WordPress plugin comparison
SiteSEO vs Yoast SEO
At a glance
- Yoast SEO has more active installs: 10M+, against 400K+ for SiteSEO.
- On a typical day, Yoast SEO is downloaded about 128,375 times, SiteSEO about 947.
- Yoast SEO is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 27,820 reviews, against 4.0 from 8 reviews.
- Yoast SEO was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Sep 24, 2026 for SiteSEO.
- SiteSEO resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 98% for Yoast SEO.
- Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
- Yoast SEO has been around longer: since 2010, against 2023 for SiteSEO.
Line by line
Yoast SEO leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
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