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Best WordPress Plugins for Search Engine Optimisation

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · SEO

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for search engine optimisation 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. Translate WordPress with GTranslate 96/100
  4. 4. All in One SEO 95/100
  5. 5. SEOPress 93/100
  6. 6. GetGenie 91/100
  7. 7. SureRank SEO 90/100
  8. 8. WP Recipe Maker 89/100
  9. 9. SiteSEO 88/100
  10. 10. Internal Link Juicer: SEO Auto Linker for WordPress 88/100
  11. 11. Slim SEO 88/100
  12. 12. Yoast Test Helper 87/100
  13. 13. Meta Tag Manager 86/100
  14. 14. Clearfy Cache 86/100
  15. 15. Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 86/100
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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4 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 GetGenie
Free by Roxnor

GetGenie

AI powered SEO assistant & content writer with 40+ templates, chatbot, NLP keyword research, AEO, GEO, SEO analysis for WordPress,

4.8★
from 118 ratings
80k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
91

WPScore

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7 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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8 WP Recipe Maker
Free by Brecht

WP Recipe Maker

The easy and user-friendly recipe plugin for everyone. Automatic JSON-LD metadata for food AND how-to recipes will improve your SEO!

5★
from 354 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
89

WPScore

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9 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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11 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 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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13 Meta Tag Manager
Free by Marcus (aka @msykes)

Meta Tag Manager

Easily add and manage custom meta tags to various parts of your site or on individual posts, such as Yahoo and Google verification tags.

4.8★
from 84 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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14 Clearfy Cache
Free by Creativemotion

Clearfy Cache

Optimize and tweak WordPress by disable unused features. Improve performance, SEO and security using Clearfy — super easy, fast and zero code.

4.7★
from 339 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
86

WPScore

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15 Social Preview and Open Graph Tags
Free by Saad Iqbal

Social Preview and Open Graph Tags

Control how your WordPress posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and custom post types look when shared on Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Slac …

4.6★
from 122 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org