This all-in-one SEO plugin gives you control over title tags, noindex, meta tags, slugs, canonical, autolinks, 404 errors, rich snippets, and more.
Features
SEO Ultimate is an all-in-one SEO plugin with these powerful features:
Title Tag Rewriter
Out-of-the-box functionality puts your post titles at the beginning of the <title> tag for improved keyword SEO.
Easily override the entire <title> tag contents for any individual post, page, attachment, category, post tag, or post format archive on your blog. Also supports custom post types and custom taxonomies.
Customize your homepage's <title> tag.
Format the <title> tags of posts, pages, categories, tags, archives, search results, and more!
Meta Description Editor
Edit the <meta> description tags for posts, pages, attachments, categories, tags, post format archives, and the homepage.
Increase SERP clickthrough rates by influencing search engine result snippets.
Mass-editor makes it a cinch to go back and add descriptions to old posts.
Use the {excerpt::autogen} variable to auto-generate meta descriptions if desired.
Meta Keywords Editor
Edit the <meta> keyword tags for posts, pages, and the homepage.
Easily specify global keywords that are applied across the entire site.
Go back and edit old posts' and pages' keywords with the mass-editor.
Automatically generate meta keywords based on categories, tags, custom taxonomy terms, and frequently-used words.
Meta Robot Tags Editor -- UPDATED in Version 5.5
Add the <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" /> tag to archives, comment feeds, the login page, and more.
Set meta robots tags (index/noindex and follow/nofollow) for each individual post, page, category, tag, and post type archive on your blog. Also supports custom post types and custom taxonomies.
Avoid duplicate content SEO issues with the recommended noindex settings (see built-in module documentation for details).
Give instructions to search engine spiders if desired (noodp, noydir, and noarchive).
Canonicalizer
Point search engines to preferred content access points with <link rel="canonical" /> SEO tags.
Go beyond the basic canonical tag functionality of WordPress 2.9+ with SEO Ultimate's support for category/tag/date/author archives.
Redirect requests for non-existent pagination with a simple checkbox.
404 Monitor
Improve the visiting experience of users and spiders by keeping tabs on "page not found" errors. (Use a redirection plugin to point dead-end URLs to your content.)
Find out what URLs are referring visitors to 404 errors.
The default settings hone in on the most important errors by only logging 404s that either have a referring URL or are generated by a search engine spider.
If desired, ignore 404s generated from specific URLs or wildcard URL patterns.
Linkbox Inserter
Encourage natural linkbuilding activity by adding textboxes to the end of your posts/pages that contain automatically-generated link HTML.
File Editor
Implement advanced SEO strategies with the .htaccess editor.
Give instructions to search engines via the robots.txt editor.
Slug Optimizer
Increase in-URL keyword potency by removing "filler words" (like "the," "with," "and," etc.) from post/page URLs.
Lets you customize the "filler words" list as desired.
Competition Researcher
Investigate multiple keywords or URLs with quick access to search engine tools. Competition Researcher does this without illicit scraping/automation methods.
Find out how many webpages are competing for the keywords you specify.
Choose to analyze the keyword relevance in competing webpages' titles, body content, URLs, or anchor text.
Find out how many pages of a competing website are in Google's index.
Access competitors' incoming links profile.
Find out what external websites your competitors are linking to.
More Link Customizer
SEO your posts' "read more" links by including the posts' keyword-rich titles in the anchor text.
Override the "read more" link on a per-post basis.
Include <strong> or <em> tags in the anchor text if so desired.
Internal Relevance Researcher
Determine which of your webpages Google most strongly associates with the keywords you specify.
Use the information to determine ideal targets for incoming links or ideal sources of outgoing links.
Deeplink Juggernaut
Automatically link phrases in your posts/pages to other posts/pages or to custom URLs.
Exclude specific posts/pages from having links added to them, if desired (e.g. contact pages, the homepage, etc.).
Use the power of anchor text to boost your internal ranking SEO paradigm.
Control the maximum number of autolinks added to each post/page as well as the number of times an anchor is linked per page.
Apply the nofollow attribute on a per-link basis. (Perfect for automatic affiliate links.)
Import/export your links as CSV files.
Create links pointing to draft posts that will auto-enable when the post is published!
Build internal links to your posts from within the WordPress post editor! Use "Instant Post Propulsion" technology to automatically link your old posts to new ones.
Code Inserter
Easily insert custom HTML into your site's <head> tag, footer, or item content.
Use to add Google Analytics, Feedburner FeedFlare, Google AdSense section targeting, and other SEO/SEM-enhancing code snippets.
Code remains even when switching themes.
Rich Snippet Creator
Easily add rich snippet code to your review posts.
Attract more search traffic with eye-catching supplementary SERP data.
Can add code to old review posts automatically.
Sharing Facilitator
Adds buttons that make it easy for visitors to share your content on social networking sites (thus building links to your site).
Choose from either the ShareThis or the AddThis button.
Unlike the official ShareThis plugin, SEO Ultimate doesn't require you to register at the ShareThis website before enabling the button -- just enable and go.
Webmaster Verification Assistant
Enter verification codes in the provided fields to access search engine webmaster tools.
Lets you mask links on a per-link, per-post basis so you can exert fine-tuned control over your posts' linkflow.
Lets you change /go/ to a directory of your choosing.
Link masks provide a modern replacement for the deprecated, nofollow-based "PageRank Sculpting" technique.
Perfect for affiliate marketers and SEO-savvy bloggers.
Nofollow Manager -- NEW in Version 5.6
Lets you maintain rel="nofollow" settings when migrating from other SEO plugins
Permalink Tweaker -- NEW in Version 5.8
Lets you remove the permalink base for categories, tags, and/or custom taxonomies. For example, enable category base removal to convert http://example.com/category/example into http://example.com/example, and then pair that with a /%category%/%postname%/ permalink to enable some serious SEO siloing action.
Settings Manager
Export your SEO Ultimate settings to a file and re-import later if desired.
Move SEO Ultimate settings between blogs using the export/import functionality.
Reset all settings back to "factory defaults" if something goes wrong.
Additional features
Lets you import post meta from All in One SEO Pack.
Displays admin notices if blog privacy settings are configured to block search engines.
SEO Ultimate documentation is seamlessly integrated into the contextual help system of WordPress 2.7+ and is accessible via the dropdowns in the upper-right-hand corner of the admin screen. In-depth info, explanations, and FAQ are just a click away.
Unlike certain other SEO plugins, SEO Ultimate sports a clean, simple, aesthetically-pleasing interface, with no ads or donation nags.
SEO Ultimate cleanly integrates itself into WordPress without plastering its name all over the interface.
Includes icon integration with the WordPress 2.7+ menu and the Ozh Admin Drop Down Menu plugin.
Uses WordPress plugin security features like nonces, etc.
Includes an uninstaller that can delete the plugin's files and database entries if desired.
Lets you upgrade/downgrade the plugin to versions of your choosing (starting with 2.5).
More Features In the Works There are many additional features in development. Install SEO Ultimate today and use WordPress's automatic plugin updater to get new features as they're released.
This all-in-one SEO plugin gives you control over title tags, noindex, meta tags, slugs, canonical, autolinks, 404 errors, rich snippets, and more.
