WordPress plugin comparison
REST API vs Yoast SEO
At a glance
- Yoast SEO has more active installs: 10M+, against 100+ for REST API.
- On a typical day, Yoast SEO is downloaded about 126,808 times, REST API about 9.
- REST API is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.8 from 27,820 reviews.
- Yoast SEO was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Mar 26, 2021 for REST API.
- Yoast SEO is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.7.21 for REST API.
- Yoast SEO has been around longer: since 2010, against 2020 for REST API.
Line by line
Yoast SEO leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
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