name: "Yoast SEO WordPress Search Optimization Plugin" slug: "yoast-seo-wordpress-search-optimization-plugin" description: "Yoast SEO is the long-running WordPress SEO plugin from Yoast, used to manage metadata, XML sitemaps, schema output, readability checks, and search appearance settings from inside wp-admin. It fits content teams and site operators who need repeatable on-page SEO controls without custom code for each site." github_stars: 1938 verification: "security_reviewed" source: "https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo" author: "Yoast" category: "WordPress & CMS" framework: "Multi-Framework" tool_ecosystem: github_repo: "Yoast/wordpress-seo" github_stars: 1938
Yoast SEO WordPress Search Optimization Plugin
Yoast SEO is the long-running WordPress SEO plugin from Yoast, used to manage metadata, XML sitemaps, schema output, readability checks, and search appearance settings from inside wp-admin. It fits content teams and site operators who need repeatable on-page SEO controls without custom code for each site.
Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo.git
- composer install
- yarn
- yarn workspace @yoast/ui-library watch:js
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
Here's a guide on how to install Yoast SEO in your WordPress site.
Want to contribute to Yoast SEO?
At Yoast, we make use a specific toolset to develop our code. Please ensure you have the following tools installed before contributing.
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/HEAD/README.md