SEOPress Features

Dashboard

Where it all begins! Quick access to the setup wizard, feature management, notification center, and more.

Universal SEO Metabox

SEOPress Free’s Universal Meta feature lets you customize your titles and descriptions for each page, post, and piece of content. It gives you complete control over how your site appears in search results and on social media, boosting your SEO and online visibility.

Titles & Metas – Edit SEO Titles & Metas Directly from Your Page Builder with SEOPress

Customize each title and description to rank higher on search engines and attract more clicks.

• Title: Define a specific title for each page using variables such as the article title and site name. Optimize your titles to capture users’ attention while respecting Google’s limitations.
• Meta Description: Create compelling and relevant descriptions using variables such as the post or site title. The meta description is a key lever for improving your click-through rate.
• Google Preview: Directly see how your title and meta description will appear in Google results. This preview allows you to ensure your tags are optimized before publication.

Social – Optimize your visibility on social media

Customize your titles and descriptions for better sharing and engagement on major social platforms.

• Facebook Title and Description: Set specific titles and descriptions for your Facebook posts using variables like the article title. Drive more interactions and optimize how your content is shared.
• Facebook Thumbnail: Add an image optimized for Facebook sharing. The right image size ensures better visibility and increased engagement.
• X (formerly Twitter) Title and Description: Customize how your posts appear on X (formerly Twitter) with tailored titles and descriptions to drive more clicks.
• X Thumbnail: Upload an image optimized for X to make your posts more eye-catching and professional.

Advanced – Control the visibility of your pages

Refine each page’s settings with advanced options to optimize your SEO while controlling indexation.

• Noindex: Prevent a page from appearing in search engine results and XML sitemaps. Ideal for low-value or irrelevant pages.
• Nofollow: Block search engines from following links on a page, useful to avoid passing “link juice” to non-essential URLs.
• Nosnippet: Hide the page description in search results for greater control over how your pages appear.
• Noimageindex: Prevent images on a page from being indexed if you prefer to keep them out of Google image results.
• Canonical URL: Set a canonical URL to avoid duplicate content issues and ensure the correct version of the page is indexed.

Redirection – Easily manage your SEO redirects

Simplify redirect management to enhance user experience and preserve your SEO during site structure changes.

• Enabled Redirection: Activate redirects for deleted or moved pages to retain your SEO authority and prevent 404 errors.
• Redirection Type: Choose the appropriate type of redirect (301, 302, or 307) depending on whether it’s permanent or temporary.
• Login Status: Decide whether the redirect should apply only to logged-in users or to all visitors.
• URL Redirection: Enter the target URL for the redirect. SEOPress makes it easy to manage redirects and avoid traffic loss.

Content Analysis – Improve the SEO quality of your content

Get in-depth analysis for each post and adjust your content based on key SEO criteria.

• Target Keywords: Enter your target keywords to receive accurate recommendations and SEO insights.
• Refresh Analysis: Update the analysis after saving your post to see how your content truly performs.
• Analysis Criteria: SEOPress reviews various elements—like meta tags, image alt text, heading structure, internal and external links, and more—to provide actionable guidance.

Titles & Metas

The Titles & Metas feature is one of the core pillars of SEOPress Free.
It gives you complete control over how your site is perceived by search engines. Optimize your visibility, strengthen your brand identity, avoid duplicate content, and save valuable time with intuitive yet powerful customization. An essential tool for any effective SEO strategy.

Home — Optimize your site’s homepage

Set custom titles and descriptions for your homepage — the cornerstone of your online presence.

• Separator: Customize the title separator for a clear and consistent structure across your site.
• Site Title: Automatically display your site’s name in every title tag to strengthen your branding.
• Alternative Site Title: Provide a shortened or alternative version of your site name for more flexibility in snippets.
• Meta Description: Drive clicks with an engaging, SEO-optimized homepage description.

Post Types — Tailor each content type for search engine

Create custom title and meta templates for your posts, pages, or custom post types.

Posts [post] — Highlight your blog articles

• Title Template: Automatically generate SEO-friendly titles using dynamic variables (post title, site name, etc.).
• Meta Description: Manually customize each post’s description to better persuade readers.
• Noindex: Exclude a content type from search engines if you don’t want it to appear (e.g., a temporary landing page).
• Nofollow: Tell search engines not to follow links in this content type to maintain control over your link structure.
• Display Date: Show the publication and update dates in Google search results—ideal for time-sensitive content.
• Display Post Thumbnail: Enable featured image display in Google Custom Search results for greater visual impact.

Pages [page] — Structure your static pages for SEO

With the same settings as Posts, this section lets you customize titles, descriptions, and SEO options for your core static pages (contact, about, etc.), which are essential for site navigation.

Archives — Control WordPress’s automatic archive pages

Optimize or disable automatically generated archives to avoid duplicate content and maintain a clean SEO structure.

Author Archives — Manage author archive pages

• Title Template: Display the author’s name followed by the site name to give context to the content.
• Meta Description Template: Introduce the author with their bio to add a human touch to your snippets.
• Noindex: Prevent indexing if your site has only one author to avoid duplication.
• Disable Author Archives: Fully remove author archives if they’re not relevant to your site.

Date Archives — Eliminate unnecessary pages

• Title Template: Add a logical structure to date-based pages for better SEO.
• Meta Description Template: Describe the content based on its publication period.
• Noindex: Remove from search engines if these pages don’t provide value.
• Disable Date Archives: Delete them entirely to simplify your site structure.

Search Archives — Control internal search result pages

• Title Template: Display the search query in the title to clearly inform users.
• Meta Description Template: Summarize the type of results found.
• Noindex: Prevent indexing of these often low-content pages.

404 Archives — Turn errors into opportunities

• Title Template: Give your 404 page a clear title to reassure visitors.
• Meta Description Template: Explain what went wrong and suggest solutions (redirects, helpful links, etc.).

Taxonomies — Bring order to your categories and tags

Set clear titles and meta descriptions for taxonomy pages—these help organize your content and strengthen your SEO structure.

Categories [category] — Structure your content hierarchy

• Title Template: Highlight the category name to guide both visitors and Google.
• Meta Description Template: Summarize the related content to spark interest.
• Noindex: Disable indexing if you want to avoid duplicate content.
• Nofollow: Prevent link crawling on these pages if they’re not valuable.

Tags [post_tag] — Powerful but risky SEO descriptors

• Title Template: Display the tag name in a structured way.
• Meta Description Template: Present the full range of related content.
• Noindex: Recommended by default to avoid duplicate content.
• Nofollow: Block link crawling if needed.

Advanced — Take your SEO precision even further

Control global page behavior in search results for a more refined SEO strategy.

