Any SEO knows how the work can be labour-intensive, complicated and requiring very detailed attention. If you have been working as one already or just setting foot on it, you’ll be glad to know that there is almost a plugin to simplify each type of task or process. With thousands of them though, it’s hard to sift through all of them. It’s almost finding a needle in a haystack. Today, we’re going to share some of the essential plugins and some of them the most downloaded in the field of SEO. So here goes.
1. Wordpress SEO by YOAST is one of the most popular and most downloaded plugin. Since it is a comprehensive solution to SEO, it is perfect for beginners and pros alike. It allows you to do many things:
a. Analyse content in a powerful way
b. Add title tag, meta description and meta keywords to each page and post on your site
c. Customise the title for your main site, archives, category and tag pages
d. Add Open Graph meta data, Twitter Card and Sitemaps
Similar alternatives to Yoast are the All in One SEO Pack which before Yoast and The SEO Framework which provides an unbranded, fast and automated SEO solution.
2. Redirection allows you to set up redirects for broken links and create a more seamless experience for your site users. It also allows you to manage current redirects in the same place.
3. Smush Image Compression and Optimization allows you to compress images on your site using a single button. This tool is ideal for image-heavy websites as it does away with manually compressing each image. The result is a faster page speed which is one of the biggest frustrations you may encounter with SEO work.
10. The All in One Schema.Org Rich Snippets will automate your schema markup implementation if you haven’t gotten well with manually doing it (manual is highly-recommended). Having structured data will attract the search engines and add your links to rich snippets can boost your web presence.
4. Also essential for page speed is W3 Total Cache. This tool reduces load time, increase download speed. It’s one of the most approved tools and the most popular of its kind. Other alternatives include Google Page Speed and Pingdom.
5. Spring clean your website with WP-Optimize. Check out the benefits:
a. Removes unnecessary data
b. Compact/de-fragment MySQL tables with a button
c. Carry out automated clean-ups based on your frequency preference
d. Perform optimisation without manual queries
e. Provides insight savings through database statistics
f. Mobile-friendly
g. Available in different languages
6. Create Sitemaps easily without using a third-party tool with the Google XML Sitemaps. This tool will help search engines to crawl your site. Make sure you submit your XML Sitemap to Google Search Console.
b. Compact/de-fragment MySQL tables with a button
c. Carry out automated clean-ups based on your frequency preference
d. Perform optimisation without manual queries
e. Provides insight savings through database statistics
f. Mobile-friendly
g. Available in different languages
6. Create Sitemaps easily without using a third-party tool with the Google XML Sitemaps. This tool will help search engines to crawl your site. Make sure you submit your XML Sitemap to Google Search Console.
7. Uncover broken links with Broken Link Checker to avoid bad user experience. It also protects your site’s SEO. It will allow you to fix broken links without editing your posts. Note that this tool is resource intensive. We recommend to use it periodically or as needed only.
8. Website security should be one of your top priorities and therefore, All In One WP Security & Firewall should be on your list of SEO essential tools. Viruses, malware and hacking are the worst experience users would want to avoid, and they put your rankings at risk. This tool will prevent both. As a good security practice, don’t forget that you also need an SSL Certificate.
9. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) is a handy tool for effectively identifying related posts. Keep your users reading momentum by providing them related articles to what they are already interested and reading about. This tool will keep them interested and stay longer in your site. It is great for lowering your bounce rate.
9. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) is a handy tool for effectively identifying related posts. Keep your users reading momentum by providing them related articles to what they are already interested and reading about. This tool will keep them interested and stay longer in your site. It is great for lowering your bounce rate.
10. The All in One Schema.Org Rich Snippets will automate your schema markup implementation if you haven’t gotten well with manually doing it (manual is highly-recommended). Having structured data will attract the search engines and add your links to rich snippets can boost your web presence.
Akismet is a popular plugin to prevent potentially harmful links in the comments section of your pages.
12. Automatically add Accelerated Mobile Pages functionality to your site with the AMP for Wordpress plugin. With Google’s mobile-first index, there is no way for mobile traffic to go but up. Generate quick loading pages with AMP for a smoother mobile experience for users.
There are yet thousands of plugins out there, but these are the most popular ones and some of the most useful ones. Note that some SEO tasks are still better done manually. Carefully select and test plugins that will provide you with real value and will not trade optimum results for convenience.
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