Rank Math vs Yoast SEO: News
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| Feature | Rank Math v1.0.280 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Yoast SEO: News v12.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 4M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 6, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Rank Math SEO · Rank Math SEO PRO ($) | Yoast SEO: News ($) |
| Pros | 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 | Adds NewsArticle schema for posts; Generates a Google News XML sitemap; Googlebot-News noindex control per post |
| Cons | Content AI needs service credits; Pro features and some modules are upsold in admin | Needs Yoast SEO installed and active; Paid licence needed for updates; Only useful for sites that publish news content |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | Yes | Yes |
| XML sitemaps | Yes | Yes |
| Redirects | Yes | No |
| Local SEO | Yes | No |
| WooCommerce | Yes | No |
| AI content | Paid | No |
| Free version | Yes | No |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 ($), Role manager for SEO capabilities | Google News XML sitemap ($), NewsArticle schema on posts ($), Googlebot-News noindex tag per post ($), Licence key and updates through Yoast ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | Google Search Console, Google Analytics | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Advanced Custom Fields, BuddyPress | Yoast SEO |
| Other | IndexNow, Content AI service ($) | Yoast licence server ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.6.20 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | 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 | my.yoast.com |
| Blocks | 5 | — |
| Shortcodes | 12 | — |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |