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SEO for WordPress: the settings to check before any plugin

Most WordPress SEO problems are one checkbox or one leftover. Check these before installing anything.

Author: HD5 min read

Table of contents
  1. Key takeaways
  2. The checkbox
  3. Permalinks
  4. Titles and descriptions
  5. See it on your own site
  6. Sources

The checkbox#

WordPress's Reading settings include "Discourage search engines from indexing this site". It is meant for staging sites and is easy to leave on after launch. Untick it on the live site.

Use a structure with the post name, so an address says what the page is.

Titles and descriptions#

Whichever SEO plugin you use, give each page its own title and description. PageSoar writes them through the WordPress connection after you approve, then reads the live page to confirm the change saved.

See it on your own site#

The free website check reads a site you name and reports what holds its pages back, with no account and no card. It changes nothing on your site.

Run the free website check

Sources#