WordPress SEO Plugins
All-in-One SEO Plugins
Plugins like Yoast SEO and Rank Math SEO have multiple basic optimization features.
Some of the features that plugins provide;
- Meta Title & Meta Description Tag Edit
- OGP (Open Graph Protocol) Edit
- Robots.txt Edit
- XML Site Map Link (with configuration options)
- .htaccess Edit
- Structured Data (schema.org) Tags Markup (It allows you to add the necessary schema data according to the page type.)
Apart from the above features, it also offers a few additional configuration settings to make WordPress infrastructure SEO-friendly.
It also provides insight into the readability and SEO performance of content on a page-by-page basis.
Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO has over 10 million downloads.
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
Rank Math SEO
Rank Math SEO plugin has over 3 million downloads.
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/
Imahe Optimization Plugins
WebP Express
An image optimization plugin that converts newly added JPG and PNG format images in the existing media library to WebP format at the desired compression rate, and also has additional configuration settings.
Webp Express plugin has over 300,000 downloads.
Plugin Usage: https://juniortoexpert.com/tr/wordpress-webp-express/
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/webp-express/
Redirection and Link Management Plugins
Link management plugins are used to make 3xx redirects to closed pages and to follow 4xx links.
Redirection
The Redirection plugin is a simple and effective plugin to redirect broken links on the site or to redirect the current page to another page.
The Redirection plugin has over 2 million downloads.
Plugin Usage: https://juniortoexpert.com/tr/wordpress-redirection-eklentisi/
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/
Easy HTTPS (SSL) Redirection
If the current version of the site does not automatically redirect to HTTPS, redirection can be achieved with the Easy HTTPS (SSL) Redirection plugin.
The plugin has over 100,000 downloads.
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/https-redirection/
Better Search Replace
A development assistant plugin that is used to bulk delete/replace manually linked 3xx and 4xx links on pages or to replace/delete any word or description at once, saving you time from multiple manual operations.
Better Search Replace plugin has over 1 million downloads.
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/
Cache Plugins
You can use the following caching plugin alternatives to increase the opening speed performance by caching the HTML, CSS and visual files of the elements that make up the website.
LiteSpeed Cache
Besides plugin caching
- CSS, HTML and JS compression,
- If there is more than one CSS or JS file, combine them into a single file,
- Delay loading images and iframes
and offers many more plus features.
LiteSpeed Cache plugin has over 7 million downloads.
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/
W3 Total Cache
W3 Total Cache plugin, like the LiteSpeed Cache plugin, has many performance improvement features in addition to caching.
The plugin has over 900,000 downloads.
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
Cloudflare
If the website is connected to Cloudflare, a WordPress plugin can be used for simple operations such as clearing the cache.
The plugin has more than 200,000 users.
Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/
