There are so many good content management systems like Joomla, Drupal, ocPortal etc, but still majority of the websites and blogs(approx 95 million as on Feb 2016) in the world are powered by WordPress. That’s a huge number of websites. But do you know the main reason behind it? Why WordPress is world best CMS?
Answer is very simple. WordPress is Super SEO Friendly. No one can beat it,when it comes to Search Engine Optimization. WordPress uses well written codes & Google just love it. But this does not mean that by just installing WordPress on your blog you will be ranking high in search engines. If you want to get organic traffic & want to rank well in search engines then you will have to install good quality SEO Plugins on your blog.
Without wasting any time lets have a look at 5 best SEO Plugins for WordPress which You Can Install On Your Blog:
I have personally used all these plugins on my blogs & client websites and would recommend you do the same.
This is my all time favorite plugin and I am currently using it on my blog. This plugin has been created by Joost de Valk and has been downloaded over 7.5 Million times with an average rating of 4.1 out of 5. This clearly shows that it is one of the best Plugin(For Both On-Page & Off-Page SEO) in the market for WordPress. The Best part about this plugin is that it is completely free.
Features: You can set Post Title,Meta Descriptions,Permalinks,Breadcrumbs,Canonical Url,XML Sitemaps and much more on your blog. If you want to make your blog social media friendly then you can even add Facebook Open Graph and Twitter MetaData. If you are using All-In-One SEO or HeadSpace2 SEO Plugin on your blog then with the help of Import Function you can move your SEO data(Meta title and description) into this plugin.
In addition, it previews how your content will look in search engines, controls which pages from your site go to search engines, allows you to control indexing of categories and archives, and so much more.You can even edit your robots.txt and .htaccess file with WP Yoast. With the help of Flesch Reading Ease scale you can check whither your post is easy to read or not.
As compared to other WordPress SEO plugins “WordPress SEO By Yoast” is little complicated but still I Would highly Recommended this to every WordPress blog owner.
All In One SEO Pack is the most popular plugin & has been downloaded most number of times from WordPress Repository. Michael Torbert is the creator of AIO SEO Plugin. If you are new to WordPress or SEO world then this is the plugin which you should install on your blog. For beginners there is no need to change its default settings, just Install it & Activate it.
Features: With the help of this plugin you can avoid duplicate content,optimise post tiles for search engines & can generate meta tags automatically.This plugin also enables you to manually include META tags (title, description and keywords) for each page and post in your web site.You can also add canonical urls, XML Sitemaps & Google Analytics with the help of this plugin.
SEOPressor is at number three in my list of " best seo plugin for wordpress". More than 150k webmasters are using SEOPressor on their blog which clearly shows that it is one of the most powerful On Page SEO Plugin.It has many features which will help you optimize all of your articles and rank you well in Search Engines.
Features Of SEOPressor:
- Over optimization check
- On Page SEO & Multiple LSI keyword analysis
- Check Keyword Density
- Social SEO Integration
- Rich snippets
- Smart linking
- Automatic Smart Linking
You can use SEOPressor with WordPress Yoast. Use Yoast for adding Meta Titles & Meta Descirption & SEOPressor for adding keywords,rich snippets & other on page work.
The sad part about this plugin is that it is a Premium plugin($47) which means that not everyone can afford it. But if are not happy with AIO SEO & WP Yoast and are thinking to hire SEO Expert for doing on site work then please don’t invest your money on hiring so-called SEO expert instead invest your money on SEOPressor.
With the help of this plugin you can automatically create XML sitemap on your blog which will help search engines like Google,Yahoo,Bing to better index your blog. I am using this plugin on my blog and it is very fast,easy to use & uses much less resources. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.
A picture is worth a thousand words,but most of the bloggers just upload pics on their post and do not add correct ALT & Title attributes. As a result they do not get traffic from Images Search Engines especially Google Images. Sometimes Google even penalize websites who do not add proper ALT tages.If you are one of them then you must install SEO Friendly Images Plugin on your blog. This plugin will automatically add Proper ALT & Title attributes on your images. In this way you will get a good amount of traffic from Google Images.
