Five Star Business Profile and Schema vs Rank Math
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| Feature | Five Star Business Profile and Schema v2.5.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Rank Math v1.0.280 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7,000+ | 4M+ |
| Last updated | October 22, 2026 | October 6, 2026 |
| Editions | Five Star Business Profile and Schema · Five-Star Business Profile premium ($) | Rank Math SEO · Rank Math SEO PRO ($) |
| Pros | Contact card with opening hours and map link; schema.org structured data from the same business details; Works with WooCommerce product data for product schema | Sitemaps, schema, redirects and robots.txt in one plugin; On-page SEO analysis and 404 monitoring included; Google Search Console and IndexNow connections built in |
| Cons | Premium features need a separate premium licence; Map links rely on Google Maps; Schema output is only as good as the details entered | Content AI needs service credits; Pro features and some modules are upsold in admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | Yes | Yes |
| XML sitemaps | No | Yes |
| Redirects | No | Yes |
| Local SEO | Yes | Yes |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes |
| AI content | No | Paid |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Contact card shortcode and block, Opening hours in the contact card and schema, Schema output per post type, Premium capability gate for paid features ($), Publication checks on structured data output | robots.txt editor, llms.txt generator, Image SEO options, 404 monitor, On-page SEO analysis, IndexNow instant indexing, Google Analytics and Search Console reports, Content AI with credits ($), Role manager for SEO capabilities |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Google Search Console, Google Analytics |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Advanced Custom Fields, BuddyPress |
| Other | Google Maps | IndexNow, Content AI service ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.7 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | rankmath.com, cai.rankmath.com, ai-visibility.rankmath.com, api.indexnow.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, api.wordpress.org, searchconsole.googleapis.com, analyticsadmin.googleapis.com, graph.facebook.com, cdn.mxpnl.com, analyticsdata.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 5 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 12 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |