== IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THIS PLUGIN: After careful consideration, we've decided to merge the free versions of WP Meta SEO, WP Speed of Light, and WP Latest Posts into their respective premium versions. This consolidation will allow us to focus our resources on developing more robust, feature-rich extensions. We do offer some easy migration and prices for free users though.

Will the image rename bulk feature generate broken links?

Not at all, it would have been bad for SEO 🙂 the image name is dynamically replaced in all your content.

If I edit image title and alt text, will that information be loaded each time my image is in a content?

There's an SEO option for that 🙂 WP Meta SEO will detect that the image has missing information and once edit it, you will have a list of all the image instance and where it's loaded. So you'll be able to define SEO info for each instance.

Is WP Meta SEO slowing down my website?

Nope 🙂 All your SEO content is properly stored in the database and automatic SEO checks are also cached or run every 72 hours (unless you force the process)

Is WP Meta SEO compatible with 3rd party plugins?

YES it is 🙂 All plugins and themes that are using custom post type are compatible, and you'll be able to set up SEO for those content. Plus, Yoast SEO and All in one SEO content can also be imported.

Is WP Meta SEO fixing 404 errors?

Yes, using a redirect manager tool. WP Meta SEO will index all the 404 you have in your content (internal broken links).

Can I translate WP Meta SEO?

You're welcome! In the WP Meta SEO package, you got English and French included as standard .po/.mo files. Use the .pot file also available in the /language folder to create your own. You can contact us if you want it to be included in the WP Meta SEO package.

How can I set up the Google Analytics to get statistics?

First create an account on Google Analytics associated to your domain. Then from the plugin connect your website with your analytics account by copy/pasting a token code.

Compatibility

What's the minimum version of WordPress required to run WP Meta SEO? WordPress 4.0 is required. WP Meta SEO may generate PHP errors if you tried to run it on an earlier version, and so it will simply refuse to activate on any version of WordPress that's older than 4.0

Where on WordPress does WP Meta SEO plugin should be displayed?

In the admin of WordPress, on the left menu named WP Meta SEO and its sub menu for SEO tools

How do I uninstall WP Meta SEO?

Go to the Plugins > WP Meta SEO > Deactivate > Delete If you choose to install it later all your SEO data will remain in place (database stored)

Which browsers work best with the WP Meta SEO administration interface?

WP Meta SEO is using HTML5 features so to be certain run the latest version of Chrome / Firefox / Safari or IE9+

Can I help with WP Meta SEO translation?

Yes! you can contact us on our forum. SEO as its language and expression, we would be happy to add yours.

Why including meta keywords' edition as it's not a SEO rank criteria?

Because it may help in some case for SEO, mainly for multilingual website, it helps search engines to validate the page language. Some automatic SEO tool may use it too.

Some criteria of the SEO on page analysis does not fit my content

Yes, it may be the case when, for example, you are calling 3rd party plugins in content or using specific page layouts. You have a global option to force validation of SEO criteria. This manual SEO validation on click on the reload analysis button.

How do I submit my sitemap to the Google Search Console?

From the Sitemap section of the plugin, you got a link to the XML sitemap page. Just copy/paste the link in the Google Search Console. You can also use the link: www.your-website.com/sitemap.xml after checking the option to copy the sitemap to the WordPress install root.

Is there a real interest for SEO to display a HTML sitemap?

It could be! If you have many pages that need to be indexed with no specific priority. Our advice is to keep only the main menus of your website in the HTML sitemap.

Is it compatible with Gutenberg Editor?

Yes WP Meta SEO is compatible with Gutenberg editor since 3.7 version.

