There are plenty of great plug-ins, but the ones on this list will enhance your SEO efforts.
1. SEO Yoast
This plugin’s probably one of the most used and popular WordPress SEO plugins by over five million websites. One of its best features is the XML sitemap management which allows you to easily create your own sitemaps. You don’t have to code and then fix it if something in’t working.
For content lovers, there’s the content optimization snippet preview which allows you to add your keyword, meta description and meta title to preview them as they appear on search. You also get tips and indications whether your content needs more on-site optimization, including reduction of keyword stuffing.
Moreover, Yoast SEO helps you identify and avoid duplicate content so you don’t get penalized by Google.
2. SEO Framework
Here’s another great plugin for small businesses instead of big companies. The interface looks like it’s integrated into WordPress, so it delivers fast SEO solutions and it’s time efficient. Not to mention that interacting with it feels very natural.
It has an AI built making it very interesting and it automatically optimizes your pages, so it gives you lots of possibilities to create a better website. It comes preconfigured but also gives you the option to change any settings you want. You can improve search results and the social presence too.
3. Broken Link Checker
This plugin parses your whole website and shows you how many broken links you have. You can find said list in a new tab of the WP admin panel – “Tools” -> “Broken Links”. Whenever you find them, there are some actions you can take: “Edit link”, “Unlink”, “Not broken”, and “Dismiss”.
4. All in One Schema Rich Snippets
This plugin can be used to improve the appearance in search engine results with rich snippets. The plugin can be used at its best for schema implementations, such as Recipes, Events, People, Products, Articles and so on.
Using it will give more accurate information to search engines about your website, help your results stand out in SERP and give you a competitive advantage.
5. Rank Math
This plugin helps you optimize your content and outrank your competitors. One of the coolest things is that it supports schema-based themes and also AMP pages.
With Rank Math you can check lots of errors and get a lot of information for your website:
. easy setup using the step-by-step installation and configuration wizard;
. rank tracking option to follow your keywords positions and LSI keyword integration;
. advanced website analysis section to spot any errors that need to be fixed;
. a modular framework so you can have complete control of your website;
. smart redirection manager;
. 40 monitor that identifies and fixes any 404 pages;
. internal linking management and suggestion;
. Google Search Console Integration;
. Easy configuration for rich snippets and so many more.
6. All in One SEO Pack
Here’s an easy WordPress plugin for beginners and small businesses that want to improve their website and increase their rankings, but it does has advanced features and an API for developers; for example:
. XML Sitemap support;
. Google AMP support;
. Google Analytics Integration;
. Webmaster verification options for Google, Bing, and Pinterest;
. Automatically generated meta tags;
. Built-in API and compatibility with a lot of other plugins;
. advanced canonical URLs and many more.
7. SEOPress
This simple fast and very powerful SEO plugin has loads of features that you can easily enable or disable as per required:
. Discover your suggestion for your content through Google’s suggestion.
. Fine tune with a content analysis tool.
. You can track Google event and traffic from the dashboard.
. It is very easy to create and manage 301, 302 and 307 redirects.
. You will be able to check the performance of your site with Google page speed.
. It allows you to implement Google structured data, such as product, article, event, local business, review, video, course, recipe and so on.