Essential Plugins for WordPress SEO and How to Use Them

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Essential Plugins for WordPress SEO and How to Use Them

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is the most powerful way to improve traffic to your WordPress website. Yes, high quality and valuable content is essential, but it needs the right structure, while being optimised for search engines. 

The good news is WordPress makes this easy with a full range of WordPress SEO plugins, designed to help you boost visibility, improve your ranking, and simplify the most technical tasks..

The Genie Crawl team recommend the following essential plugins for WordPress SEO:

Yoast SEO

Yoast SEO is probably the most popular WordPress SEO plugin, offering a comprehensive range of tools to help you optimise your web pages with key features including:

  • Real time content analysis with suggestions regarding meta descriptions, readability, and keyword use
  • Easy editing for meta tags
  • Built in XML sitemap generator

How to use Yoast SEO Plugin for WordPress websites:

Once installed and activated you can head to the plugin dashboard and complete the setup wizard. Each blog post or web page you can scroll down to the Yoast SEO section and input your targeted keyword, editing your meta tags, and checking readability scores. 

Essential Plugins for WordPress SEO and How to Use Them
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Rank Math

Rank Math is another popular WordPress SEO plugin that is lightweight, offering advanced features, including:

Using Rank Math WordPress SEO plugin includes:

Once installed, you can follow the simple setup wizard, connecting your Google account and configuring your SEO settings. Use the on-page SEO analysis to optimise your content.

AIOSEO (All in One SEO)

This plugin for WordPress SEO is ideal for beginners, covering the basics. The features of this plugin includes:

Using AIOSEO is straightforward and easy. Simply install the plugin and navigate to its dashboard, using the smart setup wizard. This helps you adjust page titles, descriptions, and social media previews.

WP Rocket

If you have read our previous blogs, you know the importance of site speed. WP Rocket is an excellent plugin for WordPress SEO that focuses on page speed with key features including:

WP Rocket is easy to use and once activated it automatically applies recommended settings, saving you time and energy. You can check the dashboard for advanced options to improve your loading times and page speeds.

Broken Link Checker

Broken Link Checker is another excellent plugin for WordPress SEO, scanning your site regularly and alerting you of any broken links that can harm your SEO efforts.

Once installed, the plugin automatically scans your site. You can view any broken links in the dashboard, editing or unlinking them in the plugin.

Conclusion

WordPress is a popular website builder that offers the convenience of SEO plugins to help you improve online visibility and drive organic traffic to your website. You may find one or more of these plugins valuable in optimising your content, boosting website speed and fixing any broken links. Genie Crawl is here to assist you with your WordPress SEO. Contact us today to find out more.

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