4.5.18

• Add : Admin notice about merging the free version of WP Meta Seo into the Pro version

4.5.17

• Fix : Error when import meta data from AioSeo plugin
• Fix : Saving meta title for category

4.5.16

• Add : Importing taxonomy metadata from Yoast plugin
• Fix : Double meta desc issue when using Hello elementor theme

4.5.15

• Fix : Lowercase page title issue

4.5.14

• Fix : Security: XSS issue for meta title
• Fix : Image meta: Support WebP, SVG file type

4.5.13

• Fix : Security: sanitize user input data
• Fix : Security: information exposure of password-protected post

4.5.12

• Fix : Remove empty href attribute of anchor tags in the HTML sitemap page

4.5.11

• Fix : Cleanup text for meta description of the product tag page
• Fix : Error when generating XML sitemap in specific case
• Fix : Redirect URL is not working in some websites

4.5.10

• Fix : Falter error on WordPress 6.4

4.5.9

• Fix : Loading time issue on some cases

4.5.8

• Fix : Google Analytics integration

4.5.7

• Fix : XML sitemap not exist

4.5.6

• Fix : Some PHP warnings

4.5.5

• Fix : Validate image src input when running content analysis

4.5.4

• Fix : Security: Added current_user_can() and nonce checks to some functions

4.5.3

• Fix : Security: SQL injection by subscriber users
• Fix : Security: arbitrary redirect by subscriber users

4.5.2

• Fix : A fatal error with PHP 8
• Fix : Analysis meta title error on WP Meta Seo dashboard when having many posts

4.5.1

• Add : Update JU translation tool with autosaving
• Add : Instant installation of translation and help texts
• Fix : Cleanup text for meta description

4.5.0

• Add : SEO optimization meta block for DIVI
• Add : New variables: %page%, %pagetotla%, %pagenumber% for blog pagination

4.4.9

• Fix : Security issue

4.4.8

• Fix : Google Analytics connection: update OAuth2 authorization

4.4.7

• Fix : Escape the breadcrumb separator before outputting it to the page

4.4.6

• Add : WP Meta Seo widget: Quick SEO Preview

4.4.5

• Add : Update Google API
• Fix : SEO checker on WP Meta SEO meta box

4.4.4

• Fix : Google search console on Elementor

4.4.3

• Add : Default post image setting for social meta
• Fix : SEO checker on Elementor Meta SEO meta box

4.4.2

• Fix : Remove social meta tags on front-end when they are not filled

4.4.1

• Fix : Removed unused assets

4.4.0

• Add : Meta SEO meta box on Elementor
• Add : Bulk editor for post/product categories

4.3.7

• Fix : The header title issue on some themes

4.3.6

• Fix : Update settings from old version to Google Analytics

4.3.5

• Add : New Google Analytics tracking UX
• Add : Support Google Analytics v4 property
• Add : Support Google Tag manager
• Fix : Update Meta SEO meta description length
• Fix : Remove HTML tags from WP Meta SEO meta tags

4.3.4

• Fix : Remove some jQuery deprecated functions
• Fix : Update Google Analytics library

4.3.3

• Fix : Update page SEO checker text

4.3.2

• Fix : Tooltips are going out of the screen on bulk lists

4.3.1

• Fix : Tooltip display incorrectly
• Fix : Use default WordPress canonical url for all pages when Canonical URL setting disabled
• Fix : Checkbox CSS color on admin panel

4.3.0

• Add : New content meta editor with direct edition
• Add : New content meta editor on bulk meta editor
• Add : SEO keywords field on post/page edition
• Add : SEO score and keywords in posts list

4.2.10

• Fix : Adding image alt not always working

4.2.9

• Fix : Conflict with the Enable jQuery Migrate Helper plugin

4.2.8

• Add : Disable WordPress core XML sitemap by default
• Fix : Tooltip is not shown on WordPress 5.5

4.2.7

• Fix : Google Analytics chart display
• Fix : Some PHP warnings in debug.log

4.2.6

• Fix : Google Client libraries conflict with BackupBuddy plugin

4.2.5

• Add : Possibility to automatically add articles to sitemaps
• Fix : Select all posts in the sitemap

4.2.4

• Add : Possibility to remove category prefix
• Fix : The loader image to display incorrectly in the metabox

4.2.3

• Fix : Update successfully message after save settings
• Fix : See more posts in category in the sitemap
• Fix : Display XML sitemap link in multisite

4.2.2

• Fix : JS error in Gutenberg editor that prevent the metabox to be 100% loaded

4.2.1

• Fix : Translation sharing issue in some browsers

4.2.0

• Add : Description on admin on each WPMS topic
• Add : Generate automatically a sitemap before the first configuration
• Fix : Edit some styles and tooltips
• Fix : Conflict with other tabs in metabox
• Fix : Some minor errors in the sitemap page