• noindex: Hide all site pages from search engines if your project is still under development.
• nofollow: Globally prevent outgoing links from being followed if needed.
• noimageindex: Block indexing of all your images.
• nosnippet: Disable snippet display in Google if you prefer to stay discreet.
• Remove Website Schema: Remove structured data tags if they’re not useful to you.
• Rel next/prev: Improve navigation between paginated archive pages for Google.
• Noindex Paginated Archives: Prevent indexing of archive pages 2, 3, and beyond.
• Noindex Attachment Pages: Remove indexing of orphaned media pages generated automatically.

XML - HTML Sitemap

The XML & HTML Sitemap feature in SEOPress Free is your strategic ally for structured, fast, and efficient SEO.
By guiding both search engines and your visitors, you improve indexing, site navigation, and overall SEO performance—without writing a single line of code.

General — Enable the XML sitemap to guide search engines

Make it easier for Google and other search engines to crawl your pages, images, and videos.

• Enable XML Sitemap: Activate automatic generation of a clear, comprehensive XML sitemap with a single click.
• Enable Image Sitemap: Include all your images—galleries, featured images, WooCommerce products—in the sitemap to boost their SEO.
• (PRO) Enable XML Video Sitemap: Enable this option to generate a video XML sitemap, helping search engines discover and index your videos more easily.
• Enable Author Sitemap: Add a dedicated section for author archives to ensure their content is properly indexed. Don’t forget to enable it in the Archives tab.
• Enable HTML Sitemap: Provide visitors with a readable, well-structured HTML sitemap for easier navigation.

Pages set to noindex and URLs with custom canonical tags will be excluded. If you disable this feature, WordPress will reactivate its native sitemap.

Post Types — Choose which content to include in your sitemap

Precisely target the content types you want to include in your sitemap.

• Posts [post] Include / Exclude: Enable or disable the inclusion of blog posts based on your SEO strategy.
• Pages [page] Include / Exclude: Select strategic pages you want to index.
• Media [attachment] Include / Exclude: Caution—it’s generally not recommended to include this type, as it may harm your SEO.

Taxonomies — Control the indexing of your categories and tags

Refine your SEO strategy by selecting which taxonomies should be indexed.

• Categories [category] Include / Exclude: Enable only the categories that are relevant for search engine optimization.
• Tags [post_tag] Include / Exclude: Decide whether your tags deserve indexing, depending on their role in your content structure.

HTML Sitemap — Create a readable sitemap for your visitors

Offer a clear, interactive, and user-friendly HTML sitemap—for both users and search engines.

• Enter a post, page, or custom post type ID(s): Specify where the sitemap should appear on your site.
• Exclude some Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, or Term IDs: Remove any content you don’t want to display.
• Sort order: Choose the display order (alphabetical, date, ID, menu, etc.).
• Order posts by: Sort your content based on the most relevant criteria for your audience.
• Disable the display of the publication date: Hide the date to keep the layout clean and minimal.
• Disable hierarchy for posts and products: Turn off hierarchy for a flat, linear display if preferred.

Easy to integrate with:

• the WordPress Block Editor
• or a customizable shortcode like
[seopress_html_sitemap cpt="post,page"]

Social Networks

The Social Networks feature in SEOPress Free helps you structure your site’s social metadata, boost your visibility in Google results, and optimize how your content appears on major platforms (Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and more). A precise, professional approach to managing your digital presence.

Knowledge Graph: Tell Google who you are

Display your brand or name in search results using Knowledge Graph structured data.

• Person or organization: Choose between “Person” or “Organization” to tailor the data sent to Google.
• Your name/organization: Enter your personal or company name for clear identification.
• Your photo/organization logo: Add an official image to strengthen brand recognition in the SERPs.
• Description: Provide a brief overview of your organization to enhance rich search results.
• Email: Supply an official contact email to boost credibility and enable communication.
• Organization’s phone number: Make it easy for visitors and clients to get in touch.
• Contact type: Specify the nature of the contact (customer support, billing, sales, etc.) to guide users.
• Contact option: Add notes like “toll-free number” or “hearing-impaired support” for better accessibility.
• VAT ID: Display your VAT number to reinforce trust and business legitimacy.

Your social accounts: Connect your social profiles to Google

Link your website to your social media profiles to enrich your Knowledge Panel in Google Search.

• Facebook page URL: Add your Facebook page URL to strengthen your online presence.
• X Username: Enter your X (formerly Twitter) handle to connect your social activity to your site.
• Pinterest URL: Link your Pinterest profile to showcase your visual content.
• Instagram URL: Connect your Instagram account to display your visual posts.
• YouTube URL: Add your channel for greater visibility of your video content.
• LinkedIn URL: Highlight your LinkedIn profile or page—especially valuable for B2B.
• Additional accounts: Include other social profiles not listed for full coverage.

Facebook (Open Graph): Control how your content appears when shared

Define the data (image, title, etc.) used when a link is shared on Facebook or other platforms.

• Enable Open Graph Data: Activate Open Graph metadata to control how your content appears on social networks.
• Default image: Set a high-quality default image for shared links (ideal size: 1640x856px).
• Apply this image to all your og:image tag: Use this image as the default across all shares when no other image is specified.
• Define custom og:image tag for post type archive pages: Choose a specific image for your archive pages.
• Facebook Link Ownership ID: Link your Facebook page to your website to manage shared content.
• Facebook Admin ID: Declare admin(s) to access Facebook tools and manage integrations.
• Facebook App ID: Enable Facebook Insights to analyze your social traffic.

X: Customize how your content appears on X (formerly Twitter)

Optimize the preview card that appears when your links are shared on X.

• Enable X Cards: Activate X Cards to control how your content is displayed.
• Use Open Graph if no X Cards are filled: Fall back on Facebook Open Graph data if X-specific data is missing.
• Default X Image: Set a default image optimized for X (ideal sizes: 300x157px or 600x314px).
• Image size for X Summary card: Choose between standard or large image format to better attract attention.

LinkedIn: Optimize how your content is shared on LinkedIn

Define the image size used for LinkedIn previews via oEmbed integration.

• Post thumbnail image size: Select the image size used for each post (e.g., full, large, etc.).

Fediverse / Mastodon: Display your decentralized identity

Show your presence on the Fediverse by adding your Mastodon or Threads handle.

• Display Fediverse Creator tag: Enter your handle to link your website to your decentralized profile.

Analytics

The Analytics feature in SEOPress Free is a true digital dashboard at your fingertips. Whether you’re aiming to boost your SEO performance, analyze user behavior, or stay GDPR-compliant, this tool offers precision, flexibility, and control. An essential asset for effectively steering your online visibility strategy.

Google Analytics: Track your key data in just a few clicks

Connect Google Analytics to your site and automatically insert the tracking script—no coding required.

• Enable Google Analytics tracking: Activate tracking with gtag.js, the measurement script recommended by Google.
• Enter your measurement ID (GA4): Provide your GA4 ID to start collecting data.
• Enable Google Ads: Allow integration with Google Ads to track the performance of your ad campaigns.

