WordPress plugin comparison
Smart SEO vs Yoast SEO
At a glance
- Yoast SEO has more active installs: 10M+, against 80+ for Smart SEO.
- On a typical day, Yoast SEO is downloaded about 128,375 times, Smart SEO about 4.
- Smart SEO has no reviews yet.
- Yoast SEO was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Feb 13, 2026 for Smart SEO.
- Yoast SEO is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Smart SEO.
- Yoast SEO has been around longer: since 2010, against 2018 for Smart SEO.
Line by line
Yoast SEO leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
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