The Yoast SEO plugin helps you with your search engine optimization. The plugin can be used for any niche ranging from the bakery around the corner to a tech savvy blog, community website or online courses platform.
The plugin features include:
- Title and meta description templating for better branding and consistent snippets in the search results.
- A state-of-the-art Schema implementation helps search engines make sense of your site and increases the chance on those coveted rich results.
- The most advanced XML Sitemaps functionality at the push of a button.
- Full control over your site’s breadcrumbs.
- Automatically set canonical URLs to avoid duplicate content.
- SEO analysis
- Readability analysis
- Snippet preview to show how your post or page will look in the search results. Even on mobile!
- An FAQ and HowTo block for the WordPress editor so search engines know when you are serving a FAQ page or HowTo guides
The BuddyBoss Theme adapts the SEO settings seamlessly to optimize your website.
Installing the plugin
To install the plugin:
- Download the Yoast SEO plugin from the link below
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ - Extract the downloaded wordpress-seo.zip file to the WordPress plugins folder yourhostname/wordpress/wp-content/plugins OR
Go to your WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Add New. Click the Upload Plugin button. Browse to the download file location, select the wordpress-seo.zip & install the plugin. - Click the Activate Plugin button to activate the Yoast SEO plugin on your website. OR
To activate the plugin on your website site go to WordPress Dashboard > Plugins and then click the Activate button for Yoast SEO.
Setting up the plugin
To set up the plugin, follow the instructions in the setup wizard.
![Yoast SEO – Setting up the plugin](https://www.buddyboss.com/resources/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Yoast-SEO-–-Setting-up-the-plugin.png)
![Yoast SEO – Setting up the plugin final step](https://www.buddyboss.com/resources/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Yoast-SEO-–-Setting-up-the-plugin-final-step.png)
For further setup and usage options, refer to official documentation of Yoast SEO.