Facebook Metadata is Missing Problem in Rank Math SEO Plugin

Hello @wikihelp360

Thank you for contacting the support.

That is because we removed those fields in May 2020. Here’s the changelog’s text:
Removed: Multiple Social meta options, as they are not required anymore for the Knowledge Graph by Google & Bing. You should only see the needed options in the Global Social Meta settings page.

You can check here:
https://rankmath.com/changelog/

Also, the plugin uses the FB URL from the Social settings in the article:publisher tag.

Hope that clears the confusion and helps.

Ok, I understand that multiple social meta options are not required anymore for Knowledge Graph by Google & Bing. But Google is still showing Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram profiles in the Knowledge Graph. You can see the images below:

If Rank Math has only needed options like Facebook and Twitter, So why doesn’t it add Facebook page URL in the website’s structured data? Only Twitter is defined in the structured data or website’s source code. I’m not talking about OpenGraph Meta, I’m talking about Social Meta in structured data (Schema) for Knowledge Graph. I think this is your plugin bug so please fix it immediately because Facebook is an important platform for any business.

Hello @wikihelp360

Google picks that on its own now. They do not have a requirement for these profiles to be mentioned in the Schema output. Please read here:
https://i.rankmath.com/Ut3CGr

The reason the plugin has the fields for Facebook & Twitter is for the social media images and the OG data.

When someone fills in the FB app ID, the plugin flushes the cache on Facebook as soon as someone publishes/updates a post. Also, the same data is used inside article:publisher & article:author tags when the post Schema is set to Article.

The other plugins might be following outdated Google guidelines and that’s what gives Rank Math an edge over others. We always follow the most updated guidelines set forth by Google.

Hope that clears the confusion and helps. If there’s anything else we can help you with, please let us know.

We are here to assist. Thank you.

Hello @wikihelp360

Also, if you are still willing to add it, you can do so by utilizing the following code:

add_filter( 'rank_math/json_ld', function( $data, $jsonld ) {
	if ( ! isset( $data['Organization'] ) ) {
		return $data;
	}
	$fb_url = RankMath\Helper::get_settings( 'titles.social_url_facebook' );
	if ( $fb_url ) {
		$data['Organization']['sameAs'][] = $fb_url;
	}
	return $data;
}, 99, 2 );

Hope that helps further. Thank you.

I want to show Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin social meta in structured data (schema).

Hello @wikihelp360

You can utilize the following code and update accordingly:

add_filter( 'rank_math/json_ld', function( $data, $jsonld ) {
	if ( ! isset( $data['Organization'] ) ) {
		return $data;
	}
	$fb_url = RankMath\Helper::get_settings( 'titles.social_url_facebook' );
	if ( $fb_url ) {
		$data['Organization']['sameAs'] = [
            $fb_url,
            'https://instagram.com/profile',
            'Twitter profile URL',
        ];
	}
	return $data;
}, 99, 2 );

Hope that helps. Thank you.