_yoast_wpseo_ and _metaseo_ META KEYs

  • Resolved jrvcosta

    (@jrvcosta)


    2 years, 9 months ago

    I noticed that when I export my site’s XML data, several meta_keys ‘_metaseo_metatitle’ are empty, like this:

    <wp:postmeta>
<wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_metaseo_metatitle]]></wp:meta_key>
<wp:meta_value><![CDATA[]]></wp:meta_value>
</wp:postmeta>

    So, do you think it would be safe to delete all of them via MySQL (below)?

    DELETE FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = '_metaseo_metatitle' AND meta_value = ''

    I also have ‘_metaseo_metadesc’ empty. In other cases, its content is duplicated from ‘_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description’ which brings me to another question: what are these ‘_metaseo_’ fields?

    Are they native to wordpress? Could they come from some other plugin?

    It would it be safe to delete them (in cases where they are empty or are identical to the ‘_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-‘ value)?

    Thank you in advance!

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  • Plugin Support Michael Ti?a

    (@mikes41720)

    Hi @jrvcosta

    Since Yoast SEO 14.0, we introduced the indexables. Where we moved the data from wp_postmeta to our custom database tables for more efficient querying. You can learn more about it here – https://developer.yoast.com/blog/upcoming-release-yoast-seo-14-0-indexables/

    However, the data in wp_postmeta, if I’m not mistaken, is used as a fallback, so we don’t recommend deleting any tables.

    Could you check if your website is using the latest version of Yoast SEO 18.2 and that the SEO data optimization process for the indexables (under WP admin dashboard > SEO > Tools) is completed?

    Plugin Support Michael Ti?a

    (@mikes41720)

    Hello,

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