4.1.0

• Add : Force a Canonical URL per content (post, page...) or category
• Add : Google Analytics update: update app and connexion method
• Add : Better admin responsive display
• Add : Consider publish state in meta bulk editor

4.0.13

• Fix : JS error when edit a post
• Fix : Exclude external link and replicate the custom link in sitemap

4.0.12

• Add : Compatibility with Google Search Console integration

4.0.11

• Fix : Material fonts missing

4.0.10

• Fix : Blank page when edit post tag & attribute
• Fix : Snippet for homepage is not properly checked
• Add : Opt In feedback on plugin first disabling & review message

4.0.9

• Fix : JuTranslation duplicate slash in language url

4.0.8

• Fix : Check version requirements

4.0.7

• Add : Link editor & Image editor compatible with Gutenberg blocks
• Fix : The sitemap generated ignore anchor links

4.0.6

• Add : Quick SEO content preview style for WordPress 5.2
• Fix : Bulk action and meta bulk apply to all images
• Fix : Resize and edit meta information in image editor
• Fix : Put back the sitemap URL instead of the server path
• Fix : Add short description for WooCommerce in SEO analysis

4.0.5

• Fix : Add index to improve the query performance
• Fix : Rredirect link with xlink
• Fix : Display of HTML Sitemap theme with DIVI theme
• Fix : Redirect link in custom redirect

4.0.4

• Add : Compatible of the SEO checker and ACF fields
• Add : Change meta title and meta description length
• Fix : Conflict image alt info and Elementor builder
• Fix : Default image and priority of meta
• Fix : Conflict with other SEO plugin (WooCommerce Multivendor plugin)
• Fix : Save new term in product category

4.0.3

• Fix : XML Sitemap cannot be parsed in google console
• Fix : Resize images and check on dashboard
• Fix : Fix list image in image editor
• Fix : Fix an HTTP error when delete posts

4.0.2

• Fix : Title undefined in gutenberg editor
• Fix : Compatible with Oxygen Builder
• Fix : Error when save post

4.0.1

• Fix : Email report doesn't work
• Fix : Css conflict in meta box

4.0.0

• Add : New admin UX and design
• Add : Settings UX with AJAX search engine
• Add : Implement new plugin dashboard with new criteria checks
• Add : Implement bulk actions on meta bulk editor
• Add : Implement bulk actions on image information bulk editor
• Add : Implement bulk actions on the link title manager
• Add : Check color for meta lenght: check is meta is too short or too long
• Add : Plugin installer with quick configuration
• Add : Environment checker on install (PHP Version, PHP Extensions, Apache Modules)
• Add : System Check menu to notify of server configuration problems after install
• Fix : Sitemap display on frontend

3.7.7

• Add : Add actions and filters for developers

3.7.6

• Fix : Redirect to home page when WPMS Addon is not activated

3.7.5

• Fix : Warning returned on frontend
• Fix : Load Dashboard widget content using ajax method (large amount of data)
• Fix : PHP warning in redirect URL interface

3.7.4

• Fix : Update alt meta for Elementor image in content
• Fix : Redirect URL

3.7.3

• Fix : Enhance code readability and performance

3.7.2

• Fix : JUtranslation share with JoomUnited

3.7.1

• Fix : Sitemap categories not properly added
• Fix : Broken link display column header
• Fix : Render meta description on frontend

3.7.0

• Add : Compatible with Gutemberg editor
• Fix : Reload analysis in metabox
• Fix : Render title tag

3.6.8

• Fix : Conflict with Origin PageBuilder plugin
• Fix : Save post and page slow request

3.6.7

• Fix : Meta box not loaded on WordPress multisite

3.6.6

• Fix : Sitemap column display
• Fix : Reload Google Analytics data

3.6.5

• Fix : Compatibility with php 5.3 and 5.4

3.6.4

• Fix : Google analytics tracking code removed some characters
• Fix : Send email (SEO report)
• Fix : Query duplicate meta

3.6.3

• Add : Change meta description max length (320 characters)
• Fix : Conflict with Antispam Bee plugin
• Fix : Page title word in content heading

