Rank Math SEO 1.0.49

Does Rank Math SEO work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
2JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 376.82 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version5.5.1
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 2,000,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/
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Pages 4

Setup Wizard - Rank Math

Page screenshot: Setup Wizard - Rank Math
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=rank-math-registration
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=seo-by-rank-math%2Frank-math.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=25f25bc17c
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 4.729 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "ReferenceError: lodash is not defined\n    at Object.1 (/wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:975)\n    at a (/wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:110)\n    at Module.81 (/wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:2012)\n    at a (/wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:110)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:902\n    at /wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:912",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Tools → Scheduled Actions

Page screenshot: Tools → Scheduled Actions
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=action-scheduler
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.292 s
Memory usage 3.17 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Rank Math

Page screenshot: Rank Math
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=rank-math-registration
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.211 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "ReferenceError: lodash is not defined\n    at Object.1 (/wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:975)\n    at a (/wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:110)\n    at Module.81 (/wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:2012)\n    at a (/wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:110)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:902\n    at /wp-content/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/assets/admin/js/common.js?ver=1.0.49:1:912",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.378 s
Memory usage 2.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.737 s0.662 s-0.075 s2.75 MiB3.05 MiB+ 307.8 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.399 s0.292 s-0.107 s2.8 MiB3.17 MiB+ 377.67 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php2.970 s2.646 s-0.324 s4.54 MiB5 MiB+ 467.16 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.630 s0.498 s-0.132 s2.63 MiB2.99 MiB+ 365.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.243 s0.274 s+0.031 s2.64 MiB2.97 MiB+ 333.81 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.297 s0.338 s+0.041 s2.6 MiB2.96 MiB+ 366.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.378 s0.312 s-0.066 s2.64 MiB3 MiB+ 366.91 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.783 s2.728 s+0.945 s4.53 MiB4.98 MiB+ 457.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.873 s0.462 s-0.411 s2.61 MiB2.97 MiB+ 366.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.237 s0.363 s+0.126 s2.65 MiB3 MiB+ 365.23 KiB
/0.614 s0.342 s-0.272 s2.51 MiB2.87 MiB+ 370.82 KiB
Average 0.833 s0.811 s-0.022 s2.99 MiB3.36 MiB+ 376.82 KiB

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 16

Options wp_options 14

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
scheduled-actionScheduled Actions

Capabilities 16

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Rank Math SEO Admin Menus