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    • Kate_balls
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      • alishachina
        alishachina last edited by

        All in one SEO Plugin:

        1. Yoast
        2. Rank Math
        3. All in one SEO pack

        The best SEO plugins for WordPress include Yoast SEO for its intuitive interface and comprehensive functionality, All-in-One SEO Pack for tools for users of all levels, and Level Rank Math for the easy-to-install and convenient option. These plugins help with on-page SEO, meta-tag management, and content analysis to improve search engine rankings.

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        • connectinfosoft
          connectinfosoft last edited by

          WordPress offers a wide range of SEO plugins to help optimize your website for search engines. Here are some of the best SEO plugins for WordPress:

          1. Yoast SEO
          2. All in One SEO
          3. Rank Math
          4. Schema Pro
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          • sarahwalsh
            sarahwalsh last edited by

            Our Bristol summer house company, uses Yoast, it allows us to add meta titles and descriptions very easily.

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            • marketingsandiegohills
              marketingsandiegohills @KERRYLOPEZ_1 last edited by

              @KERRYLOPEZ_1 I use RankMath, one thing that is a bit strange is that RankMath is required to add number to the article title. If you don't use number your score will decrease. Using this plugin is helpful for SEO beginners. Thanks RankMath, my website San Diego Hills is on Google page one on several keywords

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              • sientatrip
                sientatrip last edited by

                Yoast SEO is one of the most widely used SEO plugins for WordPress. It offers a comprehensive set of features, including on-page optimization, XML sitemap generation, meta tag management, content analysis, readability analysis, and more. It provides actionable recommendations to improve your website's https://aircompressorinsider.com/ SEO. Similar to Yoast SEO, All in One SEO Pack is a powerful SEO plugin with a range of features. It allows you to optimize meta tags, generate XML sitemaps, improve social media integration, and control other SEO settings. It is user-friendly and suitable for beginners.

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                • mishainfotech221
                  mishainfotech221 last edited by

                  Yoast SEO: Yoast SEO is one of the most widely used and comprehensive SEO plugins. It offers features like XML sitemap generation, content analysis, meta tag optimization, readability analysis, and social media integration.
                  All in One SEO Pack: The All in One SEO Pack is a powerful plugin that offers a range of features for optimizing your WordPress site.
                  Rank Math: Rank Math is a feature-rich SEO plugin that provides advanced on-page SEO analysis, keyword optimization, XML sitemap generation, redirection management, schema markup support, and more.
                  SEO Press: SEOPress is a comprehensive SEO plugin that offers features like XML sitemap generation, meta tag optimization, content analysis, social media integration, and breadcrumbs support. It also includes advanced features like Google Analytics integration, broken link checker, and redirection management.
                  Schema Pro: While not a full-fledged SEO plugin, Schema Pro specializes in adding schema markup to your website. Schema markup helps search engines understand your content better and can improve your visibility in search results. Schema Pro offers a user-friendly interface to add schema markup without any coding.

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                  • Kateparish
                    Kateparish last edited by

                    1. Yoast SEO: Yoast SEO is the most popular SEO plugin for WordPress, offering features such as keyword optimization, XML sitemaps, metadata editing, content analysis, and more.

                    2. All in One SEO Pack: All in One SEO Pack offers a comprehensive suite of SEO tools, such as automated meta tags, custom post types, and support for Google Analytics.

                    3. SEOPress: SEOPress offers a suite of advanced SEO features including 301 redirects, canonical URLs, and hreflang tags.

                    4. Rank Math: Rank Math offers a suite of powerful SEO features such as automatic meta tags, advanced analytics, and custom post types.

                    5. SEO Squirrly: SEO Squirrly helps you optimize your content with keyword research, content analysis, and link building tools.

                    6. SEO Framework: SEO Framework helps you optimize your website with features such as automated meta tags, content analysis, and link building.

                    7. The SEO Framework: The SEO Framework helps you optimize your website with features such as automated meta tags, content analysis, and link building.

