Switching SEO plugins doesn't move your meta titles and descriptions for you. Each plugin stores them under its own meta keys, so the old data sits in your database unread until it's copied into the new plugin's fields, and Pro's conflict detection flags any page where both plugins hold a different value.
Yoast stores its meta title under its own field, Rank Math under a different one. Activating Rank Math after Yoast doesn't copy one into the other. Rank Math simply won't find anything in its own fields and will fall back to its default title format.
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With the old plugin, say Yoast, still active, run a scan in the Bulk Editor to pull every page's current title and description into the grid.
Keep the scanned data populated if you're doing the switch in one session.
Switch from Yoast to Rank Math, or the reverse, as you normally would.
Run a new scan, now detecting Rank Math as active, re-enter the values in the grid or use Bulk Import from Spreadsheet on Pro, then save. Everything gets written into Rank Math's own fields.
No. The old data stays in your database, but the new plugin won't read it since it uses different meta keys, until it's copied over.
Pro's conflict detection flags any page where both plugins hold a different value, so you can resolve it rather than one silently overwriting the other.
Yes. Scan the old plugin's data, then bulk-write it into the new plugin's fields the same way you'd bulk-edit any meta title.
Scan, switch plugins, re-write, all inside the Free tier for up to 20 pages per batch.