Events – Accurately track visitor interactions

Analyze key user actions such as clicks, downloads, calls, and affiliate link clicks:

• Enable external links tracking: Track clicks to external websites to evaluate site exits.
• Enable downloads tracking: Measure file downloads such as PDFs, DOCX, XLSX.
• Track downloads’ clicks: List file extensions to track, separated by a “|”, to customize your goals.
• Enable affiliate/outbound links tracking: Detect clicks on monetized affiliate or external links.
• Track affiliate/outbound links: Enter keywords like “aff”, “go”, “out”, separated by a “|”, to define links to monitor.
• Track phone links: Analyze phone calls made through “tel:” links to measure contact conversions.

Matomo: Analyze without compromising on privacy

Integrate Matomo for GDPR-friendly tracking—whether cloud-hosted or self-hosted

• Enable Matomo tracking: Activate Matomo tracking. Requires a Cloud account or local installation.
• Self hosted Matomo installation: Specify if you’re using a self-hosted version of Matomo.
• Enter your tracking ID: Enter your Matomo domain (e.g., matomo.example.com).
• Enter your site ID:Your site ID is available in your Matomo settings.
• Tracking one domain and its subdomains: Consolidate visits across subdomains for unified data.
• Prepend the site domain to the page title: Add the subdomain to page titles for clearer filtering.
• Track users with JavaScript disabled: Track visitors even if JavaScript is turned off, for broader coverage.
• Enables cross domain linking: Share Visitor ID across domains to unify visitor data.
• Cross domain: List associated domains to enable multi-domain tracking.
• Enable DoNotTrack detection: Respect users’ preferences when Do Not Track is enabled.
• Disables all first party cookies: Disable all first-party cookies for 100% cookie-free tracking.
• Download & Outlink tracking: Automatically track downloads and outbound link clicks.
• Disabling all heatmaps and session recordings: Option to disable heatmaps and session recordings for privacy-focused setups.

Clarity: Visually understand your visitors

Analyze user behavior with Microsoft Clarity: heatmaps, session replays, and more.

• Enable Microsoft Clarity: Activate integration with Clarity.
• Enter your Clarity project ID: Enter your Clarity project ID to start tracking.

Advanced: Customize tracking to fit your needs

Go further with custom dimensions and user role exclusion

• Track Authors: Associate visits with their authors to analyze editorial performance.
• Track Categories: Monitor performance by post categories to optimize your content strategy.
• Track Tags: Identify the keywords driving the most traffic.
• Track Post Types: Analyze which content types (posts, pages, products…) perform best.
• Track Logged In Users: Understand the behavior of logged-in users.
• Exclude user roles from tracking: Eliminate internal data bias by excluding collaborators (admin, author, etc.).

Cookie Bar / GDPR / Google Consent: Gain compliance and transparency

Easily manage user consent and stay compliant with peace of mind.

• Where to load the cookie bar?: Choose where to insert the bar: body (recommended), footer, or head.
• Analytics tracking opt-in: Require explicit consent before starting analytics tracking.
• Display and automatically accept…: Automatically accepts by default (not GDPR-compliant).
• Allow user to change its choice: Let visitors modify their consent preferences at any time.
• Consent message for user tracking: Customize the information message shown to users.
• Accept button / Close / Edit cookies: Personalize button labels and actions.
• User consent cookie expiration date: Set how long consent remains valid.
• Cookie bar position / Text alignment / Width: Adapt the layout to match your branding.
• Backdrop: Display a background overlay to highlight the cookie bar.
• Main settings: Customize the overall color scheme.
• Primary button: Style the accept button.
• Secondary button: Personalize the close button.

Custom Tracking: Insert your own tracking scripts

Easily add external scripts like Google Tag Manager.

• [HEAD] Add an additional tracking code: Script injected into the <head> tag (excluding GA4, Matomo).
• [BODY] Add an additional tracking code: Script injected right after the opening <body> tag.
• [BODY (FOOTER)] Add an additional tracking code: Script injected at the end of the <body> tag.

Instant Indexing

The Instant Indexing feature in SEOPress Free lets you notify Google and Bing in real time whenever your content changes. No more waiting for crawlers—your pages can be indexed, updated, or removed within minutes. Perfect for boosting your visibility instantly.

General: Save time, boost your visibility

Manually submit your URLs to Google and Bing for fast indexing after publishing, updating, or deleting content.

• Select search engines: Choose Google and/or Bing to notify only the search engines you care about.
• Which action to run for Google?: Specify whether you want to update or remove URLs (useful for deleted or deindexed pages).
• Submit URLs for indexing: Enter up to 100 URLs (one per line) and submit them in one click.
• Submit URLs to Google & Bing: Trigger immediate submission and review the history of your latest submissions.

Settings: Easily configure your API keys

Set up your API credentials once and for all, and save valuable time on every submission.

• Google Indexing API key: Connect your site to Google’s Indexing API by pasting the JSON key from your Search Console account.
• Bing Indexing API key: Use the automatically generated Bing API key to easily link your site.
• Automatically notify search engines: Enable automatic submissions via the IndexNow protocol whenever content is created, updated, or deleted—search engines are informed in real time.

Advanced

The Advanced feature in SEOPress Free brings together powerful settings to deeply optimize your WordPress site. Whether you’re fine-tuning your SEO, cleaning up your code, securing your interface, or managing your metadata, Advanced gives you full control over the behind-the-scenes of your site.

Image SEO: Boost the visibility of your images

Automatically optimize your images for SEO upon upload—boost performance, visibility, and productivity.

• Redirect attachment pages to post parent: Redirects attachment pages to their parent post to avoid thin content.
• Redirect attachment pages to their file URL: Redirects directly to the image file URL—improves UX and indexing.
• Cleaning media filename: Automatically cleans file names on upload (removing accents, capital letters, spaces) to create SEO-friendly names.
• Automatically set the image Title: Auto-generates an image title based on the file name.
• Automatically set the image Alt text: Fills in the ALT attribute using the file name—essential for accessibility and SEO.
• Automatically set the image Alt text from target keywords: Uses target keywords as ALT text if none is defined.
• Automatically set alt text on already inserted image: Updates ALT text in existing content based on the Media Library.
• Automatically set the image Caption: Automatically generates a caption from the file name.
• Automatically set the image Description: Creates an image description based on the file name.

Advanced: Clean and fine-tune every technical detail

Access advanced SEO settings to fine-tune your site’s structure, source code, and behavior.

