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WordPress plugin comparison

Citeroom vs Yoast SEO

At a glance

  • Yoast SEO has more active installs: 10M+, against fewer than 10 for Citeroom.
  • On a typical day, Yoast SEO is downloaded about 128,375 times, Citeroom about 7.
  • Citeroom is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 27,820 reviews.
  • Yoast SEO was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Jul 9, 2026 for Citeroom.
  • Yoast SEO is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for Citeroom.
  • Yoast SEO has been around longer: since 2010, against 2026 for Citeroom.

Line by line

Yoast SEO leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

MetricCiteroomYoast SEO
Popular rank#50,210#2
Active installsFewer than 1010M+
Downloads, last 30 days24511.1M
Rating5.0(1)4.8(27.8K)
Support threads resolved–98%
Tested up to7.0.87.1.4
Search multiplier×0.07×8.02
Last release4 months ago13 days ago
Requires PHP7.47.4

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