How do I set Meta Description using RankMath on my e-commerce website since the product description itself is counted as the Meta Description?

[BoGrumpus]

That’s the default – it always just grabs the first X characters from a post/page and uses that as the default. Just click on that and start typing, if memory serves. It’s been a while since I actually hit the “post” button on a post that wasn’t already set up by the person tasked with copying and pasting all the content and setting all the settings appropriately.

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[seo-nerd-3000]

For e-commerce products in RankMath you can set meta descriptions individually by editing each product and scrolling down to the RankMath SEO section below the editor. If you have hundreds of products that is obviously not practical so you can use RankMath’s variable system in the titles and descriptions template under Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Products. Use variables like %title% %excerpt% %sep% %sitename% and it will auto-generate descriptions from your product data. Not perfect but way better than leaving them blank.

[seo-nerd-3000]

In RankMath you can set the meta description for any page including product pages by scrolling down to the RankMath SEO section below the editor or clicking the RankMath icon in the top right. There is a snippet editor that lets you customize the title and meta description independently from the page content. For e-commerce sites specifically I would keep the meta description short and action oriented with the product name, key selling point, and a call to action. Google will often override your meta description with content from the page anyway if it thinks something else is more relevant to the search query so do not stress too much about it being perfect.