• Add WP Editor to taxonomy description textarea: Enable a visual editor to enrich category descriptions.
• Remove /category/ in URL: Remove “/category/” from permalinks for cleaner URLs.
• Remove /product-category/ in URL: Also cleans WooCommerce product category URLs.
• Remove ?replytocom link to avoid duplicate content: Prevents duplicate content by removing this comment reply parameter.
• Remove noreferrer link attribute in post content: Removes “noreferrer” from links—useful for affiliate tracking.
• Remove WordPress generator meta tag: Hides the WordPress version for improved security.
• Remove hentry post class: Avoids unwanted detection of structured data.
• Remove author URL: Removes links to commenters’ websites.
• Remove website field in comment form: Helps reduce spam by removing the “website” field.
• Add “nofollow noopener noreferrer” rel attributes to the comments form link: Prevents indexing of comment form links.
• Remove WordPress shortlink meta tag: Cleans the source code by removing shortlink metadata.
• Remove Windows Live Writer meta tag: Removes this obsolete header tag.
• Remove RSD meta tag: Eliminates the RSD tag to streamline and secure your code.
• Remove oEmbed links: Prevents other sites from embedding your content.
• Remove WordPress X-Pingback header: Improves security by disabling pingbacks and trackbacks.
• Remove WordPress X-Powered-By header: Hides the PHP version in use for better protection.
• Remove Emoji support: Removes emoji scripts to improve site performance.

Search engines validation – Boost your visibility across all search engines

Make it easy to verify your site with major search tools:

• Google site verification: Easily add your Search Console verification code.
• Bing site verification: Verify your site with Bing Webmaster Tools.
• Pinterest site verification: Allow Pinterest to index and monitor your content.
• Yandex site verification: Ensure your presence in the Yandex search ecosystem.
• Baidu site verification: Enable visibility on China’s leading search engine.

Appearance: Customize SEOPress to match your workspace

Customize the plugin interface to match your content creation and analysis habits.

Metaboxes

• Universal SEO metabox video thumbnail: Disable the universal metabox if needed.
• Universal Metabox for the Block Editor: Enable the modern SEO metabox in Gutenberg.
• Move SEO metabox’s position: Set the SEO metabox position (top, normal, bottom).
• Remove Content Analysis Metabox: Hide the keyword tracking panel for a cleaner layout.

Admin bar

• SEO in admin bar: Remove the SEO menu from the admin bar for a lighter interface.
• Noindex in admin bar: Hide the Noindex status for a cleaner visual display.

SEO Dashboard

• SEO Dashboard: Quickly access your SEO dashboard from the WordPress toolbar.

Columns

• Display SEO columns (title, meta, redirections, inbound/outbound links, keywords, noindex/nofollow status, analysis score) in your content lists for instant insights at a glance.

Security: Control who can change what

Manage access to SEO metadata and settings based on user roles.

SEO Metaboxes

• Block SEO metabox to user roles: Prevent specific roles (editor, author, customer, etc.) from editing SEO metadata.
• Block Content Analysis metabox to user roles: Restrict access to content analysis based on user profiles.

SEO Settings Pages

• Titles & Metas, Sitemap, Social, Analytics, etc.: Grant or restrict access to SEOPress settings pages based on user roles, in line with your internal policies.

Tools

The Tools feature in SEOPress Free brings together essential utilities to simplify the technical management of your SEO. Whether you’re transferring SEO settings from one site to another, migrating from another plugin, or resetting your configuration, Tools makes your life easier and saves you valuable time.

Export / Import Settings: Duplicate your SEO configuration

Save time by copying your SEOPress settings from one WordPress site to another—no need to reconfigure anything

• Export: Save all your SEOPress settings to easily import them into another WordPress site.
• Import: Instantly apply your SEO configuration to another WordPress site.

Import Plugin Settings: Duplicate your configuration with ease

Easily migrate metadata (titles and descriptions) from other SEO plugins to SEOPress.

Reset: Clean up, reset, and take back control

Delete all previously saved content analysis data with a single click.

• Delete content scans: Remove results from past content analyses. Lighten your database and start fresh with a clean SEO analysis.
• Reset Notices: Clear all previous alerts and regain a clear overview. Ideal for reviewing your SEO setup or starting fresh with notifications.
• Reset All Settings: Deletes all plugin settings from the database. Perfect for fixing a misconfiguration or preparing for a complete SEO overhaul.

Dashboard

Where it all begins! Quick access to the setup wizard, feature management, notification center, and more.

With PRO, easily check your Page Speed score, Google Analytics stats, Matomo Analytics stats and Google Search Console metrics.

Universal SEO Metabox

With the PRO, the Universal SEO metabox is even better:

• Video Sitemap
• Schemas
• Internal linking suggestions
• Google Inspect URL
• …

Tools

Redirections

• Import redirects from Yoast Premium, Rank Math, Redirections plugin, SmartCrawl, AIOSEO, or a CSV file
• Export redirects to a CSV file, .htaccess file
• Export slug changes
• Export 404 errors

Video XML sitemap

An XML video sitemap helps search engines discover and index video content on your website more effectively by providing detailed metadata about each video.

• Add YouTube videos to the XML Video sitemap automatically
• Regenerate manually the video sitemap

PRO

404 Monitoring & Redirections: Optimize Site Health and User Experience

Quickly detect broken links and seamlessly redirect users to preserve SEO value and avoid dead ends.

• Enable 404 Monitoring: Track 404 errors directly in your dashboard to identify broken or outdated links. Keep your site healthy and user-friendly.
• Auto-Clean 404 Logs: Automatically delete 404 entries older than 30 days. Keep your error list clean and focused on active issues.
• Redirect Broken URLs: Redirect any 404 error to the homepage or a custom URL with a few clicks. Avoid frustrating dead ends and improve visitor retention.
• Choose Your Redirect Type: Select from 301 (permanent), 302 or 307 (temporary) redirects. Ensure accurate communication with search engines about content moves.
• Customize by Login Status: Set redirection rules based on whether a user is logged in. Fine-tune access for personalized experiences.
• Get Weekly Email Alerts: Receive summaries of top 404 errors via email. Stay informed and react quickly to issues.
• Disable Guess Redirects: Stop WordPress from trying to guess redirects automatically. Gain full control over redirection behavior.
• Avoid Unwanted Suggestions: Turn off notifications when a post is deleted or its slug changes. Reduce noise, focus on critical alerts.
• Control IP Logging: Choose your level of privacy—disable logging, anonymize, or log full IP addresses.

Structured Data: Boost Visibility with Rich Snippets

Add Schema.org markup to your content to enhance how your pages appear in search results.

• Enable Structured Data Types: Activate structured data support for posts, pages, and custom post types. Improve how your content is interpreted by search engines.
• Visual Schema Editor: Easily add, manage, and preview schema types using the dedicated metabox. No coding required.
• Add Publisher Logo: Upload your logo to appear in Google rich results. Build brand recognition directly in search.
• Automate Schema Application: Define global settings or apply schemas manually for full flexibility. Adapt to simple blogs or complex websites.
• Improve Search Appearance: Highlight key info like reviews, ratings, product details, and more. Make your results stand out and attract more clicks.

Robots.txt: Control Crawling with a Virtual File

Customize how search engines access your site using a dynamic, editable robots.txt file.

