Jetpack + Rankmath conflict?

Hello @happyaxident,

Thank you so much for reaching out to us.

We tested this on our end but we can’t seem to replicate the issue. The content AI button is showing even with both Rank Math Free and Jetpack plugins installed. Please refer to our video screencast here: https://i.rankmath.com/v/fJrU0n

Can you please ask the user to reconnect their Rank Math account and see if that improves the situation?

To do that, navigate to your WordPress admin area > Rank Math > Dashboard > Help, disconnect, and reconnect their Rank Math account.

Please refer to the screenshots below for your reference:
https://i.rankmath.com/ZvEfVb
https://i.rankmath.com/OZSwOw

Then, head over to WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math → General Settings → Content AI and refresh the credits. Here’s a screenshot for reference: https://i.rankmath.com/i/iVxzbU

Once done, please go back to using Content AI and it should work without any issues.

If that doesn’t help and the issue persists, head over to your WP Dashboard > Rank Math > Status & Tools > System Status and click the “Copy System Info to Clipboard” button, and paste it here so we can further analyze the issue.

Thank you so much for your time debugging this issue.

Hi there,

Thanks for getting back to me! I’ve tried all the steps above and was not able to get the toolbar button to reappear. I did note that I have 0 credits since I haven’t paid for a plan, but I don’t think that would be the source of the problem, since the button does appear when Jetpack is deactivated.

The system details for my test site are below. @kamaleon may also add theirs.

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refresh_token: No token
permissions:
Search Console: Not Given
rank_math_404_logs: Not found
rank_math_redirections: Not found
rank_math_redirections_cache: Not found
rank_math_internal_links: 32 KB
rank_math_internal_meta: 16 KB
rank_math_analytics_gsc: Not found
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rank_math_analytics_inspections: Not found wp-core

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dotorg_communication: true wp-active-theme

name: Twenty Twenty-One (twentytwentyone)
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theme_path: /srv/users/user2f3427a4/apps/user2f3427a4/public/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone
auto_update: Disabled wp-plugins-active (3)

Companion Plugin: version: 1.30, author: Osk, Auto-updates disabled
Jetpack: version: 12.7.1, author: Automattic, Auto-updates disabled
Rank Math SEO: version: 1.0.204, author: Rank Math, Auto-updates disabled wp-server

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current: 2023-10-30T09:42:25+00:00
utc-time: Monday, 30-Oct-23 09:42:25 UTC
server-time: 2023-10-30T09:42:24+00:00 wp-database

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max_connections: 500 wp-constants

WP_HOME: undefined
WP_SITEURL: undefined
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WP_DEBUG: true
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY: true
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CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_CSS: undefined
WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE: Undefined
WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE: undefined
DB_CHARSET: utf8
DB_COLLATE: undefined wp-filesystem

wordpress: writable
wp-content: writable
uploads: writable
plugins: writable
themes: writable

You should setup jetpack completely, not only installing it.

I am the guy that reported the issue.

Hello @happyaxident and @kamaleon,

When we last tested this, we were using a local environment. The Jetpack plugin is set to offline mode and most features are disabled so we went ahead and tested it again on a live site and also made sure that the Jetpack plugin is set up. And with that, we were able to replicate the issue.

We have noticed that the issue is different. Once Jetpack is enabled, a different button is replaced which is the AI assistance from Jetpack. It appears that Jetpack is overriding our AI button when the Jetpack’s AI assistance is enabled.

Looking forward to helping you.

Aha! Thanks for spotting that. I’ve become used to seeing our AI button in the toolbar, so I didn’t notice that it was a difference between Jetpack being activated or deactivated.

So @kamaleon, it looks like the two different AI features of Rankmath and Jetpack are conflicting with each other, where these buttons are concerned.

You might need to decide which plugin you want to use for AI and go with that one.

Let us know if we can be of more help!

The thing is I use Jetpack for other things not related to AI.

I would like to have them both enabled… And using the AI features of rankmath.

Is that possible?

Hello @kamaleon,

Can you please try to disable the JetPack AI programmatically by following the steps here? https://docs.wpvip.com/how-tos/jetpack/

Hope this helps solve your issues.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.