Drastic rankings drop

  • Resolved AmDev1

    (@amdev1)


    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hi

    I installed RankMath and migrated from Yoast a few days ago.

    I submitted a new sitemap to Google 2 days ago and since then rankings have plummeted.

    There has been an increase in urls indexed but not submitted on sitemap in GSC though I can see them on the sitemap.

    In WordPress Admin>Rank Math> Search Console>Sitemaps
    It shows 2 post-sitemaps submitted but with zero indexed.

    How do I fix this please?

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hello

    Thank you for contacting the support and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    We recommend moving back to the older plugin and following this post to move over again:
    https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/seo/reviews/rank-math/

    That will help you understand if there’s anything that has changed when you move over.

    Looking forward to helping you.

    Thread Starter AmDev1

    (@amdev1)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    You want me to go back to Yoast?

    Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hello @amdev1

    Yes, please move back and uninstall the Rank Math plugin.

    Then follow the above guide to move over to ensure there is no mismatch of any setting/value.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

    Thread Starter AmDev1

    (@amdev1)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hi

    I have removed RankMath, added Yoast but the sitemap still shows RankMath for pages (posts is on Yoast).

    Please confirm how I completely remove Rank Math.
    Thanks

    Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hello @amdev1

    Your website is not opening to us.

    Please clear the cache and then test.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

    Thread Starter AmDev1

    (@amdev1)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hi there
    When you say it’s not opening to you what do you mean? can you access my site?
    Thanks for your help

    Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hello @amdev1

    Your website was inaccessible at that time.

    It is opening fine now.

    Now, please move over following this guide:
    https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/seo/reviews/rank-math/

    So, you are 100% sure that nothing has been missed.

    Once moved, do not change any other settings in the Rank Math plugin.

    You need to be sure that you are doing a 1:1 migration and ruling out any other factor for the traffic loss.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

    Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    5 years, 6 months ago

    Hello,

    Assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins, themes & WordPress and the traffic is stable, we are closing this topic.

    If you need any further assistance then please feel free to open a new support topic or reply to this one. We will be more than happy to help you.

    Thank you.

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