• Enable Virtual Robots.txt: Activate a fully virtual robots.txt without modifying your server. Quick and safe to implement.
• Edit Rules Directly: Write or edit disallow/allow directives in one place. Take full control over what bots can or can’t index.
• Use Built-in Variables: Instantly block common bots (e.g., SemrushBot, ChatGPT), search result pages, or add your sitemap URL with handy presets.
• Protect Crawl Budget: Prevent search engines from wasting resources on low-value pages. Help them focus on your most important content.
• Comply with SEO Best Practices: Your robots.txt file is always accessible at yoursite.com/robots.txt and auto-updated as needed.

.htaccess: Customize Core Server Directives Safely

Edit your .htaccess file directly from WordPress to control redirects, security rules, and performance tweaks—without FTP.

• Inline Editor: Modify your .htaccess file from the SEOPress interface. No need for external access or FTP tools.
• Pre-Editing Warning: Stay safe—SEOPress prompts you to back up your file before making any changes. Prevent accidental site breaks.
• Full Control Over Rules: Add or adjust rewrite rules, security headers, redirect logic, and more. Fine-tune your server behavior to your SEO strategy.
• Real-Time Updates: Changes take effect immediately upon saving. Iterate quickly and safely without needing developer support.

Local Business: Optimize for Local SEO and Google EAT

Add detailed structured data for your business to enhance trust and visibility in local search results.

• Enable Local Business Schema: Display key business details on your homepage or any specific post/page. Help search engines recognize your organization instantly.
• Define Your Business Type: Choose from predefined types like Restaurant, Cafe, or Local Business. Match your schema to your real-world category.
• Add Contact & Location Info: Include address, phone number, VAT ID, and more. Ensure accurate data appears in local search results and knowledge panels.
• Enhance Credibility with Coordinates: Add your Google Maps Place ID, latitude, and longitude. Make it easier for users and bots to locate your business.
• Display Opening Hours: Specify morning/afternoon slots per day. Show availability clearly to users and improve your business presentation in SERPs.
• Add Rich Details (Optional): Include cuisine type, reservation info, price range, or menu URL for food establishments. Deliver full context in one snippet.

AI Assistant (Beta): Automate SEO Metadata with OpenAI / DeepSeek

Use the power of AI to quickly generate titles, meta descriptions, and image alt texts directly from your WordPress dashboard.

• Connect with OpenAI / DeepSeek: Enter your API key and select your preferred model (e.g. GPT-4o). Start generating content instantly within SEOPress.
• Generate Titles & Descriptions: Use AI to craft optimized meta titles and descriptions based on your content and target keywords. Save time and improve SEO consistency.
• Automate Image Alt Texts: Automatically generate descriptive alt texts for your media files using AI. Improve accessibility and image SEO without manual input.
• Use AI in Bulk or Inline: Apply AI suggestions from the SEO metabox or in bulk via list views. Scale your workflow without losing control.
• Privacy-First Notice: Your content, language, and keywords are sent securely to OpenAI / DeepSeek. You remain in full control of your SEO data.
• Built-In Debug Logs: Monitor AI responses and troubleshoot with clear logs. Keep everything transparent and adjustable.

Breadcrumbs: Enhance Navigation and SEO Clarity

Display breadcrumb trails using schema markup to improve user experience and boost your search result appearance.

• Enable Breadcrumbs Display: Activate HTML and JSON-LD breadcrumbs for better site navigation and rich snippets in Google results.
• Customize Separators and Structure: Choose your breadcrumb separator (e.g. “/”) and configure which post types and taxonomies to display. Match your site’s content structure perfectly.
• Flexible Integration Options: Add breadcrumbs using a block in the editor, a shortcode [seopress_breadcrumbs], or a PHP snippet in your theme. Seamlessly fits any workflow.
• Translation-Ready: Customize default labels like “Home”, “Author”, “404 error”, etc. Make your breadcrumbs multilingual and user-friendly.
• Clean Layout Options: Remove static “Posts” or “Shop” pages from breadcrumb paths to simplify navigation and avoid confusion.
• Compatible with Storefront: Enable Storefront compatibility mode for automatic overrides of WooCommerce’s default breadcrumbs.

WooCommerce: Optimize Your Product Pages for Better Rankings

Boost the SEO of your online store by enhancing product metadata, reducing crawl waste, and controlling structured data output.

• Improve Product Metadata: Automatically add product:price:amount and product:price:currency Open Graph tags. Help platforms like Facebook and Pinterest display rich product previews.
• Control Indexing of Key Pages: Set noindex on cart, checkout, and customer account pages. Focus search engine attention on high-value content and reduce duplicate indexing.
• Remove Redundant Tags: Disable WooCommerce’s generator tag and default structured data to reduce clutter and avoid schema conflicts in Google Search Console.
• Customize Structured Data: Replace WooCommerce’s generic product schema with a cleaner, more accurate version via SEOPress automatic schemas.
• Tidy Up Your Code: Optionally remove only WooCommerce’s breadcrumbs schema if you prefer a custom or SEOPress-managed version. Avoid duplication and ensure schema clarity.

Easy Digital Downloads: Refine Your Digital Product SEO

Enhance how your downloadable products appear in search and on social platforms with tailored metadata and cleaner code.

• Add Product Metadata Automatically: Inject Open Graph tags like product:price:amount and product:price:currency. Ensure your digital items are displayed with accurate pricing in social previews.
• Remove EDD Generator Tag: Clean up your site’s source code by disabling the default Easy Digital Downloads generator tag. Present a more professional and SEO-friendly markup.
• Prevent Schema Conflicts: Use SEOPress schemas in place of EDD’s defaults for greater control and compatibility with Google’s structured data requirements.

PageSpeed Insights: Monitor and Improve Site Performance

Get real-world performance data from Google to optimize your site speed and user experience.

• Analyze Any URL Instantly: Enter your homepage or any page URL to run a PageSpeed Insights test. Identify performance issues based on actual user data.
• Integrate Your API Key: Add your Google PageSpeed API key to avoid quota limits. Run multiple tests without restrictions.
• Download Reports: Save your performance analysis as a PDF. Share it with clients or your development team for easy collaboration.
• Error Logs Included: Instantly view the latest PageSpeed API error messages. Troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
• Boost Core Web Vitals: Use actionable insights to improve metrics like LCP, FID, and CLS. Increase rankings and user satisfaction.

Google Search Console: Unlock SEO Insights Directly in WordPress

Connect your site to Google Search Console to monitor performance, indexing status, and keyword visibility—all from your dashboard.

• Add Your API Key: Paste your Google JSON key to securely link your site. Access detailed search metrics without leaving WordPress.
• Enable Domain Property Support: Easily connect both domain-level and URL-prefix properties. Compatible with all verification methods.
• Customize Data Range: Choose your preferred reporting period (e.g., last 3 months). Focus on the trends that matter most to your SEO goals.
• View Clicks, Impressions & CTR: See core metrics for each post, page, or custom post type. Prioritize updates based on actual performance.
• Inspect URLs from the Metabox: Run real-time checks on indexing, mobile compatibility, and structured data. Spot issues and act fast.
• Dashboard Widget Integration: Access a summary of your Search Console data directly from the SEO dashboard. Stay informed at a glance.

