WordPress plugin comparison
SEO Magic vs Yoast SEO
At a glance
- Yoast SEO has more active installs: 10M+, against 100+ for SEO Magic.
- On a typical day, Yoast SEO is downloaded about 126,808 times, SEO Magic about 24.
- SEO Magic 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 Sep 2, 2026 for SEO Magic.
- SEO Magic resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 96% for Yoast SEO.
- Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
- Yoast SEO has been around longer: since 2010, against 2025 for SEO Magic.
Line by line
Yoast SEO leads on 5 of 7 comparable lines.
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