                    8. SEOPress Pro: SEOPress Pro offers advanced features such as XML sitemaps

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                    • Abigail_Brown
                      Abigail_Brown last edited by

                      There are many SEO plugins available for WordPress, but some popular ones include Yoast SEO, All in One SEO Pack, and The SEO Framework. Ultimately, the best SEO plugin for your website will depend on your specific needs and preferences. It's recommended to read reviews and compare the features of different plugins to determine which one is the best fit for you.
                      Alakmalak Technologies can help with the installation and setup of an SEO plugin on your WordPress website. They can also assist with configuring the plugin settings and optimizing the website content for better search engine rankings.

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                      • johnhussain765
                        johnhussain765 last edited by

                        1.Yoast seo plugin- to check overall seo score
                        2. google sitekit- to use google analytics and audit your site progress
                        3. Yoast dublicate post
                        4. Testimonials by ModernThemes
                        5. Redirection

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                        • TimHolmes
                          TimHolmes last edited by

                          Hi there, I would certainly think about using Yoast & Yoast Premium, it has some great features and will interogate each page of your WP installtion allowing you to make the most of your content.

                          I would then also consider using tools such as Googles Site Kit, JetPack and W3 Total Cache to give your side the best speed boosts possible as these will also help you with your SEO gains.

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                          • marketingsandiegohills
                            marketingsandiegohills @Vanderlindemedia last edited by

                            @Vanderlindemedia I agree

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                            • Vanderlindemedia
                              Vanderlindemedia last edited by

                              There's no such thing as a "SEO plugin" ... It's just an addition that adds basic functionality wordpress in the first place lacks, such as a independent title, description per page. But did you know google can read and determine the page or website on it's own without the help of a plugin doing all that?

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                              • popgek
                                popgek last edited by

                                Hi! Definitely Yoast SEO
                                It is the simplest, clearest and most effective
                                👍

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                                • emanualstrn
                                  emanualstrn last edited by

                                  Rank Math & Yoast are the best one in my views

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                                  • AppleRoofCleaning
                                    AppleRoofCleaning Subscriber last edited by

                                    WE use Rank Math and very much like it

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                                    • KERRYLOPEZ_1
                                      KERRYLOPEZ_1 Banned last edited by

                                      The best SEO plugin for WordPress are:
                                      Yoast SEO

                                      Yoast SEO is the #1 WordPress SEO plugin. Content & SEO analysis with invaluable tools to write SEO-friendly texts. For each post, the snippet preview shows you how your post or page will look in the search results – even on mobile. Yoast SEO Premium even has social media previews.

                                      WordPress SEO Plugin – Rank Math

                                      Rank Math helps you get ranked higher by making your website SEO-friendly and your content worthy of featured Position. Rank Math gives you a competitive edge with its powerful and easy-to-use features. Whether you are a novice or an SEO veteran, Rank Math can take your SEO game to the next level. Rank Math will assess your website on 40 SEO factors.

                                      All in One SEO Pack

                                      The most popular plugin for managing WordPress SEO and Open Graph social meta. Use All in One SEO Pack to optimize your WordPress site for SEO. It’s easy and works out of the box for beginners, and has advanced features and an API for developers.

                                      SEOPress

                                      SEOPress is a powerful plugin to optimize your SEO, boost your traffic, improve social sharing, build custom HTML and XML Sitemaps, create optimized breadcrumbs, add schemas / Google Structured data types, manage redirections 301 and so much more.

                                      W3 Total Cache

                                      W3 Total Cache (W3TC) improves the SEO and user experience of your site by increasing website performance and reducing load times by leveraging features like content delivery network (CDN) integration and the latest best practices.

                                      Google XML Sitemaps

                                      Use this plugin to greatly improve SEO to create special XML sitemaps which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, and to better index your site.

                                      Or, Watch this video to discover more about the best SEO plugin for WordPress in 2022.