Google News: Expand Your Reach with a Dedicated News Sitemap

Submit your latest articles to Google News and increase visibility in news-specific search results.

• Enable Google News Sitemap: Automatically generate a compliant XML sitemap for Google News. Ensure your latest content gets indexed fast.
• Set Your Publication Name: Enter the exact name used in your Google News Publisher account. Match your brand identity and meet Google’s requirements.
• Include Custom Post Types: Choose which post types to include in the News sitemap. Control exactly what gets submitted to Google News.
• Stay Within Limits: Only articles from the past 2 days (up to 1,000 posts) are included—fully aligned with Google News guidelines.
• Submit to Google Publisher Center: Share your dedicated News sitemap (/news.xml) with Google for inclusion in their news ecosystem.

SEO Alerts: Get Notified Before SEO Issues Harm Your Rankings

Receive proactive alerts via email or Slack about critical SEO problems—so you can fix them before they impact your traffic.

• Homepage Noindex Warning: Get an alert if your homepage is accidentally set to noindex. Avoid the most common and damaging SEO mistake.
• robots.txt Monitoring: Be notified if your virtual robots.txt file fails to load. Ensure your crawl directives are always in place.
• XML Sitemap Alerts: Receive alerts if your sitemap becomes unreachable. Keep search engines informed of your site’s structure.
• Custom Alert Recipients: Enter one or more email addresses to receive notifications. Keep your team or clients in the loop.
• Slack Integration: Send alerts directly to your Slack workspace using a Webhook URL. Respond quickly without checking your inbox.

Dublin Core: Add Metadata for Government and Directory Indexing

Automatically add recognized metadata tags to improve compatibility with academic, institutional, and international directories.

• Enable Dublin Core Tags: Activate meta tags such as dc.title, dc.description, dc.language, and more. Ensure your content meets metadata standards used by public institutions.
• Enhance Visibility Across Platforms: Dublin Core tags are used by search engines like Bing, Yandex, and Baidu. Expand your reach beyond Google.
• Automatic Tag Generation: Metadata is generated based on your existing SEO content. No manual input required.
• Trusted by Governments & Libraries: These tags are recognized by many official directories and archival databases. Improve your credibility in structured environments.

RSS Feeds: Customize and Optimize Your Content Distribution

Control how your content is delivered via RSS to subscribers, aggregators, and indexing services.

• Add Custom Content Before/After Posts: Insert dynamic HTML before and after each post in your feed. Include branding, calls to action, or copyright notices.
• Display Post Thumbnails: Automatically include featured images in your RSS feed. Make your content more visually engaging for feed readers.
• Control Feed Visibility: Disable comments, posts, or extra feeds (author, taxonomy, etc.). Prevent duplicate content and focus distribution.
• Disable All RSS Feeds: Fully turn off RSS access and redirect users to your homepage. Ideal for closed platforms or content-protected sites.
• Dynamic Variables Supported: Use variables like %%post_title%% or %%post_author%% to personalize feed content. Automate without sacrificing customization.

White Label: Rebrand SEOPress as Your Own

Customize the plugin’s appearance and branding to deliver a seamless client experience under your name.

• Simplify the Dashboard: Keep only the SEO management block in the dashboard. Create a cleaner, client-focused interface.
• Customize Plugin Name & Description: Change how SEOPress appears in the WordPress plugins list—title, description, and author name. Present your brand, not ours.
• Replace Icons & Menu Labels: Use custom Dashicons or menu text to match your visual identity. Maintain branding consistency across the admin area.
• Remove Help Links: Hide SEOPress documentation and support links. Keep the interface clean and distraction-free for clients.
• Control Update Visibility: Disable “View Details” modals and update notifications for both SEOPress and SEOPress PRO. Avoid unnecessary confusion or changes by clients.

Site Audit: Fix SEO Issues and Boost Performance

A site audit is a complete check-up of your website’s content and technical SEO. It helps identify issues that could prevent your site from ranking well in search engines—such as missing meta titles, broken links, poor keyword usage, or unoptimized images. With SEOPress, the audit runs automatically every time you update a post or page. It’s like having a built-in SEO assistant that helps you spot and fix problems before they affect your visibility online.

Connecting your Google Search Console account adds even more value, showing you real click and ranking data next to each URL. This way, you can focus your efforts where they matter most.

Overview – Understand Your Site’s SEO Health at a Glance

The Overview tab gives you a global picture of your SEO performance. It breaks down your results into five key categories:

• Issues Detected – Total number of problems found across your site.
• Ignored – Issues you chose to skip or that don’t apply to your SEO goals.
• High Impact Issues – Critical problems that should be fixed first (e.g., missing meta titles or incorrect canonical URLs).
• Medium Impact Issues – Important but less urgent issues (e.g., headings structure or nofollow links).
• Crawled URLs – The total number of published URLs analyzed by the audit.

This summary helps you prioritize what to fix and shows how your site is improving over time.

Issues – Fix 13 Key SEO Problems

The Site Audit checks for 13 specific SEO issues on every page or post. Here’s what each one means:

1. Canonical URL
   Ensures that each page has a correct canonical tag, telling search engines which version of a URL is the main one to index.
2. Structured Data Types
   Checks if schema markup (like Article, Product, or FAQ) is correctly applied. This helps search engines display rich snippets in results.
3. Last Modified Date
   Verifies if your content has a recent “last updated” date. This can improve freshness signals in search rankings.
4. Keywords in Permalink
   Looks for target keywords in the URL. A keyword-rich permalink improves clarity for both users and search engines.
5. Headings
   Evaluates the use of H1, H2, etc., to make sure your content has a clear structure. Poor heading hierarchy can confuse both users and crawlers.
6. Meta Title
   Checks if your title tag exists and is optimized. Titles are one of the most important on-page SEO elements.
7. Meta Description
   Ensures your description is present and helpful. While not a ranking factor, it influences click-through rates in search results.
8. Social Meta Tags
   Verifies if Open Graph (Facebook) and Twitter Cards tags are set. These improve how your pages appear when shared on social media.
9. Meta Robots
   Ensures the meta robots tag is present and set correctly (e.g., index/follow). Misconfigured tags can prevent indexing.
10. Alternative Texts of Images
    Checks if images have alt text, which is important for accessibility, image SEO, and screen readers.
11. NoFollow Links
    Identifies links that use rel=”nofollow”. Useful to manage link equity, but overuse can weaken your internal linking strategy.
12. Outbound Links
    Reviews links pointing to external sites. Too many broken or low-quality outbound links can hurt credibility.
13. Internal Links
    Analyzes how well your content is linked together. Strong internal linking helps users and search engines discover more pages.

Scan: Detect Broken Links to Improve Site Quality

Automatically scan your site’s content to find broken or incorrect links that can harm SEO and user experience.

