Want to Boost SEO in WordPress? Here’s How

Are you looking for other ways to improve your WordPress SEO outside of Yoast?

I’m not a psychic. I’ve just been in the same situation before.AdvertisementContinue Reading Below

I’d say it’s a pretty good bet that there are tons of us WordPress users out there trying to clean up our page speed or choose an SEO-friendly theme.

I mean, WordPress is used by 64% of all websites whose CMS is known. That’s 40.6% of all websites.

If you flip a coin, you have a 40.6% chance of a website being built on WordPress. That’s a lot.

Maybe that’s why websites like TechCrunch, Star Wars blog, Beyonce, Playstation, Facebook’s Newsroom, eBay, etc. use it.

Even Search Engine Journal is built on WordPress. And we get over 2 million organic visitors per month.

But when it comes to improving SEO efforts on WordPress, I’m often left scouring blogs for a few hints and tips that all center around the Yoast plugin.AdvertisementContinue Reading Below

So, what about all of the other elements that Yoast does not control?

After 11+ years of working on WordPress sites, I’ve put together these actionable tips to help other WordPress site owners improve their SEO strategy