WordPress is one of my favorite CMS applications, and I cannot live without WordPress for my website and SEO needs.
If you are building a WordPress website for SEO purposes (which you should), here is a guide for you to bring in the best SEO elements for any WordPress website for SEO to flourish and get you rankings and traffic.
Here is the list of WordPress Plugins that we recommend for SEO:
- RankMath or Yoast
- HFCM
- Classic Editor
- Google Web Stories
- Contact Form 7
- Slider
RankMath is one of the first plugins that one should install when building a WordPress website because it helps you do a lot of things for the SEO of the website.
RankMath helps you set up Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster account and verify them easily
RankMath helps you update the meta tags, page titles, and meta descriptions.
RankMath helps you set up the schema for every page.
While these are the basics and must-haves for every page/post, you can also set canonical URLs, schema, and instructions for the Robots.
HFCM – Header Footer Code Manager
I am not a coder and that is the reason I like WordPress and this plugin called HFCM.
This plugin helps me update the various code snippets that are supposed to sit in the header or footer of the website.
We implement Google Analytics or Google Ads tracking code, which can be easily implemented using this plugin.
You can implement the required code on all the pages of the website or select any one of the pages from the list provided by this plugin.
Classic Editor
Most of the old users are accustomed to the old WordPress interface and are not comfortable with the new block editor.
The Classic Editor WordPress plugin helps you edit the blog content in the old style of the WordPress interface.