• Launch the bot: Scan the latest content on your site—up to 100 posts/pages/custom post types by default—to detect 404 errors or unreachable URLs. Keep your site clean and error-free.
• View scan results: Once a scan is complete, review a detailed list of broken links and their sources. Quickly locate and fix issues before they affect search rankings.
• Custom scan limits: Need to scan more than 100 items? Head to the settings tab to increase the scan scope and cover more content in each analysis.

Settings: Customize How Your Site Audit and Link Scan Work

Fine-tune the way SEOPress audits your content and scans for broken links to match your workflow and website size.

Site Audit Settings: Control How and What Gets Scanned

• Recipients: Enter one or more email addresses (comma-separated) to receive alerts once a site audit is complete. Stay informed automatically.
• Post Types to Scan: Choose whether to include Posts, Pages, or any other public custom post type. By default, all public types are analyzed.
• Scan Noindex Content: Enable this to include content marked as noindex. By default, noindex content is skipped to save time and resources.

Broken Links Settings: Adjust the Scope and Performance of Scans

• Post Types to Scan: Select where the scanner should look—Posts, Pages, and Media are available. Focus the scan on what matters most.
• Find Links In: Choose to analyze links found in post content or in the full source code of each page. Note: scanning source code is much slower.
• Number of Items to Scan: Set how many posts/pages to scan at once (minimum 10, default 100). Increase the number for larger audits but expect longer scan times.
• Scan Link Type: Enable this to check whether each link is internal or external. This adds detail to reports but may slow the scan.
• Scan 404 Only: Focus only on links that return a 404 error. Speeds up the scan if you’re only looking for broken links.
• Request Timeout: Set how many seconds to wait before a request is considered failed. Default is 5 seconds—useful for slow servers or unreliable URLs.
• Clean Broken Links List: Automatically delete the previous list of broken links before starting a new scan. Keep your reports fresh and uncluttered.
• Save Changes: Click to apply your new settings.

Schemas: Stand Out in Search with Rich Results

A schema (also called structured data) is a special type of code that you add to your website to help search engines better understand your content. For example, it can tell Google whether a page is about a recipe, a product, an event, or a review. This helps your pages appear with rich results—like star ratings, FAQs, or event times—which can make them stand out and attract more clicks. In short, using schema improves how your site appears in search results and makes your content more visible, clear, and engaging to both users and search engines.

Managing your schemas in SEOPress

The SEOPress interface makes it easy to organize and edit your schemas. Here’s how you can filter and manage them:

• Filter schema list: You can view all schemas, or only the ones that are Published.
• Search schema: Use the search bar to quickly find a specific schema by name.
• Bulk actions: Select multiple schemas to edit or move them to trash in one go.
  • Options include:
    • Edit
    • Move to trash
• Filter by date: Narrow down your view by selecting a specific month or view all dates.

Understanding the table columns

Each schema is listed in a table with helpful details:

• Title: This shows the name of the schema, which helps you identify it quickly.
• Data type: This indicates what kind of structured data it is—such as Article, Product, FAQ, Event, etc.
• Post type: This shows where the schema is applied (e.g., Posts, Pages, or a Custom Post Type like “Products”).

Redirections: Keep Your SEO Intact and Users on Track

A redirection is a way to automatically send visitors (and search engines) from one URL to another. This is especially useful when you delete a page, change its URL, or merge content. Setting up redirections helps you avoid “404 not found” errors, improves user experience, and preserves your SEO rankings by transferring link value from the old page to the new one. Without proper redirections, visitors may end up on broken pages and search engines could downgrade your site’s performance.

Managing redirections in SEOPress

SEOPress gives you a powerful dashboard to control all your redirections and 404 errors in one place. Here’s how you can filter, organize, and take action:

• Main buttons:
  • Add New Redirection – Create a new redirect rule.
  • Import / Export Redirects – Upload or back up your redirection rules.
  • Settings – Adjust global settings for how redirections are handled.
  • Clean your 404 – Remove logged 404 errors.
  • Clean all entries – Clear all redirection data if needed.
• Submenu navigation:
  • Redirects – View and manage all current redirections.
  • 404 errors – Monitor URLs that lead to “not found” pages.
  • All / Pending / Draft / Trash – Filter redirects by status.
  • Categories – Organize your redirects using custom categories.
• Bulk actions available:
  • Edit
  • Move to trash
  • Enable/Disable redirection
  • Enable/Disable regex (for advanced pattern-based redirects)
  • Change redirect type to:
    • 301 (Permanent)
    • 302 (Temporary)
    • 307 (Temporary)
    • 410 (Gone)
    • 451 (Unavailable for legal reasons)
• Additional filters:
  • By date – Choose all dates or a specific month.
  • By category – Filter by a custom group, such as “autoredirect”.
  • By type – Show only specific redirect types (301, 302, 410, etc.).
  • By status – Show enabled or disabled redirects.

Understanding the table columns

Each redirection is listed in a table with detailed information:

• On? – Shows whether the redirection is currently active (enabled) or not.
• Origin URL – The original URL that is being redirected.
• Destination URL – The target URL visitors are redirected to.
• Type – The redirection status code (e.g., 301, 302, 410).
• Hits – The number of times this redirection has been triggered.
• Regex? – Indicates if the redirection uses regular expressions (advanced pattern matching).
• Date – The creation date of the redirection rule.
• Categories – Labels or groups applied to the redirection for organization.
• Last time loaded – The most recent time the redirection was triggered.
• User agent – Shows what type of browser or bot accessed the redirect.
• Full Origin – Indicates the full origin URL that led to the redirection.
• IP address – Captures the IP of the visitor who triggered the redirection (if enabled).

Broken links Find and Fix: Broken URLs That Hurt SEO

A broken link is a hyperlink on your site that points to a page that no longer exists or can’t be reached. These links can frustrate visitors, lower your credibility, and send negative signals to search engines. Too many broken links can hurt your rankings and make your content appear outdated. Fixing them improves user experience, strengthens your internal linking structure, and helps search engines crawl your site more efficiently.

Managing broken links in SEOPress

The Broken Link Scanner helps you detect and fix link issues quickly, without leaving your WordPress dashboard.

• Main buttons:
  • Scan Broken Links – Launch a scan to detect invalid links across your site content.
  • Export to CSV – Download a full list of broken links for external analysis or reporting.
• Filter by status code:
  You can filter results by HTTP status code to focus on specific issues:
  • 200 – OK (valid links)
  • 301 – Moved permanently
  • 302 – Moved temporarily
  • 307 – Temporary redirect
  • 400 – Bad request
  • 401 – Unauthorized
  • 402 – Payment required (rare)
  • 403 – Forbidden
  • 404 – Not found (most common broken link)
  • 410 – Gone
  • 451 – Unavailable for legal reasons
  • 500 – Internal server error

Understanding the table columns

Each broken link is listed in a table with detailed information to help you fix the issue:

• Broken Link – The exact URL that is broken or leads to an error.
• Count – How many times this broken link was found across your site.
• Status – The HTTP response code (e.g., 404, 500) that indicates the type of error.
• Type – Indicates whether the link is internal or external.
• Anchor Text – The visible, clickable text used for the link.
• Source – The page or post on your site where the broken link was found.
• Port Type – Indicates the protocol used (e.g., HTTP or HTTPS), which may help identify outdated or insecure links.

