Practical SEO tips for WordPress site owners
Clear, honest advice on technical SEO, on-page SEO, Google Search Console and content, based on running real WordPress sites.
What you will find here
Six topics, each with practical guides you can apply to your own site.
Technical SEO
Site speed, structured data, sitemaps, crawling and indexing.
On-Page SEO
Titles, descriptions, headings, internal links and content structure.
WordPress SEO
SEO plugins, themes, settings and security for WordPress sites.
Search Console & Analytics
Reading Google Search Console and analytics data and acting on it.
Content & Keyword Research
Finding topics, targeting keywords and refreshing existing posts.
SEO Tools & AI
Tools worth using and how AI fits into SEO, with honest limits.
Latest articles
- Outdated WordPress and SEO: Why Updating Core MattersAn outdated WordPress version is not a ranking factor, but it leaves security holes that can lead to hacked pages, warnings and lost traffic. Here is how to check and update safely.
- Emoji in WordPress URLs: How to Fix Them SafelyEmoji in your WordPress URLs look messy once encoded. Here is what Google says, what we saw on a 575-post site, and the safe order to fix them.
- Homepage Title and Meta Description ChecklistHow to write a clear homepage title and meta description, what Google says about both, and a simple checklist.
- Recipe Schema Without a Plugin: A Simple GuideLearn what recipe schema is, which fields Google needs, and how to add it to a WordPress post by hand, plus when a plugin is the smarter choice.
- Rank Math vs Yoast SEO for a New WordPress Site: What You Actually Need
Rank Math or Yoast SEO for a new WordPress site? A practical comparison based on using both on real sites, plus the one mistake to avoid. - Why Your WordPress Preloader and Animations Hurt Speed (Real Test: 74 to 94)
A real test: turning off a WordPress theme’s preloader and scroll animations raised a mobile PageSpeed score from 74 to 94.
Why trust this site
The advice here comes from running real WordPress sites and checking the results in Google Search Console and speed tests. When we share numbers, they are measured, and we say so. SEO has no guarantees, so we explain the trade-offs and the limits too. Read more about the site.