Yoast from your site.
Hope this helps.
Thread Starter
oriver
(@oriver)
@jeroenrotty
Thank you, I think a couple of Wpseo rows might have been deleted by mistake. Everything on Yoast still works. But if we deactivate, delete and reinstall, would this bring back any missing rows? And would we still keep all the information entered into yoast, such as meta descriptions if we did this?
Hey @oriver,
Thank you for your reply.
By reinstalling Yoast SEO (the plugin), you won’t lose any database data. But it wouldn’t bring back missing rows you deleted either. So if you are missing previously-stored data like custom meta titles or descriptions, you’ll have to enter them again.
Hope this helps.
Thread Starter
oriver
(@oriver)
Hi @jeroenrotty
That’s great, I don’t think we deleted anything and can’t see anything missing at all. Just a safety precaution. Thank you for your help