This plugin does exactly what it says. No need to edit your htaccess file.With the help of this plugin you can keep track of 404 errors & handle 301 redirections on your blog. If url of your page/post changes then it will automatically add a 301 redirection,manually you can add 301,302 or 307 redirection.This plugin is very useful if you are changing directory of your blog or migrating your pages/posts in a new website.
He is the guy behind WPSEOTricks and has been working in the Digital Marketing field for the past seven years. He lives in New Delhi, India and loves to educate the masses on WordPress, SEO & Affiliate Marketing. You can hire him for blog consultancy or web development services.
Hi Deepak,
A handy list of must have WordPress plugins. I use XML sitemap & Yoast for my blog and they are working fine. Also WP Smush.it for image optimizing and this seems to be one of the best in class. Thanks for sharing.
Hello!
I’m facing problem with yoast SEO Plugin, Whenever i activete this plugin Page title look like this %%title%% . Is there anyone who can suggest me other best SEOP plugin or tell +me how to remove this error.
Thank you so much for information and your lots of hard work. I tried one by one and found Yoast SEO most powerful and easy. Thanks 🙂
Hi, thank you for sharing your post it’s really useful
regards
harsh
Hi, Deepak all the plugins are best for my work thank you for sharing your post and knowledge
regards
anubhav
Awesome article , as a newbie , my search for a good SEO plugin + a good XML sitemap gen. ended here . Many useful plugin packed up inside a single one. Again, thanks for such an informative article .
For local business owners I would recommend the Local SEO and Business listings plugin. It is specifically for businesses that need local search engine optimization. Great article. Personally for macro SEO needs I use the Yoast plugin and Moz is an incredible resource for staying up to date on all the latest search developments and changes.
Hi admin,
Great post indeed!
this post tells about different seo plugin. all seo plugin is very necesary for every blogger.
there is my favourite plugin (i mean yoast seo plugin) is also mentioned.yoast plugin is very easy to use and friendly seo.Yoast seo is popular in wordpress.
Thanks sharing for this informative post
Regards:
Hafiz junaid
Currently I’m using SEO byYoast optimized for your website. And this is one of the tricks that I enjoyed wordpress. Although you have introduced plugin All In One SEO Pack. I feel pretty good, if given the opportunity I will experiment on my blog. Thanks for your article.
Hello DEEPAK,
Awesome post……. your article is really informative. Really, Yoast and All in One SEO and Google XML Sitemap are amazing. And you have described everything in descriptive, simply yet effective too. You’ve done a great job with this.
Thanks to share this informative article.
Very nice article. I am using seo yoast for my site.
Hello,
Thank you for sharing this awesome collection of SEO WordPress plugins.
Yoast SEO is one of my favorite plugin. It helps you to optimize your meta tags without entering into coding. I am using this plugin in my website.
Keep updating!!!
Just installed Yoast, it is amazing! Thanks for the heads up. Tracking keywords, minimum content and meta stuff has been great! So good for a novice, as it guides you.
Nice article about Best WordPress SEO Plugins as I was just looking for best Best WordPress for a blog. First Plugins WordPress SEO ByYoast is one of the most users Plugins that most of blogger use for SEO purpose !
I don’t understand I’ve set all article to SEO friendly using Yoast SEO, but when I was searching on my google results from the page description, it’s all messed up and it’s not the same as the one I have entered using Yoast SEO.
hello sir
can you tell me about wordpress plugin to avoid
the copy right . because they copy my article and post
on their own site
Thanks bro, i think i need to intall seo friendly images and xml sitemaps….i have the rest installed on my blog alredy
Cool
What do you think about (seo smart links) plugin, i think it should be included on the list too
Wow!!! Really a great list of plugin you got here.Thanks for sharing this…its really informative and educative.Keep doing it.
Nice article about Best WordPress SEO Plugins as I was just looking for best Best WordPress for a blog. First Plugins WordPress SEO ByYoast is one of the most users Plugins that most of blogger use for SEO purpose !
