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Simply SEO provides everything you need for on-page SEO without the bloat of larger SEO plugins.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Custom SEO title per post/page</li>
<li>Meta description with automatic fallback to content excerpt</li>
<li>Meta keywords support</li>
<li>Canonical URL override per post</li>
<li>Robots control (noindex/nofollow) per post</li>
<li>Custom social media image (Open Graph / Twitter Cards)</li>
<li>Configurable title format with placeholders</li>
<li>Default fallback image for social sharing</li>
<li>Full Gutenberg editor integration</li>
<li>Classic editor support</li>
<li>Enable/disable per post type</li>
<li>Search and 404 page robots settings</li>
<li>Clean, WordPress-native UI</li>
<li>No external requests</li>
<li>Lightweight and fast</li>
</ul>
Archive & Taxonomy SEO (New in 1.0.2):
<ul>
<li>SEO fields for categories, tags, and custom taxonomies</li>
<li>Custom title and description per taxonomy term</li>
<li>Social image per taxonomy</li>
<li>noindex/nofollow control per taxonomy</li>
</ul>
Schema.org / JSON-LD (New in 1.0.2):
<ul>
<li>Automatic structured data output</li>
<li>WebSite schema with search action</li>
<li>Organization schema on homepage</li>
<li>Article schema for blog posts</li>
<li>WebPage schema for pages</li>
<li>CollectionPage schema for archives</li>
<li>BreadcrumbList schema for navigation</li>
<li>Rich snippets ready</li>
</ul>
Breadcrumbs (New in 1.0.2):
<ul>
<li>Shortcode: <code>[simply_seo_breadcrumbs]</code></li>
<li>Template function: <code>simply_seo_breadcrumbs()</code></li>
<li>Schema.org markup included</li>
<li>Customizable separator and home text</li>
<li>Automatic hierarchy detection</li>
</ul>
URL Redirects (New in 1.0.6):
<ul>
<li>301 (permanent) and 302 (temporary) redirects</li>
<li>Easy-to-use admin interface</li>
<li>Enable/disable individual redirects</li>
<li>Hit counter for tracking redirect usage</li>
<li>Prevents redirect loops</li>
<li>No database tables – uses WordPress options</li>
</ul>
Available Placeholders for Title Format:
<ul>
<li><code>%title%</code> – Post/page title</li>
<li><code>%sitename%</code> – Site name</li>
<li><code>%tagline%</code> – Site tagline</li>
</ul>
Shortcode Attributes:
<ul>
<li><code>separator</code> – Separator between items (default: ›)</li>
<li><code>home_text</code> – Text for home link (default: Home)</li>
<li><code>show_home</code> – Show home link (default: true)</li>
<li><code>show_current</code> – Show current page (default: true)</li>
</ul>
Example: <code>[simply_seo_breadcrumbs separator="/" home_text="Start"]</code>
<h3>Development</h3>
The Gutenberg sidebar panel source code is located in the <code>src/</code> directory.
To build from source:
<ol>
<li>Install dependencies: <code>npm install</code></li>
<li>Build for production: <code>npm run build</code></li>
<li>For development with watch mode: <code>npm run start</code></li>
</ol>
The compiled output is placed in the <code>build/</code> directory.

Simply SEO

A lightweight SEO plugin with just the essentials: meta tags, schema markup, breadcrumbs, and redirects.

sh1zen

Flexy SEO is a flexible WordPress SEO plugin for managing the technical SEO signals that search engines and social networks read from your site.
Use it to create dynamic SEO titles, meta descriptions, canonical URLs, robots directives, schema.org structured data, Open Graph metadata, Twitter Cards, XML sitemaps, redirects, 404 monitoring and breadcrumbs from one modular control panel.
The plugin is built for site owners, developers and agencies who want practical SEO tools without account lock-in, external tracking or a required subscription.
<h4>Main SEO features</h4>
<ul>
<li>SEO title and meta description templates for posts, pages, archives, taxonomies and custom post types.</li>
<li>Dynamic replacement variables such as title, description, excerpt, site name, pagination, query vars and custom meta values.</li>
<li>Search snippet preview with title and description length counters.</li>
<li>Canonical URL output and index/follow controls.</li>
<li>Schema.org structured data for WebSite, WebPage, Article, NewsArticle, Organization, Person, BreadcrumbList and other supported graph types.</li>
<li>Knowledge Graph settings for organization data, logo, contact details and social profiles.</li>
<li>Open Graph metadata for Facebook and social sharing.</li>
<li>Twitter Card metadata with large image support.</li>
<li>XML sitemap at <code>sitemap.xml</code> with post type, taxonomy, priority and change frequency settings.</li>
<li>Search engine sitemap ping support for Google, Bing and custom endpoints.</li>
<li>Redirect manager for 301, 302 and 410 rules.</li>
<li>Automatic redirects when supported post or term URLs change.</li>
<li>404 monitor to review missing URLs and create redirects from the log.</li>
<li>SEO audit for titles, meta descriptions, image alt text, heavy images, image dimensions, noindex status and canonical availability.</li>
<li>Automatic missing image alt text generation using configurable templates.</li>
<li>Standard breadcrumbs and Flexed Breadcrumbs for custom breadcrumb structures.</li>
<li>Webmaster verification fields for Google, Bing, Yandex and Baidu.</li>
<li>Modular settings so unused SEO features can be disabled.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why choose Flexy SEO?</h4>
Flexy SEO focuses on the essentials of technical SEO for WordPress: clean metadata, structured data, crawlable sitemaps, redirect handling and content checks.
<ul>
<li>Complete SEO toolkit: manage metadata, schema, social previews, sitemaps, redirects, 404s and breadcrumbs.</li>
<li>Flexible templates: build reusable SEO patterns for posts, pages, categories, archives and custom content types.</li>
<li>Developer friendly: supports custom post types, custom taxonomies and replacement variables for advanced WordPress setups.</li>
<li>Performance aware: modules can be enabled or disabled depending on the needs of the site.</li>
<li>Privacy friendly: Flexy SEO does not require an external account and does not collect or send site data.</li>
<li>Free plugin: no required email subscription and no paid account needed to use the included features.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Common use cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Improve WordPress SEO metadata across posts, pages, products, listings, archives and categories.</li>
<li>Add schema markup and social sharing metadata without editing theme files.</li>
<li>Generate and manage an XML sitemap for search engines.</li>
<li>Find missing SEO titles, weak meta descriptions, image issues and canonical problems.</li>
<li>Monitor 404 errors and fix broken URLs with redirects.</li>
<li>Create breadcrumbs for themes that need a simple or custom breadcrumb structure.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer functions</h4>
Flexy SEO also exposes helper functions for theme developers, including:
<ul>
<li><code>wpfs_document_title()</code></li>
<li><code>wpfs_the_title()</code></li>
<li><code>wpfs_get_the_description()</code></li>
<li><code>wpfs_get_mainImageURL()</code></li>
<li><code>wpfs_get_post_excerpt()</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Donations</h4>
Flexy SEO is free. If you want to support development, you can donate here: 
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Flexy SEO

WordPress SEO plugin with meta tags, schema markup, XML sitemap, redirects, 404 monitor, SEO audit and breadcrumbs.

Simply SEO vs Flexy SEO