Simple, Free, Lightweight, and Open-Source
Tired of heavy SEO suites? This plugin gives you the essentials without the fuss. It’s open‑source, GPL‑licensed, and built to help search engines find and show your content the right way – fast setup, clean results.
Download
Download the Open WP SEO Plugin for free from this link and visit the projects GitHub page for installation instructions and more.
What you get
- Set titles and meta descriptions per post or across post types.
- Auto‑generate meta when you leave fields blank.
- XML sitemaps for content and images.
- Pings Google and Bing when you publish or update.
- Open Graph tags for sharp link previews.
- Canonical URLs for posts, tags, and categories.
- Decide what gets indexed – tags, categories, archives, or single pages.
- Works with custom post types and is easy to translate.
- Quick SEO status in the dashboard and post list.
- Optional content compression and Google Analytics support.
- Set Schema.org snippets to your post and page head elements.
Note: Multisite installs aren’t supported.
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History
The Open WordPress SEO plugin was developed by Mike Moisio back in 2017. Currently it is being updated to adapt the changing world of SEO.