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YOAST SEO: THE #1 WORDPRESS SEO PLUGIN
Need some help with your search engine optimization? Need an SEO plugin that helps you reach for the stars? Yoast SEO is the original WordPress SEO plugin since 2008. It is the favorite tool of millions of users, ranging from the bakery around the corner to some of the most popular sites on the planet. With Yoast SEO, you get a solid toolset that helps you aim for that number one spot in the search results. Yoast: SEO for everyone.Yoast SEO does everything in its power to please both visitors and search engine spiders. How? Below you’ll find a small sampling of the powers of Yoast SEO:
TAKING CARE OF YOUR WORDPRESS SEO
The most advanced XML Sitemaps functionality at the push of a button.
Full control over site breadcrumbs: add a piece of code and you’re good to go.
Set canonical URLs to avoid duplicate content. Never have to worry about Google penalties again.
Title and meta description templating for better branding and consistent snippets in the search results.
[Premium] Expand Yoast SEO with the News SEO, Video SEO, Local SEO and WooCommerce SEO extensions.
[Premium] Need help? Yoast SEO Premium users get 1 year free access to our awesome support team.
Note: some features are Premium. Which means you need Yoast SEO Premium to unlock those features. You can get Yoast SEO Premium here!WRITE KILLER CONTENT WITH YOAST SEO
Content & SEO analysis: Invaluable tools to write SEO-friendly texts.
The snippet preview shows you how your post or page will look in the search results – even on mobile. Yoast SEO Premium even has social media previews!
[Premium] The Insights tool shows you what your text focuses on so you can keep your article in line with your keywords.
[Premium] Multiple focus keywords: Optimize your article for synonyms and related keywords.
[Premium] Automatic internal linking suggestions: write your article and get automatic suggested posts to link to.KEEP YOUR SITE IN PERFECT SHAPE
Yoast SEO tunes the engine of your site so you can work on creating great content.
Our cornerstone content and internal linking features help you optimize your site structure in a breeze.
Integrates with Google Search Console: See how your site performs in the search engines and fix crawl errors.
Manage SEO roles: Give your colleagues access to specific sections of the Yoast SEO plugin.
Bulk editor: Make large-scale edits to your site.
[Premium] Social previews to manage the way your page is shared on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
[Premium] Redirect manager: It keeps your site healthy by easily redirecting errors from Google Search Console, deleted pages and changed URLs.BUG REPORTS
Bug reports for Yoast SEO are welcomed on GitHub. Please note GitHub is not a support forum, and issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.FURTHER READING
For more info on search engine optimization, check out the following:The Yoast SEO Plugin official homepage.
The Yoast SEO Knowledgebase.
WordPress SEO – The definitive Guide by Yoast.
Other WordPress Plugins by the same team.
Follow Yoast on Facebook & Twitter.
FROM WITHIN WORDPRESS
Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
Search for ‘Yoast SEO’
Activate Yoast SEO from your Plugins page.
Go to “after activation” below.
MANUALLY
Upload the wordpress-seo folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the Yoast SEO plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Go to “after activation” below.
AFTER ACTIVATION
You should see (a notice to start) the Yoast SEO configuration wizard.
Go through the configuration wizard and set up the plugin for your site.
You’re done!
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