Plugin Name: [](#Plugin Name 'Permanent link')
Semrush SEO Writing Assistant
Is it free: [](#Is it free
Free but login required Semrush account
Plugin address: [](#Plugin address "Permanent link")
Main functions: [](#Main functions "Permanent link")
Semrush's SEO Writing Assistant plugin helps you write content that is optimized for both users and search engines. It rates your content based on readability, tone, originality, and SEO, and provides suggestions for improving these aspects.
Main features: [](#Main features "Permanent link")
- Suggest using relevant keywords in the content to achieve better Google rankings
- AI paraphrasing function for rewriting content
- Readability analysis to determine if your content is easy or difficult to read
- Tone analyzer to improve the writing style and tone of your content
Tool Name: [](#Tool Name 'Permanent link')
Semrush ContentShake AI
Is it free: [](#Is it free-1 "Permanent link")
There are free and paid versions, the free version can generate three articles per month, and the paid version costs $60 per month.
Tool address: [](#Tool address 'Permanent link')
Semrush's ContentShake AI is an AI-driven tool for quickly generating SEO-optimized articles that you can publish using the WordPress plugin. Simply input the topic of the article in the application, click 'Start Writing,' and the tool will automatically generate a detailed outline including headings, introduction, subheadings, images, and conclusion.
- Suggest adding additional keywords in the article to improve Google ranking
- Provide suggestions to enhance readability
- Allow you to use AI for instant paraphrasing or rewriting of any text section
- Include a tone checker, analyze your draft, and provide improvement suggestions
Yoast SEO
There is a free version; the premium version is priced at $99 per year.
Yoast SEO is a powerful SEO plugin for WordPress. Basic features include setting title tags (the title displayed in search results), URL slugs (the end part of the URL), and meta descriptions (a brief summary of the page that may appear in search results). Additionally, Yoast can help you manage technical tasks such as setting canonical URLs, setting meta robots tags, providing titles for breadcrumb navigation, and preventing search engines from indexing or following links on the page.
- Provide structured data (schema) functionality, making it easy to add different types of structured data to your website
- Redirect management, easily set up 301 redirects to avoid users encountering 404 errors
- Internal linking suggestions based on words and phrases you can use to link to other content on the site
- Semrush integration, get keyword suggestions directly in WordPress for content optimization
- In addition to scanning for SEO-related issues in content, also analyze content readability and provide improvement suggestions
SEOPress
There is a free version; the paid version starts at $49 per year.
The SEOPress plugin allows you to improve the SEO of your pages through an intuitive user interface, suitable for beginners and experts. It enables you to set title tags and meta descriptions, and indicates if these contents are too long to prevent truncation in search results. Additionally, SEOPress also lets you define Open Graph tags, control the preview link display on social media platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, etc.
- Custom XML sitemap creation to help search engine bots find and index your pages
- Redirect manager allowing for setting up 301, 302, and 307 redirects
- Structured data support for implementing various types of schema on the website
- OpenAI integration for AI-generated title tags and meta descriptions
Rank Math
There is a free version; the paid version starts at $5.75 per month (billed annually).
Rank Math is a feature-rich and user-friendly SEO plugin. It helps with basic on-page SEO such as setting title tags and meta descriptions, and allows you to preview how these elements will appear in search results. The plugin can also create robots.txt files and sitemaps, which are crucial for controlling how search engines crawl your website.
- Simple setup wizard to guide users through basic SEO settings and auto-configuration
- Integrated with Google Analytics and Search Console, displaying important information about your website within the WordPress interface
- 404 monitoring to identify errors, allowing you to resolve them and create a better user experience
- Implementation of structured data to help you win rich snippets
All In One SEO (AIOSEO)
There is a free version; the paid version starts at $49.60 per year.
The All In One SEO (AIOSEO) plugin helps you optimize the SEO of your WordPress website. After installing the plugin, the setup wizard will guide you through the necessary SEO settings step by step. You can use the plugin to add title tags, meta descriptions, Open Graph tags, and robots meta tags, create XML sitemaps, edit the robots.txt file, manage redirects, add breadcrumb navigation, and implement structured data.
- Integrate Google Search Console to view click-throughs, impressions, average position, and other data in the WordPress dashboard
- Link Assistant provides suggestions for internal linking opportunities
- Image SEO feature to set alt text and title attributes for images
- Local SEO tools to help you implement structured data, achieve higher rankings in local knowledge graphs, and Google Maps
Chapter 7, WP Rocket[](#wp-rocket
WP Rocket
Only offer paid plans, starting at $59 per year.
WP Rocket is a web performance plugin designed to improve your website speed. The plugin can help you with some useful optimizations to enhance website speed, including browser and server caching.
- Lazy loading delays loading images until users need them to improve speed
- Minification of CSS and JavaScript files to reduce loading time
- Cache preloading ensures visitors access your pages faster
- Content Delivery Network (CDN) transmits content from servers closest to users, reducing latency
NitroPack
There are free and paid versions; the paid version starts at $17.50 per month (billed annually).
