WordPress SEO: The Most Recommended Plugins and Some Tutorials

There are a lot of WordPress SEO plugins to choose from. The SEO tag in the WordPress Plugin Directory has over 445 items. So how do you know which ones to choose? Usually a good place to start is with the recommendations.

I’ve compiled here a list of the most recommended WordPress SEO plugins. These recommendations are from 66 posts specifically recommending plugins.

These recommendations are:

• all free plugins
• less than 2 years old
• sorted by date
• from the best Web Design feeds

These plugins are specifically developed for SEO, therefore, this list excludes Social Bookmarking plugins, Administration Plugins (e.g. such as 301 redirections), Tag Clouds, Related Posts, Performance, Images, and Comment plugins, unless the name of the plugin specifically states it’s for SEO.

At the bottom of this post is a list of articles on WordPress SEO Tips and Tutorials. These are also less than 2 years old, sorted by date, and are from the best Web Design feeds.

Most Recommended WordPress SEO Plugins

Note: The number in parenthesis indicates the number of recommendations out of 66.

1. All in One SEO Pack (49)^{[0][3][4][5][7][8][9][10][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][24][25][27][29][31][32][33][35][36][37][38][39][40][42][43][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][55][56][59][61][63][64][65]}
2. Google XML Sitemaps Generator (31)^{[0][3][4][5][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][16][17][18][20][22][27][29][33][35][36][37][39][40][43][44][47][48][54][60][65]}
3. SEO Friendly Images (19)^{[0][3][4][5][8][9][10][11][13][14][16][18][20][21][26][44][46][54][57]}
4. Platinum SEO Pack (18)^{[0][1][4][7][8][9][12][13][14][15][16][19][20][27][34][36][46][54]}
5. SEO Smart Links (16)^{[0][4][7][8][9][10][13][15][16][19][20][22][30][36][58][62]}
6. HeadSpace2 SEO (13)^{[0][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][18][22][27][58][62]}
7. WordPress SEO by Yoast (Previously Meta Robots WordPress plugin and Breadcrumbs Plugin) (10)^{[2][6][8][12][14][23][27][28][39][41]}
8. SEO Title Tag (10)^{[0][9][10][12][13][14][15][27][46][60]}
9. Robots Meta (10)^{[0][9][11][12][13][16][18][20][33][65]}
10. SEO Slugs (10)^{[0][9][11][13][16][20][26][46][47][58]}
11. Automatic SEO Links (8)^{[0][9][12][13][14][15][21][27]}
12. Sitemap Generator Plugin for WordPress (7)^{[0][12][13][14][19][21][27]}
13. SEO Post Links (7)^{[0][9][12][13][14][27][33]}
14. Broken Link Checker (6)^{[3][9][16][18][20][39]}
15. SEO Ultimate (6)^{[4][7][8][12][14][27]}
16. No Self Pings (5)^{[3][9][16][20][35]}
17. Simple Tags (5)^{[9][10][12][14][27]}
18. Google XML Sitemap for Images (3)^[5][14][21]
19. SEO No Duplicate (3)^[1][9][10]
20. SEO Blogroll (3)^[12][14][27]
21. 404 SEO plugin (3)^[0][13][15]
22. TGFI.NET SEO (3)^[0][9][13]
23. WP Backlinks (3)^[0][13][33]
24. Enforce www. Preference (2)^[16][20]
25. SEO Content Control (2)^[1][4]
26. SEO Data Transporter (2)^[7][45]
27. SEO Super Commments (2)^[10][30]
28. Simple SEO for Paged Comments (2)^[15][18]
29. Nofollow Case by Case (2)^[0][13]
30. Simple SEO (2)^[0][45]
31. cbnet Ping Optimizer (1)^[21]
32. Google Positioner (1)^[9]
33. Greg’s High Performance SEO (1)^[7]
34. Insights (1)^[35]
35. Pingback Optimizer (1)^[21]
36. Random Pages Widget – For Visitors & SEO (1)^[10]
37. Scribe SEO (1)^[7]
    
