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Best WordPress Plugins for Indexing Control

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Sitemaps & Indexing

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for indexing control 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. XML Sitemap Generator for Google 93/100
  5. 5. SEOPress 93/100
  6. 6. SureRank SEO 90/100
  7. 7. WP Sitemap Page 90/100
  8. 8. SiteSEO 88/100
  9. 9. Slim SEO 88/100
  10. 10. XML Sitemap & Google News 86/100
  11. 11. SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer 86/100
  12. 12. Virtual Robots.txt 85/100
  13. 13. Hide Posts 85/100
  14. 14. Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google 85/100
  15. 15. Page-list 84/100
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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5 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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6 SureRank SEO
Free by Brainstorm Force

SureRank SEO

Lightweight SEO assistant for meta tags, schema and structured data, XML sitemaps, Open Graph previews, robots.txt, and Search Console.

4.8★
from 41 ratings
400k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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7 WP Sitemap Page
Free by Tony Archambeau

WP Sitemap Page

Add a sitemap on any of your page using the simple shortcode [wp_sitemap_page]. Improve the SEO and navigation of your website.

4.8★
from 205 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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8 SiteSEO
Free by Softaculous

SiteSEO

SiteSEO is an easy, fast and powerful SEO plugin for WordPress. Unlock your Website's potential and Maximize your online visibility with our SiteSEO!

4★
from 9 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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9 Slim SEO
Free by Anh Tran

Slim SEO

An AI SEO plugin for WordPress that's lightweight and fast. Automatically generates meta tags, sitemaps, schemas and more with no bloat.

4.7★
from 136 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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12 Virtual Robots.txt
Free by Marios Alexandrou

Virtual Robots.txt

Virtual Robots.txt automatically creates a robots.txt file for your site. Your robots.txt file can be easily edited from the plugin settings page.

4.3★
from 10 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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13 Hide Posts
Free by MartinCV

Hide Posts

Hide posts or WooCommerce products from the homepage, archives, search, RSS, REST API, sitemaps and SEO tools — per-post control in any editor.

4.7★
from 22 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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15 Page-list
Free by webvitalii

Page-list

[pagelist], [subpages], [siblings] and [pagelist_ext] shortcodes

4.7★
from 89 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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