McCrossen Marketing

McCrossenSEO™ handles all standard on-page SEO requirements out of the box — meta titles and descriptions, robots meta, canonical URLs, Open Graph, Twitter/X cards, JSON-LD schema markup, XML sitemap generation, redirect management, and bulk editing.
Free features (no account required):
<ul>
<li>Meta title and description management per post, page, and custom post type</li>
<li>Character count indicators (60 for titles, 160 for descriptions)</li>
<li>Global title pattern with configurable separator</li>
<li>Robots meta controls (noindex, nofollow, max-snippet, max-image-preview, max-video-preview)</li>
<li>Canonical URL management with paginated content support</li>
<li>Open Graph meta (title, description, image) with fallback chain</li>
<li>Twitter/X Card meta with card type selector</li>
<li>JSON-LD schema markup (Article, WebPage, BreadcrumbList, Organization, LocalBusiness)</li>
<li>XML sitemap with configurable post types and automatic noindex exclusion</li>
<li>Redirect manager (301, 302, 307)</li>
<li>Bulk editor for titles and descriptions across all content</li>
<li>Internal link suggestions</li>
<li>Import from Yoast, RankMath, AIOSEO, and SEOPress (one-click migration)</li>
<li>Analytics and tracking code injection (GA4, GTM, Facebook Pixel) — only loads when administrator configures IDs</li>
<li>Site verification codes (Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster)</li>
<li>robots.txt editor</li>
<li>Diagnostics panel with rate-limited automatic error reporting</li>
</ul>
Optional connected features (requires McCrossen Marketing account):
<ul>
<li>URL Optimization scoring across 59 ranking signals</li>
<li>AI-powered SEO recommendations</li>
<li>One-click Plugin Bridge: apply meta titles, descriptions, headings, alt text, and schema changes directly from the platform to your WordPress site</li>
<li>Platform-pushed llms.txt with audit-score-weighted content</li>
</ul>
The free version is fully functional as a standalone SEO plugin. No account or external connection is required for free-tier features.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to external services depending on which features the site administrator enables. The plugin makes zero external connections by default. All listed services activate only after explicit administrator configuration or connection.
<h4>McCrossen Marketing Platform</h4>
When: Only when the site is connected via the “Connect to McCrossen” button under McCrossenSEO™ > Connect2McCrossen. 
What is sent: Site URL, WordPress version, PHP version, plugin version, account identifier, and installed McCrossen plugin list. (The plugin also sends sanitized error reports rate-limited to one per error type per hour, even when not connected, to surface plugin-specific issues to the maintainer. This can be disabled by deactivating the plugin.) 
Why: Authenticated delivery of platform-generated SEO recommendations, audit data, and (where the account permits) llms.txt content. 
Service URL: https://mccrossenmarketing.com 
Privacy Policy: https://mccrossenmarketing.com/privacy-policy/ 
Terms of Service: https://mccrossenmarketing.com/terms-of-service/
<h4>Google Analytics 4</h4>
When: Only when an administrator configures a GA4 Measurement ID under McCrossenSEO™ → Tracking & Verification. 
What is loaded: The <code>gtag.js</code> script from <code>https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js</code>. 
Where: Site frontend, in <code><head></code> for site visitors, only on installs that have configured a GA4 Measurement ID. 
Service: Google Analytics — https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/
<h4>Google Tag Manager</h4>
When: Only when an administrator configures a GTM Container ID under McCrossenSEO™ → Tracking & Verification. 
What is loaded: The GTM script from <code>https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js</code>, and a <code><noscript></code> iframe fallback to <code>https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html</code>. 
Where: Site frontend, only on installs that have configured a GTM Container ID. 
Service: Google Tag Manager — https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/tag-manager/
<h4>Meta (Facebook) Pixel</h4>
When: Only when an administrator configures a Facebook Pixel ID under McCrossenSEO™ → Tracking & Verification. 
What is loaded: The pixel script from <code>https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js</code> and a tracking image from <code>https://www.facebook.com/tr</code>. 
Where: Site frontend, only on installs that have configured a Pixel ID. 
Service: Meta Platforms — https://www.facebook.com/policy.php and https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools

McCrossenSEO

WordPress SEO plugin with meta management, schema markup, XML sitemap, Open Graph, redirect manager, and optional platform-powered optimization.

WebFactory

<a href="https://wp301redirects.com/?ref=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">301 Redirects</a> helps you manage and create 301, 302, 307 redirects for WordPress site to improve SEO & visitor experience. 301 Redirects is easy to use. Perfect for new sites or repairing links after reorganizing your old content, or when your site has content that expires and you wish to avoid sending visitors to a 404 error page and want to create redirection instead. Use the 404 error log to identify problematic links & create new redirections.
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301 Redirects GUI is located in WP Admin – Settings – 301 Redirects 
404 Error Log widget can be found in the WP Admin – Dashboard – 404 Error Log
Features
<ul>
<li>Choose from Pages, Posts, Custom Post types, Archives, and Term Archives from dropdown menu to create redirection</li>
<li>Or, set a custom destination URL!</li>
<li>Retain query strings across redirects</li>
<li>Super-fast redirection</li>
<li>404 error log</li>
<li>404 error log widget</li>
<li>Import/Export feature for bulk redirects management</li>
<li>Simple redirect stats so you know how much a redirection is used</li>
<li>Fully compatible with translation plugins (Weglot, TranslatePress, Gtranslate, Loco Translate) that use lang prefix in URL</li>
</ul>
Need more features? 
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What is a 301 Redirect? 
A redirect is a simple way to re-route traffic coming to a Requested URL to different Destination URL.
A 301 redirect indicates that the page requested has been permanently moved to the Destination URL, and helps pass on the Requested URLs traffic in a search engine friendly manner. Creating a 301 redirect tells search engines that the Requested URL has moved permanently, and that the content can now be found on the Destination URL. An important feature is that search engines will pass along any clout the Requested URL used to have to the Destination URL.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/70Yn_lO_8BA?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
When Should I use 301 Redirects? 
* Replacing an old site design with a new site design 
* Overhauling or re-organizing your existing WordPress content 
* You have content that expires (or is otherwise no longer available) and you wish to redirect users elsewhere
Is the 404 error log GDPR friendly? 
The 404 error log does not collect user IPs. It collects the following data: timestamp of the event, the (404) URL that was opened, and the user-agent string.
Having problems with SSL? Moving a site from HTTP to HTTPS? 
Install our free <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-force-ssl/" rel="ugc">WP Force SSL</a> plugin. It’s a great way to enable SSL and fix SSL problems.
External libraries used in the project 
* <a href="https://github.com/donatj/PhpUserAgent" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP User Agent Parser</a>

301 Redirects – Redirect Manager

As soon as you install this plugin and try to access the settings, you're hit with this huge screen trying to get you to go to pro. I instantly uninstalled and will use something else.

Removed instantly


This plugin saves a lot of time for me. Recommended. 


Easy to use plugin

Useful

Manage 301 & 302 redirects. Simple redirection & redirects validation. Includes redirect stats & 404 error log.

McCrossenSEO vs 301 Redirects – Redirect Manager