12 Best WordPress SEO Plugins

Boost your website's search engine rankings with the most effective WordPress SEO plugins. Features include keyword optimization, content analysis, and technical SEO tools.

Yoast SEO icon

Yoast SEO

Active Installations: 10,000,000+

4.8

27,758 ratings

Updated: 3/18/2025

Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the Yoast SEO plugin.

LiteSpeed Cache icon

LiteSpeed Cache

Active Installations: 6,000,000+

4.8

2,617 ratings

Updated: 3/26/2025

All-in-one unbeatable acceleration & PageSpeed improvement: caching, image/CSS/JS optimization...

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings icon

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

Active Installations: 3,000,000+

4.9

7,065 ratings

Updated: 3/26/2025

Rank Math SEO is the best WordPress SEO plugin with the features of many SEO and AI SEO tools in a single package to help multiply your SEO traffic.

All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic icon

All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic

Active Installations: 3,000,000+

4.7

4,667 ratings

Updated: 3/27/2025

AIOSEO is the most powerful WordPress SEO plugin. Improve SEO rankings and traffic with comprehensive SEO tools and smart AI SEO optimizations!

XML Sitemap Generator for Google icon

XML Sitemap Generator for Google

Active Installations: 1,000,000+

4.8

2,216 ratings

Updated: 11/24/2024

Generate multiple types of sitemaps to improve SEO and get your website indexed quickly.

SEOPress – On-site SEO icon

SEOPress – On-site SEO

Active Installations: 300,000+

4.8

1,105 ratings

Updated: 3/5/2025

SEOPress, a simple, fast and powerful all in one SEO plugin for WordPress. Rank higher in search engines, fully white label. Now with AI.

The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. icon

The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless.

Active Installations: 200,000+

4.9

363 ratings

Updated: 11/26/2024

The fastest feature-complete SEO plugin for professional WordPress websites. Secure, fast, unbranded, and automated SEO. Do less; get better results.

LuckyWP Table of Contents icon

LuckyWP Table of Contents

Active Installations: 100,000+

4.9

836 ratings

Updated: 1/24/2025

Creates SEO-friendly table of contents for your posts/pages. Works automatically or manually (via shortcode, Gutenberg block or widget).

WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post icon

WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post

Active Installations: 40,000+

4.9

109 ratings

Updated: 4/18/2024

Automatically Redirect any 404 page to a Similar Post based on the Title Post Type & Taxonomy using 301 or 302 Redirects!

YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin icon

YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

Active Installations: 100,000+

4.8

1,104 ratings

Updated: 11/11/2024

The best WordPress plugin for displaying related posts. Simple and flexible, with a powerful proven algorithm and inbuilt caching.

Contextual Related Posts icon

Contextual Related Posts

Active Installations: 70,000+

4.8

196 ratings

Updated: 1/27/2025

Display related posts for your WordPress site with inbuilt caching. It supports blocks, shortcodes, widgets, and custom post types!

SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker, SEO analyzer, SEO optimizer icon

SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker, SEO analyzer, SEO optimizer

Active Installations: 20,000+

4.8

170 ratings

Updated: 2/11/2025

SEO checker, content analysis & SEO optimizer. Rank higher on search engines with 301 redirects, XML sitemaps & one-click setup.

How We Rank Plugins

To determine the Best WordPress SEO Plugins we used a comprehensive scoring system that considers multiple factors. We analyze active installations, download counts, user ratings, and rating consistency on a weekly basis. To ensure quality, we only include plugins with a substantial number of reviews. This methodology helps us identify plugins that are not only popular but also consistently reliable and well-maintained.