38. SEO Pressor (1)^[21]
39. SEO Rank Reporter (1)^[1][4]
40. SEO Tool Keyword Density Checker (1)^[1]
41. SEO Tools by SEO-Automatic (1)^[7]
42. SEO Tag Cloud Widget (1)^[46]
43. WP No External Links (1)^[21]
44. WP SEO Master (1)^[46]

Recommended WordPress SEO Plugins

• 0. Top 20 SEO Plugins for WordPress (March 7, 2011)
• 1. 5 Free Recommended SEO WordPress Plugins (Part 2)(Feb 28, 2011)
• 2. WordPress SEO Plugin That Will Be A De Facto Standard (Feb 23, 2011)
• 3. 5 Effective WordPress Plugins That Will Increase Your Search Engine Ranking (Part 1) (Feb 20, 2011)
• 4. 8 Excellent WordPress SEO Plugins (Feb 17, 2011)
• 5. 15 Highly Recommended WordPress Plugins (Feb 14, 2011)
• 6. Why Using Yoast WordPress SEO can Replace up to 5 Plugins (Feb 10, 2011)
• 7. 10 Free and Recommended SEO WordPress Plugins (Jan 20, 2011)
• 8. 10 Awesome all-time wordpress SEO plug-ins (Dec 13, 2010)
• 9. Top 20 SEO Plugins For WordPress (Oct 14, 2010)
• 10. Top 10 SEO WordPress Plugins For Your Website (Oct 9, 2010)
• 11. WordPress SEO Guideline (Jul 11, 2010)
• 12. 13 Best WordPress SEO Plugins Every Blog Should Have (Jun 12, 2010)
• 13. 20 Most Valuable SEO Plugins For WordPress (Apr 17, 2010)
• 14. 20+ Best WordPress Plugins For SEO Purpose (Apr 8, 2010)
• 15. 7 Indispensable WordPress SEO Plugins (Feb 21, 2010)
• 16. 10 WordPress Plugins That Will Help your Search Engine Optimization (Jan 18, 2010)
• 17. Optimizing WordPress for Search Engines (Dec 14, 2009)
• 18. Top 8 Free WordPress SEO Plugins (Dec 8, 2009)
• 19. 6 SEO WordPress plugins (Nov 6, 2009)
• 20. 10 WordPress Plugins That Will Increase Your Search Engine Ranking(Jun 3, 2009)
• 21. 10 Best SEO Plugins for WordPress (no date)