3.6.2

• Fix : Saving translation does not apply
• Fix : JS error when edit a post (public false)

3.6.1

• Fix : Fatal error on frontend on certain configuration

3.6.0

• Add : Full code reformating for better performance and code comments
• Add : Using PHPCS to make standard definitions

3.5.3

• Fix : Display WordPress page with sitemap
• Fix : Set default image for facebook and Twitter
• Fix : Return error when using undefined get_term_meta function

3.5.2

• Fix : Create robots.txt file for multisite
• Fix : Add meta tags og:type and fb:app_id (Facebook page share)

3.5.1

• Language filter for meta, images and sitemap XML
• Fix : Encoding issue on dashboard page
• Fix : JS error when empty post content

3.5.0

• Fix : Check content of page builders: Visual composer, DIVI Builder, Beaver Builder, ACF, Site Origine, Themify builder, Live composer, Elementor plugins
• Add : Generate rich snippet breadcrumb shortcode and PHP code
• Fix : Redesign the image edition window

3.4.1

• Add : Meta keywords field in category meta edition
• Add : Update dashboard description and image compression layout
• Fix : Warning when 'wpio_images' table does not exist

3.4.0

• Add : Simple Analytics tracking only based on UA or JS snippet
• Add : Add image indexation system for large websites (image bulk editor)
• Add : Apply material design over all plugin views
• Add : Image information: Filter only images that require optimization
• Fix : Conflict with WP Latest Posts plugin

3.3.2

• Fix : Remove custom redirect rule not applied
• Fix : Wrong value in meta description for category
• Fix : Custom post types alway displayed in HTML sitemaps

3.3.1

• Fix : Remove upgrade notification when the ADDON is installed
• Fix : Change style for dashboard widgets
• Fix : Change layout and fix criteria in SEO page optimization

3.3.0

• Add : If an image information are filled, add it by default if empty if image is re-used
• Add : Compatibility with WPML, Polylang for meta edition and Media SEO content
• Add : Possibility to edit meta information on categories
• Add : Pro version notifications of features in some views
• Add : Dashboard widget with 6 SEO criteria
• Fix : Change the 404 error page title to remove the plugin name by default

3.2.6

• Add : Add builtin translation tool
• Fix : Wrong function used to get description length

3.2.5

• Add : Check DOM PHP activation install to avoid fatal error
• Fix : Image information edition with greek characters

3.2.4

• Add : WP Meta SEO Addon compatibility
• Fix : Conflict with DIVI layout injector plugin

3.2.3

• Fix : Image resize list does not refresh
• Fix : Meta image text replaced by image information
• Fix : Dashboard Alexa rank display
• Fix : Sharp URL suffix are detected as 404 by the redirect manager
• Fix : Phone numbers with '+' are detected as 404 by the redirect manager
• Fix : German characters are broken in the link manager

3.2.2

• Fix : Image information edition with a quote becomes empty
• Fix : Meta edition character count does not refresh using AJAX

3.2.1

• Add : Compatibility with WP Speed of Light plugin: https://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-products/wp-speed-of-light

3.2.0

• Add : Enable Google Analytics tracking with token access
• Add : Tracking options to exclude WordPress user groups from analytics
• Add : File download statistics activation
• Add : Display Analytics statistics: session, users, organic...

3.0.2

• Add : Add Import meta from Yoast premium plugin
• Fix : Font called from http instead of https from dashboard

3.0.1

• Fix : XML menu generation don't handle menu levels
• Fix : Mailto links are indexed as 404 error in the redirect manager
• Fix : PHP warning when link editor is activated in editor
• Fix : Secure code

3.0.0

• Add : Add XML sitemap feature
• Add : Add HTML sitemap feature
• Add : Add sitemap source: menus (any content), post, page, category, author
• Add : Add HTML sitemap content position in page
• Add : Add XML sitemap copy option on root option
• Add : Add XML sitemap link in robot.txt option
• Add : Add help text for all the sitemap parameters
• Add : Add help text for all the global parameters
• Add : Add AJAX sitemap regeneration

