by Yoast 4.8 (27,819 reviews)

Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI

Name: Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
Rating: 4.8 (27819 reviews)
Author: Yoast

Real-time SEO guidance, schema, and AI built in. Help search engines and AI systems understand your content. All AI tools included, no hidden fees.

Yoast SEO ranks #2 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000,000+ active installations, is #1 of 3,732 in the SEO & Marketing category, a 4.8/5 rating from 27,819 reviews, and was last updated Sep 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v28.5 Current Version v28.5

Updated 17 hours ago Last Update on 15 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1 of 3,732 in SEO & Marketing Top 1% by installs Downloads -86.3% this week Actively maintained

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931.8M

+72,634 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (27,819 reviews)

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10,000,000+ active installs

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4.8

27,819 reviews

Overall 96%

25,990 (93%)

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846 (3%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

34 known vulnerabilities on record · 4 in the last 24 months · checked 1 day ago

Jul 24, 2026

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 28.1

CVE-2026-15425 · Fixed in v28.1
May 26, 2026

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 26.6

CVE-2025-14481 · Fixed in v26.6
Mar 21, 2026

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 27.2

CVE-2026-3427 · Fixed in v27.2
Feb 5, 2026

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 26.9

CVE-2026-1293 · Fixed in v26.9
May 14, 2024

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 22.7

CVE-2024-4984 · Fixed in v22.7
May 6, 2024

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 22.6

CVE-2024-4041 · Fixed in v22.6
Nov 24, 2023

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 21.1

CVE-2023-40680 · Fixed in v21.1
Mar 3, 2023

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 20.2.1

Fixed in v20.2.1
Mar 2, 2023

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 20.2.1

Fixed in v20.2.1
Oct 5, 2021

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI [wordpress-seo] < 17.3

CVE-2021-25118 · Fixed in v17.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 28.5
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2026
Requires WP: 6.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Yoast

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 27,819
Support Threads: 27
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

Content analysis Readability schema seo xml sitemap

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners, content creators, and developers who want to manage on-site SEO without deep technical expertise. It solves the problem of optimizing content, schema markup, and technical SEO elements by providing real-time analysis, structured data integration, and automated technical SEO handling.

Real-time SEO and readability analysis
Schema.org structured data integration
XML sitemaps
Step-by-step configuration wizard
Import/export from other SEO plugins
Breadcrumbs and HowTo/FAQ schema blocks
Cornerstone content tools
REST API and Schema API for developers

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI

Yes. Yoast SEO helps you prepare for discovery in AI-driven search as well as traditional search results. Schema.org structured data helps AI systems understand what your content is about, schema aggregation gives AI agents a complete picture of your site in one request, LLMs.txt management lets you guide how large language models interact with your content, and the bot blocker in Premium lets you control which AI crawlers can use your content for training. Nobody can guarantee that an AI assistant will mention your site, however you can make sure it understands your content correctly.

Having an XML sitemap can be beneficial for SEO, as Google can retrieve essential pages of a website very fast, even if the internal linking of a site is not flawless. The sitemap index and individual sitemaps are updated automatically as you add or remove content, and will include the post types you want search engines to index. Post types marked as noindex will not appear in the sitemap. Learn more about XML sitemaps.

The steps below are a temporary solution, as manual edits made to theme files may be overwritten with future theme updates. Please contact the theme developer for a permanent solution. We have written an article about the importance of breadcrumbs for SEO. To implement the breadcrumbs function in Yoast SEO, you will have to edit your theme. We recommend that a backup is taken prior to any editing of the theme files. Your host provider can help you take a backup. Copy the following code into your theme where you want the breadcrumbs to be. If you are not sure, you will need to experiment with placement: <?php if ( function_exists( 'yoast_breadcrumb' ) ) { yoast_breadcrumb( '<p id="breadcrumbs">','</p>' ); } ?> Common places to put your breadcrumbs are inside your single.php or page.php file, just above the page's title. Another option that is easy in some themes is pasting the code at the very end of header.php. In most non-WooTheme themes, this code snippet should not be added to your functions.php file. Alternatively, you can manually add the breadcrumb shortcode to individual posts or pages: [wpseo_breadcrumb] If you need more details or a step-by-step guide, read our implementation guide for Yoast SEO breadcrumbs.

Yoast SEO provides multiple options for setting a URL or group of URLs to noindex. Read more about how to do this in this guide.

If you have crafted nice meta descriptions for your blog posts, nothing is more annoying than Google showing a completely different description in the search result snippet. Possible causes include: 1. the wrong description in your code 2. an outdated Google cache 3. search term manipulation 4. Google ignoring the meta description You can read more here on how to solve the issue with the wrong description.

Yoast SEO is updated every two weeks. If you want to know why, please read this post on why we release every two weeks.

Our free plugin is used by millions of people worldwide, so we cannot offer one-to-one support to everyone. If you have trouble with the Yoast SEO for WordPress plugin, you can get help on the support forums here at wordpress.org or by checking out our help center at yoast.com/help/. The plugins you buy at Yoast are called 'premium plugins' (even if Premium is not in the name) and include a complete year of free updates and premium support. This means you can contact our support team if you have any questions about that plugin. Read more on how to get support

This page on yoast.com explains what data we collect to improve Yoast SEO. We only collect data when you explicitly opt in. Read more about how we handle your data in our privacy policy. I have a different question than listed here Your question has most likely been answered on our help center: yoast.com/help/.