Boosting your visibility goes beyond optimizing content—your backlinks are a key SEO asset. With the SEOPress Insights dashboard, you can monitor your site’s most influential inbound links at a glance. Ready to take full control of your authority? Here’s how.

Table of Top 10 Backlinks – Spot Your Most Powerful Links

Instantly identify the 10 backlinks passing the most authority to your site, based on their Citation Flow.

• Favicon: Displays the referring site’s icon so you can visually identify domains at a glance.
• Source URL: Shows the exact backlink address to help you understand where your link equity comes from.
• CF (%): Displays the Citation Flow (by Majestic), a score from 0 to 100 that measures the SEO power transmitted by the link.

Table of 10 Latest Backlinks Discovered – Stay Updated in Real Time

View the 10 most recently discovered inbound links to keep up with your evolving backlink profile.

• Favicon: Quickly spot new sources with an intuitive visual cue.
• Source URL: See exactly which pages are linking to you and assess their quality.
• First Indexed Date: Indicates the first time the backlink was detected online—great for tracking link freshness and momentum.

Rankings: Track Your Keyword Positions with Precision

Understanding how your keywords perform in search results is essential to fine-tune your SEO efforts. The Ranking feature in SEOPress Insights gives you a clear, daily-updated view of your keyword positions over time. Make smarter decisions based on real, visual data—without leaving your WordPress dashboard.

Filter – Focus on the Right Timeframe

Easily adjust your view to analyze keyword trends across the most relevant time periods.

• Date Range: Choose from presets (Last 7, 30, 60, 90 Days, This/Last Month, This Year) or create a Custom range to zoom in on performance during a campaign or specific event.

Show Keywords – Monitor Your Strategic Terms

Track the keywords that matter most to your business or content strategy.

• Show Keywords: Display rankings only for the keywords you’ve manually added to your list, keeping your dashboard focused and relevant.

Graph – Visualize Rankings Over Time

Get a clear picture of how your rankings evolve, day by day.

• Rank / Date: A dynamic graph that plots keyword positions over time, helping you quickly spot progress, plateaus, or sudden drops that may need attention.

Backlinks: Analyze Your Link Profile in Depth

Backlinks are one of the most powerful signals for search engine rankings—but only if you know how to assess them. The Backlinks feature in SEOPress Insights provides a complete, weekly-updated overview of your incoming links. With rich data on source, quality, and context, you can make informed SEO decisions with ease.

Table – Explore Your Backlinks in Detail

Get a comprehensive view of all your backlinks and assess their SEO value at a glance.

• Favicon: Instantly recognize the referring site with its icon, for quicker visual analysis.
• Source URL: The page where your backlink is published—understand exactly where your referral comes from.
• Anchor: The clickable text of the link—key to evaluating its relevance and optimization.
• Target URL: The page on your site being linked to—track how deep and diverse your link profile is.
• Language: Identifies the primary language of the referring site—useful for multilingual strategies.
• NF (Nofollow): Indicates whether the link carries SEO value or not—crucial for understanding link equity.
• CF (Citation Flow): A score from 0–100 measuring the “power” or authority passed by the link, from Majestic.
• TF (Trust Flow): A quality-based score (0–100) from Majestic, showing how trustworthy the linking site is.
• First Indexed Date: Shows the latest time your backlink was detected online—helpful for monitoring link freshness.
• Topic: The main thematic category of the referring site—important for link relevance and topical authority.

Competitors: Track Your Rivals’ Rankings and Stay Ahead

SEO isn’t just about optimizing your own site—it’s also about knowing what your competitors are doing. With the Competitors feature in SEOPress Insights, monitor your rivals’ keyword positions in real time and identify opportunities to outperform them. All your competitive intelligence, updated daily and right inside your dashboard.
Get daily-updated insights into who ranks for your target keywords—and how.

• Favorites: Mark competitors as favorites to focus on the most relevant players in your niche.
• Keywords: View the exact terms for which your competitors rank—essential for benchmarking and opportunity spotting.
• Domain: See the root domain of your competitor to assess their global visibility and authority.
• URL: Pinpoint the specific page that ranks—helpful for analyzing their content strategy.
• Volume: Understand how many monthly searches the keyword receives—crucial for prioritizing your own efforts.
• CPC: Check the cost per click value—an indicator of commercial intent and keyword competitiveness.
• Competition: View how hard it is to rank for the keyword—guides your effort and strategy level.
• Updated Date: Shows the most recent date the data was refreshed—ensuring you work with up-to-date insights.
• Added Date: Track when a competitor was first monitored—useful for analyzing trends over time.

Settings: Customize Your SEO Monitoring Like a Pro

Your SEO tools should adapt to your workflow, not the other way around. The Settings panel in SEOPress Insights gives you full control over how your keyword tracking, alerts, and license work. From search engine selection to custom email templates, every detail is designed to boost clarity, automation, and efficiency.

General – Configure Your Insights Settings with Precision

Set up your keyword tracking preferences and choose your preferred search engine in just a few clicks.

• Search engine: Choose where to monitor your rankings (e.g. Google.com – English) to target the right market.
• Keywords: Enter up to 50 target keywords (one per line); duplicates are automatically removed for cleaner tracking.
• Google suggestions: Click Get suggestions! to instantly fetch keyword ideas directly from Google—ideal for SEO inspiration.
• Wizard button: Launch the setup assistant to configure Insights easily, even without technical knowledge.
• Note: Allow 24–48 hours after editing keywords for robots to update your rankings.

Alerts – Stay Informed by Email or Slack

Get ranking and backlink updates delivered directly to your inbox or Slack workspace.

Email Notifications – Tailored Updates to Your Inbox

• Email notifications: Choose to receive updates or disable them entirely—your choice.
• Recipients: Add one or more email addresses to get daily ranking reports.
• Email frequency: Decide how often you want updates—daily for optimal tracking.
• Order keywords by: Choose how keywords are ordered: by keyword, position, or performance variation.
• Keywords sorting: Display your keywords in ascending or descending order for clarity.
• Custom subject: Personalize the subject line of your ranking emails to match your internal processes.
• Custom title: Add a custom heading for each email—ideal for team reporting.
• Custom description: Include a short intro with formatting (HTML allowed), for context or internal notes.

Slack Alerts – Instant Reports in Your Team Workspace

• Slack Webhook URL: Paste your webhook to receive daily rankings and weekly backlink reports directly in Slack.

Get notified where your team collaborates and stay agile without leaving your tools.