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Best Free Yoast & Rank Math Plugins

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Yoast & Rank Math

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for seo-plugin users comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Yoast SEO Best overall 98/100
  2. 2. Rank Math SEO 96/100
  3. 3. All in One SEO 95/100
  4. 4. SEOPress 93/100
  5. 5. Yoast Test Helper 87/100
  6. 6. ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO 85/100
  7. 7. Website LLMs.txt 85/100
  8. 8. WPGraphQL Yoast SEO Addon 84/100
  9. 9. Dynamic Month & Year into Posts 84/100
  10. 10. Unbloater 84/100
  11. 11. WP All Import 83/100
  12. 12. Bulk Auto Image Alt Text 82/100
  13. 13. WP All Import 81/100
  14. 14. Linguator AI 81/100
  15. 15. Auto Focus Keyword for SEO 81/100
1 Yoast SEO
Best overall Free by Yoast

Yoast SEO

Real-time SEO guidance, schema, and AI built in. Help search engines and AI systems understand your content. All AI tools included, no hidden fees.

4.8★
from 27,819 ratings
10M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
98

WPScore

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2 Rank Math SEO
Free by Rank Math SEO

Rank Math SEO

Grow your organic traffic and AI visibility with powerful SEO tools, XML sitemaps, Schema automation, and built-in AI SEO, all in one place.

4.8★
from 7,496 ratings
4M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
96

WPScore

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3 All in One SEO
Free by Syed Balkhi

All in One SEO

AIOSEO is the WordPress SEO plugin. Boost SEO rankings with AI SEO tools, schema, meta descriptions, XML sitemaps & rank tracking.

4.7★
from 5,201 ratings
2M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
95

WPScore

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4 SEOPress
Free by Benjamin Denis

SEOPress

WordPress SEO plugin with AI SEO metadata, schema, XML sitemap, redirections & Search Console. Privacy-first, white-label SEO. Now AI-ready.

4.8★
from 1,246 ratings
300k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
93

WPScore

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5 Yoast Test Helper
Free by Yoast

Yoast Test Helper

This plugin makes testing Yoast SEO, Yoast SEO add-ons and integrations and resetting the different features a lot easier.

4.9★
from 12 ratings
60k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
87

WPScore

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7 Website LLMs.txt
Free by Ryan Howard

Website LLMs.txt

Automatically generate and manage LLMS.txt files for LLM/AI content understanding, with full Yoast SEO, Rank Math, SEOPress, and AIOSEO integration.

4.5★
from 13 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
85

WPScore

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9 Dynamic Month & Year into Posts
Free by Gaurav Tiwari

Dynamic Month & Year into Posts

Automate SEO and content with dynamic shortcodes for dates, years, months, age calculations, seasons and countdowns in content, titles and meta.

5★
from 18 ratings
8k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
84

WPScore

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10 Unbloater
Free by christophrado

Unbloater

Remove unnecessary code, nags and bloat from WordPress core and certain plugins.

5★
from 17 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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11 WP All Import
Free by WP All Import

WP All Import

Drag & drop to import from any CSV, Excel, XML, or Google Sheets file into Rank Math SEO's titles, meta descriptions, focus keywords, schema …

4.5★
from 4 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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12 Bulk Auto Image Alt Text
Free by Pagup

Bulk Auto Image Alt Text

Automatic alt text for WordPress and WooCommerce. Dynamic, reversible, and based on your existing SEO context from Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress, or AIOS …

4.2★
from 111 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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13 WP All Import
Free by WP All Import

WP All Import

Drag & drop to import from any CSV, Excel, XML, or Google Sheets file into Yoast SEO's titles, meta descriptions, focus keywords, schema sett …

2.8★
from 11 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
81

WPScore

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14 Linguator AI
Free by Cool Plugins

Linguator AI

AI-powered translation for your WordPress site, fully compatible with Elementor, Gutenberg, WooCommerce, ACF, Rank Math, & Yoast SEO.

4.5★
from 19 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
81

WPScore

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15 Auto Focus Keyword for SEO
Free by Pagup

Auto Focus Keyword for SEO

Automatically fill missing Yoast SEO, Rank Math, SEOPress, or All in One SEO focus keywords from post titles. Batch sync, exclusions, and Pro auto-syn …

5★
from 2 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
81

WPScore

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