NitroPack is a simple plugin for speeding up websites. It features browser and server caching, lazy loading, minification of CSS and JavaScript files, as well as built-in content delivery network functionality.
- User-friendly interface, easy to configure optimization settings
- Image optimization, converting all images to WebP format, a modern image format that provides high-quality images with smaller file sizes
- Cloudflare CDN functionality, allowing you to serve content from multiple locations worldwide
ShortPixel
There are free and paid versions; the paid version starts at $3.99 per month (billed annually).
ShortPixel is an image optimization plugin that compresses visual content on WordPress websites. It reduces the size of image files without compromising quality, thus speeding up image loading times and improving overall website speed. Users can select images to optimize in the media library, then choose 'Optimize with ShortPixel' and click 'Apply'.
- Provide different compression options (lossy, lossless, and semi-lossless) for you to choose the appropriate quality level
- No file size limit, can compress images of any size
- Optimization report, including image details and statistics
- Support all major image formats, such as JPG, PNG, and WebP
Smush
There are free and paid versions; the paid version starts at $3 per month (billed annually).
Smush is an image compression plugin that can optimize images on a WordPress website. It can optimize images in bulk by clicking 'Smush' > 'Bulk Smush' > 'Bulk Smush Now'. You can also adjust the size of large images by defining custom width and height.
- Lazy loading delays the loading of images on the webpage until they need to be displayed
- Lossless compression reduces size without sacrificing quality
- Batch optimization allows you to optimize all images with one click
- CDNs deliver images from servers closer to the user
Easy Table of Contents
There are free and paid versions; the paid version starts at $49 per year.
Plugin address: [](#Plugin address-9 "Permanent link")
Easy Table of Contents is a WordPress plugin that automatically creates a table of contents for your blog posts and other web pages. This makes it easier for readers to navigate to different sections of your content, thereby enhancing the user experience of your website and indirectly improving SEO.
- Responsive design, adapting to different screen sizes and devices
- Custom appearance options, including font size, color, and placement on the page
- Ability to choose the heading types (H2, H3, etc.) for the table of contents
- Ability to exclude specific headings
Redirection
Free.
Plugin address: [](#Plugin address-10 "Permanent link")
Redirection is a simple plugin for implementing redirects on a WordPress website. Redirects are very useful when changing URL structures, merging multiple pages, or deleting pages. Using the plugin is easy, just enter the source URL and target URL, then click 'Add Redirect'.
- User-friendly interface, easy to manage redirects
- Suitable for large and small websites
- Monitor 404 errors on the website, allowing you to fix them as soon as possible
- Support automatic import and implementation of redirects from CSV files
Broken Link Checker
Free
The Broken Link Checker plugin helps you find and fix internal and external broken links on your website. Broken links are links that no longer work and result in errors when users click on them. When this plugin detects a broken link, it displays the broken link's URL, HTTP status code (404, 410, etc.), anchor text (the text containing the link), and the page where it is located.
- Scan for broken links in the articles, pages, and comments on your website
- Provide an option to directly edit or remove broken links in the plugin interface, without the need to manually update each article
- Notify you via email when broken links are found
Really Simple SSL
There are free and paid versions; the paid version starts at $49 per year.
The Really Simple SSL plugin makes it easy to switch your website from Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS). HTTPS websites use encryption, making them safer for visitors, which is a confirmed ranking factor by Google. The plugin checks if your website has an SSL certificate, and if not, it can help you install one through Let’s Encrypt. Once installed, the plugin can also assist in redirecting traffic from HTTP to HTTPS.
- Automatically redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS
- Automatically check for mixed content issues, i.e., loading both secure (HTTP) and insecure (HTTPS) content simultaneously
- Additional hardening features enhance the security of your website, defending against hacker attacks
Schema Pro
Paid plugin, offering the option of a one-time purchase for lifetime access at a price of $229; or annual subscription, priced at $69 per year.
Schema Pro is a powerful plugin for implementing structured data on WordPress websites. Structured data helps search engines like Google better understand your pages and display them in a rich format. Schema Pro supports over 20 types of structured data, including product markup, article markup, recipe markup, and review markup.
- Provide a user-friendly interface to implement structured data
- Support schemas for all major types
- Real-time testing feature to allow you to verify successful implementation
Internal Link Juicer
There are free and paid versions; the paid version starts at $69.99 per year.
Plugin address: [](#Plugin address-14 "Permanent link")
Internal Link Juicer is a WordPress plugin designed to improve the internal linking structure of your website. It simplifies the creation of internal links by automatically inserting links within your content, automatically finding related posts and pages that match the keywords you have added for each page in WordPress, and seamlessly linking these pages.
- Internal links between automation-related content, no need to manually link pages
- Allow you to diversify anchor text to make links look natural
- Help you set frequency limits for linked pages to avoid over-linking
- Provide options to prevent specific pages from being linked