by David Cole 4.7 (33 reviews)

Simple SEO

Name: Simple SEO
Rating: 4.7 (33 reviews)
Author: David Cole

Allows the modification of META titles, descriptions and keywords for all pages and posts. Also allows for default setting for of META title, descript …

Simple SEO ranks #2,063 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #86 of 3,738 in the SEO & Marketing category, a 4.7/5 rating from 33 reviews, and was last updated Sep 10, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 6 days ago Last Update on 10 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#86 of 3,738 in SEO & Marketing Top 5% by installs Downloads -6.7% this week Actively maintained

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Rank

#2,063

-10 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-16.6%

KW Avg Position

18.6

0.4 better

Downloads

181.5K

+40 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (33 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 19.9%

10K+ 20K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

33 reviews

Overall 94%

30 (91%)

1 (3%)

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2 (6%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

6 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Sep 23, 2025

Simple SEO [cds-simple-seo] < 2.0.32

CVE-2025-10357 · Fixed in v2.0.32
Oct 6, 2023

Simple SEO [cds-simple-seo] < 2.0.26

CVE-2023-45269 · Fixed in v2.0.26
Oct 20, 2022

Simple SEO [cds-simple-seo] < 1.8.13

CVE-2022-36404 · Fixed in v1.8.13
Oct 20, 2022

Simple SEO [cds-simple-seo] < 1.8.13

CVE-2022-44627 · Fixed in v1.8.13
Jul 29, 2022

Simple SEO [cds-simple-seo] < 1.7.92

CVE-2022-1628 · Fixed in v1.7.92
Jul 12, 2022

Simple SEO [cds-simple-seo] < 1.7.92

Fixed in v1.7.92

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Sep 10, 2026
Requires WP: 4.6.2+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: David Cole

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 33
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

meta meta description meta keywords meta title seo

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators who need to manage on-page SEO metadata. It solves the problem of missing or unoptimized meta titles, descriptions, and keywords by generating them automatically while allowing manual overrides and migration from other SEO plugins.