2.2.1

• Add : Update sql sentences to improve query speed

2.2.0

• Add : Follow/Nofollow bulk link edition
• Add : Link re-index tool from the bulk link editor
• Add : Follow/Nofollow on WordPress content (onpage SEO)
• Add : Index/Noindex on WordPress content (onpage SEO)

2.1.0

• Add : Add ImageRecycle images and PDF compression integration (https://www.imagerecycle.com)

2.0.3

• Fix : On page analysis return wrong result on header title in content
• Fix : Update language on image bulk edit view

2.0.2

• Fix : Detect new type of 404 and add tooltip
• Fix : Comment content not detected
• Fix : Autosaving too fast in safari or firefox

2.0.1

• Fix : Google font style on Safari browser

2.0.0

• Add : Add 404 and redirect manager
• Add : Add Options to redirect all 404 to home page
• Add : Add Setup 404 page as: WP Meta SEO page, custom page, default page

1.7.3

• Fix : og: link broken (facebook)

1.7.2

• Add : Page title as content title or as SEO meta title (option)

1.7.1

• Add : Edit separately the content title from the meta title (for search engine)
• Fix : Fix RSS feed is broken with WP Meta SEO 1.7.0

1.7.0

• Add : Add link SEO title field in link editor tool
• Add : Add a SEO bulk edition view on your links titles (of all your content)
• Add : Automatic meta SEO addition for category view: add category title as meta title and category description as meta description
• Add : Add SEO dashboard check for link titles
• Fix : WooCommerce meta description and title in category view (automatic)
• Fix : WP Meta SEO language to be conform to plugin directory translation tool

1.6.0

• Add : Add meta keywords edition in bulk editor
• Add : Add option to for SEO criteria validation

1.5.1

• Fix : Home page meta not working on some themes
• Fix : Break foreach when search title in SEO content (title in heading)

1.5.0

• Add : Add help tooltip to explain on page validation SEO criteria
• Add : Add help tooltip to explain dashboard SEO parameters
• Add : Put snippet preview title in a column on SEO bulk view edition
• Add : Add SEO and check notification for robot.txt that lock search engine
• Add : Update EN and FR language files

1.4.0

• Add : Bulk copy new option: content title to meta title
• Add : Bulk copy new option: image name to alt text
• Add : Bulk copy new option: image name to image title
• Fix : Twitter card on SEO on page optimization
• Fix : SEO meta empty in some themes

1.3.0

• Add : New SEO check dashboard
• Add : Check for SEO permalinks
• Add : Check for meta description
• Add : Check for image HTML resizing
• Add : Check for image SEO: title, alt and description
• Add : Check for new content

1.2.0

• Add : Change language to po/mo files
• Add : Include .pot file and French language
• Add : Setting for home page meta
• Add : Bigger edit meta boxes
• Add : Update icon of notification in meta view

1.1.0

• Add : On page SEO analysis
• Add : Social sharing custom content

1.0.4

• Fix : Check empty array

1.0.3

• Fix : Escape meta title and meta description

1.0.2

• Fix : Filter broken and icons broken

1.0.1

• Fix : display (no title) in column title if post is no titled

1.0.0

• Add : Initial release

To install the automatically:

• Through WordPress admin, use the menu: Plugin > Add new
• Search for WP Meta SEO
• Click on install then click activate link

To install the plugin manually:

• Download and unzip the plugin wp-meta-seo.zip
• Upload the /wp-meta-seo directory to /wp-content/plugins/
• Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu on WordPress
• Use the WP Meta SEO WordPress left menu

Once the plugin is installed, open the bulk edition through the admin menu or open a content to load SEO on page analysis. The plugin will check on install if there's Yoast SEO or All in one SEO and ask for a meta import. Global parameter "Search engine visibility" is also checked to avoid SEO error.

Main dashboard of the plugin with SEO optimization check



On page dynamic SEO analysis for posts, pages, page builders and custom post type



Bulk content meta edition with AJAX saving



Bulk image SEO content edition: title, description, alt, legend text



Image resized in HTML (with handles) is automatically detected and can be resized



404 and redirect tool + broken link checker



Google Search Console integration: Google keyword suggestions



Google Analytics integration with all main information and view selection