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=== Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI === Contributors: yoast, joostdevalk, tdevalk Donate link: https://yoa.st/1up License: GPLv3 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html Tags: SEO, XML sitemap, Content analysis, Readability, Schema Tested up to: 7.0 Stable tag: 27.8-RC5 Requires PHP: 7.4

Improve your SEO with real-time feedback, schema, and clear guidance. Upgrade for AI tools, Google Docs integration, and 24/7 support, no hidden fees.

== Description ==

Yoast SEO: The #1 WordPress SEO Plugin

Since 2008, Yoast SEO has helped millions of websites worldwide improve their visibility and SEO performance. Our mission is SEO for Everyone — from small local businesses to some of the most visited sites on the web.

Yoast SEO gives you everything you need to manage your on-site SEO effectively. The Yoast SEO Premium plugin and its extensions unlock even more advanced and AI-powered tools.

Handing you the competitive edge

SEO is the most consistent and cost-effective source of website traffic — but it can be complex. Whether you're just starting out or an advanced user, Yoast SEO helps you handle SEO confidently and efficiently.

Don't have time to stay on top of AI search and best practices? Keeping Yoast SEO updated means you automatically benefit from ongoing technical improvements, schema updates, and AI advancements — all guided by our signature traffic light approach.

Empower search engines to better understand your website using Schema.org structured data integration, and access in-depth content and readability analysis tools that help you create content designed to perform well in search.

Quick and easy setup

Setting up Yoast SEO is quick and straightforward — no technical background required. Our step-by-step configuration wizard walks you through essential setup details so Yoast SEO can generate accurate structured data that helps search engines understand your site.

Switching from another SEO plugin like Rank Math or AIOSEO? Migration is seamless. Import your existing SEO data and settings safely with our built-in import/export tools.

Content and AI features

Unlock your content's full potential with Yoast SEO's advanced content analysis and AI-powered tools.

Content optimization features:

AI features (included in Premium):

These tools help you craft optimized, helpful content that resonates with readers and performs strongly across search platforms.

Taking care of your technical SEO

Yoast SEO automatically handles much of your site's technical SEO, freeing you to focus on your content.

Key technical SEO features:

Every update delivers ongoing technical SEO enhancements automatically.

Keep your website in perfect shape

Whether you're a creator, business owner, or developer, Yoast SEO helps maintain your website's SEO health:

Powerful integrations

Yoast SEO works seamlessly with popular WordPress tools to enhance your workflow and results:

Yoast SEO Premium – AI-powered SEO for WordPress

Yoast SEO Premium enhances everything in Yoast SEO with advanced automation, AI tools, and professional support. Trusted by millions, it helps you optimize efficiently for both traditional and AI-driven search.

Tackle your SEO challenges:

Premium highlights:

Includes at no extra cost:

Yoast WooCommerce SEO – Advanced SEO for Online Stores

Yoast WooCommerce SEO builds on Yoast SEO Premium with ecommerce-specific tools to improve your store's visibility and conversion potential.

Key ecommerce SEO features:

Benefits:

Built for WooCommerce, trusted by thousands of online stores worldwide.

For Developers

Yoast SEO is built with developers in mind. With modern APIs, hooks, and a unified indexables system, you can extend or integrate SEO functionality across custom themes, plugins, or headless setups.

REST API

Retrieve SEO metadata for any post or URL, including meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, and Schema.org data. Learn more about the REST API.

Surfaces API

Access SEO data directly in code via YoastSEO()->meta->for_current_page(). Supports titles, descriptions, canonicals, and schema. Read the Surfaces API documentation.

Metadata API

Use the Metadata API to filter, override, or extend meta tags with WordPress hooks such as wpseo_title, wpseo_metadesc, and wpseo_canonical.

Schema API

The Schema API lets you modify or extend Schema.org graph pieces, including Article, Organization, Person, Breadcrumb, and WebPage entities.

Block Editor compatibility

Yoast SEO integrates directly with the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg). It outputs schema for HowTo and FAQ blocks by default, and developers can extend schema for custom blocks.

Indexables

At the core of Yoast SEO lies the indexables system, unifying all SEO data for faster queries and consistent metadata across outputs.

Ongoing support and education

Yoast is powered by expert developers, testers, and SEO specialists who keep improving the plugin. We're committed to helping users grow their SEO skills with resources such as:

Yoast SEO — built to make search optimization accessible, reliable, and ready for the future of AI search.

