Best keyword plugins for WordPress
The most popular keyword plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Keyword to Link leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Auto SEO META keywords (META tags keywords) optimization + WooCommerce (500+) and Smart Keywords Tool (500+). All 28 plugins tagged “keyword” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 keyword plugins
- 1.Simple Keyword to Link
The most installed keyword plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 2.
Auto SEO META keywords (META tags keywords) optimization + WooCommerce500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 3.
Smart Keywords Tool500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
WP AutoKeyword200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.Keywords Cloud
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 6.Ada FeedWordPress Keyword Filters
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 7.
Affiliate30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 8.
The Insertr30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.Google News Keyword Meta Tag
20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 10.Keyword Filter
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 28 plugins tagged “keyword”
Simple Keyword to Link
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,834by Alessandro Piconi2 years ago
Really Simple "Keyword to Link" Converter. Automatically create links for specific words in your content
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Auto SEO META keywords (META tags keywords) optimization + WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:45#8,600by Pagup29 days ago
META TAGS for SEO allows you to display custom META Keywords strategically (based on Yoast / Rank Math in some cases) to boost your ranking on search …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Smart Keywords Tool
Up in the last 7 days:38#8,827by wbolt.com2 months ago
智能关键词插件(Smart Keywords Tool)是一款集即时关键词推荐、关键词选词工具、文章智能标签及关键词库功能于一体的WordPress网站SEO优化插件。
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP AutoKeyword
Down in the last 7 days:2#11,712by EXEIdeas International1 year ago
WP AutoKeyword automatically suggests and generate keywords for all of your published post and add them automatically into your blog meta tags.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Keywords Cloud
Up in the last 7 days:38#15,576by alialhoasy4 years ago
To add a widget that shows the tags formatted, colored and of different sizes.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ada FeedWordPress Keyword Filters
Up in the last 7 days:160#22,903by Adadaa2 years ago
Filters posts syndicated through FeedWordPress by keywords.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Affiliate
Down in the last 7 days:405#24,394by itthinx5 months ago
The Affiliate plugin is a toolbox for Affiliate Marketers.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

The Insertr
Down in the last 7 days:577#24,709by garethmorgans8 months ago
WordPress dynamic keyword insertion plugin.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Google News Keyword Meta Tag
Up in the last 7 days:306#26,630by Giuseppe Soriero12 years ago
This plugin let you add via Customs Fields box Google-specific metatag to help determine how to best classify your content.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Keyword Filter
Up in the last 7 days:416#31,009by williamlong14 years ago
Keyword Filter Plugin Replace the sensitive keyword with specific keyword in the post content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Highlight Searched Terms in Results
Up in the last 7 days:846#33,523by Puvox Software2 years ago
Plugin deprecated. Please use Few wp tweaks options
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Keyword Analyzer
Down in the last 7 days:641#34,635by Visualwebz6 years ago
Keyword Analyzer is the latest plugin designed to show all the SEO keywords used in pages. Plugin also highlights duplicated keywords with yellow and …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Seo Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:10,841#36,244by tobyhage8 years ago
Seo Monitor is a free WordPress plugin to monitor your SEO performance for your website(s).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Search Keyword Highlighter
#37,519by samiur66882 months ago
Highlights searched keywords in search results to improve search visibility.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp-markKeyword
Up in the last 7 days:5,812#40,707by conis16 years ago
This plugin can high light keyword after someone searchecd it, which supports the search engines like google, baidu, ask, yahoo&bing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
SEO Copywriting
Down in the last 7 days:536#40,950by seomantis3 years ago
Keyword research made easy!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Keyword Position Checker
Up in the last 7 days:4,962#41,916by doanhienitpro13 years ago
Check keyword ranking website on google
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
PSI Meta Tags
#42,298by Matthew Poer15 years ago
Add Meta-Tags to your site, and customize them on a post-by-post basis
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPCashLinks LITE
Up in the last 7 days:1,099#43,901by armernic9 years ago
Convert your keywords into cash generating links and easily create a silo type link structure.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show articles by keyword
Down in the last 7 days:5,110#45,913by flomei12 years ago
This plugin adds a shortcode so you can show related articles based on a keyword with no effort.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Keyword Counter And Density Calculator
#48,355by Miina Sikk10 years ago
The Keyword Counter & Density Calculator plugin calculates how many times and how commonly each keyword is used in a post or a page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Shazite
Up in the last 7 days:7,505#54,233by shalini05962 months ago
A Gutenberg sidebar plugin that analyses your post content and gives real-time SEO suggestions and a score.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SEO Keyword Checker
Up in the last 7 days:5,797#62,115by Marlon Omandam1 year ago
This plugin checks your blog post or page for a specific keyword and gives an SEO score based on title, headings, body content, and meta description.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

AI Keyword Swap
#62,761by Galaxy Weblinks1 year ago
AI Keyword Swap is a WordPress plugin that identifies and replaces SEO-blocked words in your content using OpenAI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Keyword Linker
Up in the last 7 days:1,889#70,765by Visualwebz7 years ago
Keyword Linker can find words that user searched and attaches the link at selected position of the keyword.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day