WordPress plugin comparison
Slim SEO vs Yoast SEO
At a glance
- Yoast SEO has more active installs: 10M+, against 70K+ for Slim SEO.
- On a typical day, Yoast SEO is downloaded about 126,808 times, Slim SEO about 1,322.
- Yoast SEO is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 27,820 reviews, against 4.7 from 136 reviews.
- Slim SEO was updated more recently: Nov 5, 2026, against Oct 27, 2026 for Yoast SEO.
- Yoast SEO resolves more of its support threads: 96% in the last two months, against 40% for Slim SEO.
- Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
- Yoast SEO has been around longer: since 2010, against 2018 for Slim SEO.
Line by line
Yoast SEO leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
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