                                      Yoast SEO

                                      Yoast SEO is the #1 WordPress SEO plugin. Content & SEO analysis with invaluable tools to write SEO-friendly texts. For each post, the snippet preview shows you how your post or page will look in the search results – even on mobile. Yoast SEO Premium even has social media previews.

                                      WordPress SEO Plugin – Rank Math

                                      Rank Math helps you get ranked higher by making your website SEO-friendly and your content worthy of featured Position. Rank Math gives you a competitive edge with its powerful and easy-to-use features. Whether you are a novice or an SEO veteran, Rank Math can take your SEO game to the next level. Rank Math will assess your website on 40 SEO factors.

                                      All in One SEO Pack

                                      The most popular plugin for managing WordPress SEO and Open Graph social meta. Use All in One SEO Pack to optimize your WordPress site for SEO. It’s easy and works out of the box for beginners, and has advanced features and an API for developers.

                                      SEOPress

                                      SEOPress is a powerful plugin to optimize your SEO, boost your traffic, improve social sharing, build custom HTML and XML Sitemaps, create optimized breadcrumbs, add schemas / Google Structured data types, manage redirections 301 and so much more.

                                      W3 Total Cache

                                      W3 Total Cache (W3TC) improves the SEO and user experience of your site by increasing website performance and reducing load times by leveraging features like content delivery network (CDN) integration and the latest best practices.

                                      Google XML Sitemaps

                                      Use this plugin to greatly improve SEO to create special XML sitemaps which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, and to better index your site.

                                      Or, Watch this video to discover more about the best SEO plugin for WordPress in 2022,

                                      https://youtu.be/O1i6GA3-Elw

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                                      • Provobro
                                        Provobro last edited by

                                        Don’t forget that a caching plugin like “wp supercache” is essential to reduce page load time

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                                        • dewowebco
                                          dewowebco last edited by

                                          All in one SEO plugins:

                                          Yoast
                                          Rank math
                                          Rank math has an interesting feature.
                                          Internal Link suggestions – Rank Math will suggest other content on your site to link to while you’re working in the editor.

                                          I advise installing both Yoast and Rank math, especially if you plan to use them for free. Each has some unique features.

                                          Plugins to boost website performance:
                                          Ewww Image Optimizer - all you need to make your images load faster.

                                          Asset Cleanup - increase website speed by removing render-blocking resources. For example, you can remove unnecessary javascript or CSS files from loading from certain pages. Be careful with this plugin, or ask the developer to help.

                                          Plugin Organizer is easier for users than Asset Cleanup. For example, you can disable contact forms everywhere except for a contact page.
                                          we used yoast and love it

                                          Wp Total Cache - browser caching, CDN, minifying and deferring CSS and javascript files.

                                          I find these plugins very helpful.

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                                          • Stockbull
                                            Stockbull Subscriber Banned last edited by

                                            in my opinion yoast is best seo wordpress plugin i have using in last 2 years in my website.

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                                            • Bella8Corey
                                              Bella8Corey last edited by

                                              For me personally, the best seo plugins are:
                                              WP Rocket
                                              XML-sitemap from google
                                              WP Rocket
                                              The fewer plugins, the better for site speed)))

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                                              • dinerobits
                                                dinerobits last edited by

                                                Below are some of the best SEO plugins for WordPress for me:

                                                WP Rocket
                                                Redirection
                                                Complianz
                                                Yoast SEO
                                                Pretty Links

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                                                • theuser23
                                                  theuser23 @Flipmedia112 last edited by

                                                  @flipmedia112 said in What are the best SEO plugins for WordPress?:

                                                  nagged about

                                                  Thank you for this interesting information and sorry for my late reply.

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                                                  • TaisaDesigner
                                                    TaisaDesigner last edited by

                                                    I have been using Rank Math (free version) lately and I am very happy with it, The paid one seems interesting, but I do use another external SEO tool.

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                                                    • Flipmedia112
                                                      Flipmedia112 @theuser23 last edited by

                                                      @theuser23 @Azlan23

                                                      Great advice regarding site speed and plugins to optimise the speed of the site.