Regard’s
Amandeep
Hi Deepak, good post on WordPress SEO plugins. Which of WP Yoast and All in One SEO do you prefer and would gladly use on a new blog of yours. I’m curious because you included both in the post, giving that they offer the same functions.
Thanks for this great post! Some of them I knew (SEO by Yoast, SEOquake), and I have heard about other, thanks for putting best plugins on one page!
Hi,
Thanks for sharing this informative article. I like the Yoast plugin most. I will definitely install this on my WP website. Keep up the good work.
Hi deepak,
This is very informative and interesting for those who are interested in blogging field.The most useful
WordPress SEO Plugin is my all time favorite plugin and I am currently using it on my blog, Plugins are very helpful for every Blogger.Thank you for sharing the valuable post…..
Good luck for upcoming articles…..
Thanks again!
Awesome post bro my favorite is yoast thanks for sharing this post
The SEO plugins mentioned by you are very useful and they justify the title, they are really a ‘must try’ to make our blog SEO-friendly. Will give it a try.
Hi,
Nice Information for a plugin. Could you please share the information About schema plugin which one is the best n how its work.
Thanks in advance And waiting for your reply
Hi Deepak.
Good post and thank you for sharing this list. I’m using free YOAST plugin also using it’s sitemap generator feature in my blog. Would you like to explain me the best option, using the YOAST sitemap generator or Google XML plugin?
thanks for providing this useful information i am using WP Yoast & XML Sitemap and now installed SEO Friendly Images on your advise,
Very informative
Great post, WordPress is one of the best platforms and is far better than any other for SEO. I agree with you that images are important factors to optimise and that alt tags need to be done properly, otherwise there won’t be traffic as you would expect. I will surely try the “SEO Friendly Images” plugin, I think it will be helpful for images, I will check and use this if it gives a better result.
Thank you for your suggestion.
Plugins are the real life saver in WordPress. Yoast SEO is one of such awesome plugin without which I can’t imagine blogging. Even though they lost a little bit of their trust due to the bug, but I am still with them.
I use All in ONE SEO TOOL any problom
Hi, Deepak
You are a really great list post, very useful plugins for beginners. thanks for this great list, I’m using WordPress by Yoast and it’s working really well. Yoast is really the best tool. Thanks for sharing this post.
Yoast is best SEO plug in for wordpress in my opinion. Its very easy to use and handy.
The UI of the Yoast is great.
what is redirecting plugin? please describe I am confused about this.help
Hello,
I will surely use this 5 SEO plugins,
they are so useful.
Thank you for these plugins.
Which WordPress plugins should I install on my startup blog?
What is a good “about author” plugin for WordPress Blogs?
I think all in one seo pack and yoast seo contains xml sitemap feature, so if you use one of them, there is no need xml sitemap plugin.
What are the best free SEO plugins for a WordPress blog?
Hey Deepak,
I tried all in one SEO pack.it worked pretty decently. the best is that for a beginner there is no need to change its default settings, just Install it & Activate it. you are good to go But definitely gonna try SEO
Friendly images & will give you feedback.
cheers,
Hey, Deepak
This is a Really nice article. I am using SEO by Yoast, Google XML sitemaps and SEO friendly images. I have heard that SEOpressor is good but it is premium, so I need to think twice before buying it. Thank you very much, Deepak!!
Yoast SEO plugin is not working on my WP Site??
It is installed but not activate..
Please,help me…
The sad part about this plugin is that it is a Premium plugin($47) which means that not everyone can afford it. But if are not happy with AIO SEO & WP Yoast and are thinking to hire SEO Expert for doing on site work then please don’t invest your money on hiring so-called SEO expert instead invest your money on SEOPressor.
Hi,
Thanks for posting. I didn’t actually know there were so many SEO plugins available on WordPress.
I always went with Yoast, mainly due to it’s good reputation.
I recently moved over to RankMath and i’ve seen some good results with it so far. It seems to have many more features than Yoast. As is with all SEO, only time will tell.