Best SEO plugins for WordPress
The most popular SEO plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. GetGenie leads with 70K+ active installs, ahead of Meta Keywords for Each Page (1K+) and Smart SEO (80+). All 15 plugins tagged “seo plugin” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 SEO plugins
- 1.
GetGenieThe most installed SEO plugin, with 70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 120 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Meta Keywords for Each Page1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Smart SEO80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Opace Essential SEO Toolkit & SEO Audit Tool60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
RepublishAI50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Best Local SEO Tools, WordPress SEO Plugin20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 7.
ContextLift20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
Default Alt Text10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
Codersly SEO10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
CloudScale SEO AI OptimizerFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 days ago.
All 15 plugins tagged “seo plugin”
GetGenie
#551by Roxnor2 months ago
AI powered SEO assistant & content writer with 40+ templates, chatbot, NLP keyword research, AEO, GEO, SEO analysis for WordPress,
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.8(120)
- Downloads
- 450/day
Meta Keywords for Each Page
Up in the last 7 days:45#6,887by Hemant Jangir1 month ago
Easily add SEO meta keywords to enhance your website's search engine optimization.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Smart SEO
Down in the last 7 days:89#17,594by DediData8 months ago
Smart SEO - WordPress Search Engine Optimization Tools
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Opace Essential SEO Toolkit & SEO Audit Tool
Up in the last 7 days:111#19,863by Opace Digital Agency2 months ago
Run a private WordPress SEO audit with 14 on-page checks, accessibility, Web Vitals, crawl signals and page-aware SEO tools.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RepublishAI
Down in the last 7 days:5#21,277by RepublishAI.com11 months ago
The WordPress SEO plugin that grows organic traffic on autopilot. AI Agents research, write, and publish SEO content automatically.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Best Local SEO Tools, WordPress SEO Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:20#25,403by Best Local SEO Tools7 years ago
Want to rank well for every city you serve and double your local search traffic? BestLocalSEOTools.com has examples & the stronger free version.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ContextLift
Up in the last 7 days:739#26,898by ContextLift1 month ago
Smart Internal Linking Plugin for WordPress – Automatically build internal links, reduce click depth, audit broken links with 1-click remediation, and …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Default Alt Text
#33,049by Yasar Khalifa11 months ago
Displays a default alt text for images on your site when none is set — simple, fast, and great for SEO.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Codersly SEO
Down in the last 7 days:9,602#46,523by Codersly2 months ago
Built for users comparing the best SEO WordPress plugin options: on-page analysis, schema, sitemaps, redirects and WooCommerce SEO.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CloudScale SEO AI Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:7,255#49,073by andrewjbaker5 days ago
Automatic AI SEO for your whole site - meta, ALT text, links, schema and audio narration on publish. Free BYOK or $10/month.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Abhishek SEO
Up in the last 7 days:3,260#60,522by kibzzz6 months ago
Abhishek SEO is a simple SEO plugin that helps generate SEO titles, meta descriptions, and keywords using AI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Chout
#62,471by Chout2 months ago
Create WordPress posts from wp-admin with configurable AI text and image providers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
One Stop SEO
Down in the last 7 days:753#69,631by faddies2 years ago
description,meta title,open graph,Readability,redirection,rich snippets,robots.txt,schema,video sitemap,woocommerce seo,XML Sitemap, google Requires a …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day