                                                      I have a client that purchased Yoast Premium and later Rank Math Premium. We found that when both were installed both nagged about the other being installed.

                                                      Worse still Rank Math initially disabled Yoast Premium and Redirections when it was enabled.

                                                      I tend to favour Yoast as having been around for longer and is understood by more people which can help is using freelancers to optimise content.

                                                      I also have an issue that Rank Math disabled the "Redirections" plugin with no attempt to import the redirects that this plugin was implemented.

                                                      Hope this helps

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                                                      • mohdrushan
                                                        mohdrushan Banned last edited by

                                                        Yoast for e-commerce website
                                                        Rankmath for blog and business site

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                                                        • Divakar
                                                          Divakar last edited by

                                                          Below are some of the best SEO plugins for WordPress:
                                                          Yoast SEO
                                                          All in One SEO
                                                          The SEO Framework
                                                          Rank Math
                                                          Google Site Kit
                                                          Redirection

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                                                          • WorldWebTechnology
                                                            WorldWebTechnology last edited by

                                                            Here I mentioned 2 Plugins.

                                                            1. Yoast SEO
                                                            2. All in one SEO

                                                            Yost SEO :

                                                            Yoast is one of the most popular SEO plugins for WordPress, and this is not a coincidence. this plugin offers a lot of flexibility to improve SEO with the easiest methods. You can check many things, such as titles, meta descriptions, and keyword use. Yoast SEO is also a very friendly beginners users and if you have knowledge about the tool, you can use the advanced menu.

                                                            All in one SEO :

                                                            Use of this plugin, you can add meta tags, add schema markup, optimize social share, generate XML Sitemaps, and many more. It has a feature that shows a TruSEO score for your web pages which helps you create more search engine friendly & user-friendly content. Plus, you can do a complete website SEO audit with the just one click.

                                                            Both plugins are good to use.

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                                                            • Azlan23
                                                              Azlan23 last edited by

                                                              there is a lot of plugins like rank math, all-in-one SEO, Yoast, etc.

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                                                              • theuser23
                                                                theuser23 last edited by

                                                                Hi webmaster,

                                                                All in one SEO plugins:

                                                                1. Yoast
                                                                2. Rank math

                                                                Rank math has an interesting feature.
                                                                Internal Link suggestions – Rank Math will suggest other content on your site to link to while you’re working in the editor.

                                                                I advise installing both Yoast and Rank math, especially if you plan to use them for free. Each has some unique features.

                                                                Plugins to boost website performance:
                                                                Ewww Image Optimizer - all you need to make your images load faster.

                                                                Asset Cleanup - increase website speed by removing render-blocking resources. For example, you can remove unnecessary javascript or CSS files from loading from certain pages. Be careful with this plugin, or ask the developer to help.

                                                                Plugin Organizer is easier for users than Asset Cleanup. For example, you can disable contact forms everywhere except for a contact page.

                                                                Wp Total Cache - browser caching, CDN, minifying and deferring CSS and javascript files.

                                                                I find these plugins very helpful.

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                                                                • DanielBernhardt

                                                                  Does the Location of my Server effect my SEO?

                                                                  Does the geographic Location of my Server effect my SEO? HELP US! We are arguing for 3 weeks already. My partner has mentioned multiple times in the past that  "since 2013 google does not require your server to be in the country you are targeting for seo"
                                                                  And that actually all they care about is if its a good and fast server - not where its physically located in the world. I am a strong believer that the geographic location of your server directly effects your SEO ranking... lets say if you want to target www.google.ru for your seo, best you have a server located in Russia for hosting your website.. WHO IS RIGHT? Choose the winner and base the facts.
                                                                  If anybody has the correct answer and information to base it on it will help us alot - and maybe even spare some unnecessary violent between us two! we found some articles across the web, sadly they are all dated back to 2012.... Thanks in Advance for all the help guys!

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