== Installation == Starting with Yoast SEO consists of just two steps: installing and setting up the plugin. Yoast SEO is designed to work with your site’s specific needs, so don’t forget to go through the Yoast SEO first-time configuration as explained in the ‘after activation’ step! For the most up-to-date guidance on how to install Yoast SEO products, please visit our help center.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do the XML Sitemaps in the Yoast SEO plugin work? =

Having an XML sitemap can be beneficial for SEO, as Google can retrieve essential pages of a website very fast, even if the internal linking of a site isn’t flawless. The sitemap index and individual sitemaps are updated automatically as you add or remove content and will include the post types you want search engines to index. Post Types marked as noindex will not appear in the sitemap. Learn more about XML Sitemaps.

= How can I add my website to Google Search Console? =

It is straightforward to add your website to Google Search Console.

  1. Create a Google Search Console account and login into your account.
  2. Click ‘Add a property’ under the search drop-down.
  3. Enter your website URL in the box and click ‘Continue’.
  4. Click the arrow next to ‘HTML tag’ to expand the option.
  5. Copy the meta tag.
  6. Log in to your WordPress website.
  7. Click on ‘SEO’ in the dashboard.
  8. Click on ‘General’.
  9. Click on the ‘Webmaster Tools’ tab.
  10. Paste the code in the Google field and click ‘Save Changes’.
  11. Go back to Google Search Console and click ‘Verify’.

If you want more details steps, please visit our article on our help center.

= How do I implement Yoast SEO breadcrumbs? =

The steps below are a temporary solution as manual edits made to theme files may be overwritten with future theme updates. Please contact the theme developer for a permanent solution. We’ve written an article about the importance of breadcrumbs for SEO.

To implement the breadcrumbs function in Yoast SEO, you will have to edit your theme. We recommend that prior to any editing of the theme files, a backup is taken. Your host provider can help you take a backup. Copy the following code into your theme where you want the breadcrumbs to be. If you are not sure, you will need to experiment with placement:

Common places where you could place your breadcrumbs are inside your single.php and/or page.php file just above the page’s title. Another option that makes it really easy in some themes is by just pasting the code in header.php at the very end.

In most non-WooTheme themes, this code snippet should not be added to your functions.php file. Alternatively, you can manually add the breadcrumb shortcode to individual posts or pages: [wpseo_breadcrumb]

If you need more details or a step by step guide, read our Implementation guide for Yoast SEO breadcrumbs.

= How do I noindex URLS? =

Yoast SEO provides multiple options for setting a URL or group of URLs to noindex. Read more about how to do this in this guide.

= Google shows the wrong description, how do I fix this? =

If you’ve crafted nice meta descriptions for your blog posts, nothing is more annoying than Google showing another description for your site completely in the search result snippet.

Possible causes could be:

  1. wrong description in code
  2. Google cache is outdated
  3. Search term manipulation
  4. Google ignored the meta description

You can read more here on how to solve the issue with the wrong description.

= How often is Yoast SEO updated? =

Yoast SEO is updated every two weeks. If you want to know why, please read this post on why we release every two weeks!

= How do I get support? =

As our free plugin is used by millions of people worldwide, we cannot offer you all one on one support. If you have trouble with the Yoast SEO for WordPress plugin, you can get help on the support forums here at wordpress.org or by checking out our help center at yoast.com/help/.

The plugins you buy at Yoast are called ‘premium plugins’ (even if Premium isn’t in its name) and include a complete year of free updates and premium support. This means you can contact our support team if you have any questions about that plugin.

Read more on how to get support

= What happens to my data if I enable usage tracking? =

This page on yoast.com explains what data we collect to improve Yoast SEO. We only collect data when you explicitly opt in. Read more about how we handle your data in our Privacy Policy.

= I have a different question than listed here =

Your question has most likely been answered on our help center: yoast.com/help/.

== Screenshots ==

  1. The modern interface makes Yoast SEO easy to work with.
  2. Easily manage how your posts and pages appear in SERPs.
  3. Yoast SEO Premium has extra crawl optimization options.
  4. Yoast SEO integrates with tools like Semrush and Wincher.
  5. The famous SEO and readability analyses in Yoast SEO.
  6. See what your post looks like in Google.
  7. The First-time configuration helps you get started quickly.
  8. The inclusive language analysis in Yoast SEO.

== Changelog ==

= 27.8 =

Release date: 2026-06-09

Enhancements

Bugfixes

Other

= 27.7 =

Release date: 2026-05-27

Yoast SEO 27.7 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Bugfixes

Other

= Earlier versions = For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to the changelog on yoast.com.

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