Recommended WordPress Plugins

• 22. Essential Plugins for Every WordPress Installation (Mar 5, 2011)
• 23. 11 Top WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have (Feb 16, 2011)
• 24. 10 Most Important WordPress Plugins (Jan 26, 2011)
• 25. Top 10 Must have WordPress plugins (Jan 14, 2011)
• 26. 10 Free Yet Useful WordPress Widgets to Power-up your Blog (Jan 3, 2011)
• 27. 38 Best Free WordPress Plugins Of Year 2010 (Dec 20, 2010)
• 28. Unleash the Power of WordPress Using Plugin Combos | FreelanceFolder (Dec 10, 2010)
• 29. Most Recommended WordPress Plugins (Dec 8, 2010)
• 30. 7 WordPress Plugins to Interlink Blog Content with Ease (Nov 25, 2010)
• 31. 15 WordPress Plugins which are installed on most of the sites (Nov 25, 2010)
• 32. 15 Really Useful WordPress Plugins That Every Blogger Should Know (Nov 22, 2010)
• 33. Enhance your website: Top 20 great wordpress plugins (Nov 10, 2010)
• 34. 15 Most Popular WordPress plugins of 2010 (Nov 10, 2010)
• 35. Top wordpress plugins that you must have (Oct 22, 2010)
• 36. Ultimate Roundup of 35+ WordPress CMS Plugins (Oct 6, 2010)
• 37. The Top 10 of Your Top 5 Plugins (Oct 4, 2010)
• 38. Top 10 Essential WordPress Plugins (Oct 3, 2010)
• 39. 27 WordPress Plugins to Rock Your Blog (Oct 1, 2010)
• 40. 10 Essential WordPress Plugins for Every WordPress Installation (Sep 25, 2010)
• 41. 90+ WordPress CMS Themes and Plugins for Creating a Website (Sep 24, 2010)
• 42. 7 WordPress Plugins You Ought to Know About (Sep 15, 2010)
• 43. Post-Install Plugins to Enhance & Protect WordPress (Aug 30, 2010)
• 44. The Best WordPress Plugins for Bloggers of the Future (Aug 27, 2010)
• 45. 10 Useful Lesser Known WordPress Plug-ins (Aug 26, 2010)
• 46. 50+ Ultimate Useful Free WordPress Plugins & Widgets (Aug 2, 2010)
• 47. Plugins to Power Your WordPress Blog (Jul 20, 2010)
• 48. 10 Must Have WordPress Plugins (Jun 30, 2010)
• 49. 20 Must Have WordPress Plugins For Every Website (Jun 9, 2010)
• 50. 10 WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have (Jun 8, 2010)
• 51. 35 WordPress Remarkable,Stunning and very Helpful Plugins for Blogger (Jun 6, 2010)
• 52. Top 15+ WordPress Plugins (Jun 2, 2010)
• 53. WordPress Plugin List (May 28, 2010)
• 54. 11 Essential WordPress Plugins To Get Your Blog In Motion (May 18, 2010)
• 55. 12 Essential Plugins Every WordPress Blog Should Have (Apr 27, 2010)
• 56. 7 Must Have WordPress Plugins For Every Blog (Mar 2, 2010)
• 57. 10 Useful WordPress Plugins for Web Designers (Feb 11, 2010)
• 58. The 15 Best WordPress Plugins to Use in 2010 (Jan 18, 2010)
• 59. 8 Powerful WordPress Plugins You Probably Don’t Use But Should (Oct 19, 2009)
• 60. Ultimate list of 17 really useful WordPress plugins (Aug 17, 2009)
• 61. 6 Must have wordpress plugins (Aug 4, 2009)
• 62. 20 New, Useful And Promising WordPress Plugins (Jun 29, 2009)
• 63. Top Free and Must have WordPress plugins (May 5, 2009)
• 64. 10 Essential Plugins Every Modern WordPress Site Should Have (May 4, 2009)
• 65. 19 Essential WordPress Plugins That Every Professional Website Should Use (Mar 30, 2009)

WordPress SEO Tips and Tutorials

• How to Optimize WordPress Blog for Search Engines (Jan 3, 2011)
• Improving SEO in WordPress: H1, Title Tags & Custom URLs (Video Tutorial) (Nov 30, 2010)
• An Essential Guide To WordPress SEO – Introduction (Nov 24, 2009)
• 5 Steps to Make WordPress an SEO Beast (Nov 11, 2010)
• WordPress SEO Guideline (Jul 11, 2010)
• 5 Nontraditional Ways To Improve WordPress SEO (May 18, 2010)
• Advanced Blog & WordPress SEO: 30 Points Most Bloggers Overlook (Apr 23rd, 2010)
• How To Create Automatic Sitemap in WordPress (Feb 18, 2010)
• Common SEO Mistakes Bloggers Make – Part 2 (Dec 15, 2009)
• Optimizing WordPress for Search Engines (Dec 14, 2009)
• Common SEO Mistakes Bloggers Make – Part 1 (Dec 10, 2009)
• WordPress SEO Issues – Managing Duplicate Content Effectively (Dec 4, 2009)
• Ten Quick Power Tips To Drive More Visitors To Your WordPress Site (Dec 2, 2009)
• An Essential Guide To WordPress SEO – Introduction (Nov 24, 2009)
• 10 Important Tips to Optimize WordPress for Search Engines (Oct 12, 2009)
• Top 5 SEO tweaks for WordPress (Jul 17, 2009)
• 5 Tips for Making Your WordPress Blog SEO Friendly (Jun 26, 2009)
• WordPress SEO – 6 basic tips for better SEO on WordPress, 20 (May 27, 2009)

Other WordPress SEO Plugin Articles

• Step by Step Guide to Configure All in one SEO Pack Plugin (Feb 16, 2011)
• Setting Up the All-in-One SEO Pack for WordPress (Aug 18, 2010)
• Two WordPress SEO Plugins you should NOT be using (May 31, 2010)
• Optimize your blog SEO with the wpseo plugin (Mar 25, 2010)