=== All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic ===
Contributors: aioseo, smub, benjaminprojas
Tags: SEO, Google Search Console, XML Sitemap, meta description, schema
Tested up to: 6.7
Requires at least: 5.3
Requires PHP: 7.0
Stable tag: 4.7.6
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

AIOSEO is the most powerful WordPress SEO plugin. Improve SEO rankings and traffic with comprehensive SEO tools and smart AI SEO optimizations!

== Description ==

### AIOSEO - The Best WordPress SEO Plugin & Toolkit ###

All in One SEO is the original WordPress SEO plugin started in 2007. Today, over 3 million website owners and SEO experts use AIOSEO for higher SEO rankings.

Our users consistently rate [AIOSEO](https://aioseo.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'All in One SEO for WordPress') as the most comprehensive WordPress SEO plugin and marketing toolkit. It's the fastest way to optimize WordPress SEO settings, add schema markup, create XML sitemap, add local SEO, track SEO keyword rankings, automate internal linking, perform SEO audits, add Author SEO (EEAT), monitor SEO revisions, connect Google search console, and basically everything a SEO Pro would use to rank higher in search engines. 

We have AI SEO features that helps you optimize SEO rankings using ChatGPT (OpenAI) and artificial intelligence.

> <strong>AIOSEO Pro</strong><br />
> This is the lite version of the All in One WordPress SEO Pro plugin that comes with all the powerful SEO features you will ever need to rank higher in search engines including **smart SEO schema markup, advanced SEO modules, powerful SEO sitemap suite, local SEO module, SEO keyword ranking tracking, automatic internal linking, WooCommerce SEO**, and tons more. [Click here to purchase the best premium WordPress SEO plugin now!](https://aioseo.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'All in One SEO for WordPress')

Here's why smart business owners, SEO experts, marketers, and developers love AIOSEO, and you will too!

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### What Makes AIOSEO Better than Other WordPress SEO Plugins ###

AIOSEO is leading the innovation in WordPress SEO space, and our SEO features will give you a competitive advantage.

* **Easy SEO Setup Wizard**
Our SEO setup wizard optimizes your website's SEO settings based on your unique industry needs in less than 5 minutes.

* **Smart Schema Markup (aka Rich Snippets)** 
Get better click through rate (CTR) and Google rich featured snippets using advanced SEO schema markups like FAQ schema, product schema, recipe schema markup, and dozens more using our custom [Schema Generator](https://aioseo.com/features/rich-snippets-schema/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'Schema Generator').

* **AI Title and Description Generator** 
Save time by automatically generating SEO titles and meta descriptions using OpenAI ChatGPT.

* **Unlimited SEO Keywords** 
Optimize for unlimited SEO keywords using our SEO content analyzer. Our TruSEO score gives you detailed content & readability analysis, so you can get higher SEO rankings.

* **Google Keyword Rank Tracking**
Easily track how your website is ranking for different keywords in Google from your [WordPress dashboard](https://aioseo.com/features/search-statistics/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'Google Keyword Rank Tracker').

* **Automatic Link Assistant**
Automate internal links between your pages using our smart [internal linking algorithm](https://aioseo.com/features/internal-link-assistant/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'Link Assistant') that will help improve on-page SEO.

* **Local Business SEO**
Improve your local SEO presence with local business schema, support for multiple local store locations, business opening hours, Google Maps integration, contact info (business email, business phone, business address, etc), and more with our [Local SEO module](https://aioseo.com/features/local-seo/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'Local SEO').

* **SEO Revisions**
Keep a [historical record of SEO changes](https://aioseo.com/seo-revisions/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'SEO Revisions'), monitor the impact of changes, and restore previous versions in one click.

* **Content Decay Tracking**
Never lose traffic to competitors. Quickly detect which content is losing traffic / SEO rankings, so you can optimize it to regain your rankings with our [Search Statistics module](https://aioseo.com/features/search-statistics/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'Search Statistics').

* **Smart XML Sitemap**
Advanced XML sitemaps to boost your SEO rankings (with easy setup inside Google Search Console). Also includes Video SEO XML sitemap, News SEO XML sitemap, RSS sitemap, and HTML sitemap.

* **Smart SEO Redirects**
The most powerful [SEO Redirection manager](https://aioseo.com/features/redirection-manager/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'Redirection Manager') for setting up advanced SEO redirects including 301 redirects, 302, 307, 410, 404 redirection, REGEX redirects, and more.

* **404 Error Monitor**
Automatic 404 error monitor helps you track and redirect 404 errors, so you don't lose SEO rankings.

* **Author SEO**
Add [custom author profile pages, author bio box, and relevant author schema](https://aioseo.com/features/author-seo-google-e-e-a-t/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'Author SEO (E-E-A-T)') to boost Google EEAT score to help with Google's Helpful Content Update (HCU).

* **SEO Audit Checklist**
Improve your SEO ranking with our comprehensive SEO audit checklist.

* **Knowledge Graph Support**
Improve your website's search appearance with SEO Knowledge panel.

* **Google Site Links and Search Box**
Our SEO markup can help you get sitelinks and search box for your brand.

* **Table of Contents**
Automatically generate a table of content, customize headings, anchors, and you can also hide or reorder the headings.

### Advanced SEO Plugin Features ###

* **User Access Control**
Control who can manage your SEO settings with our advanced SEO access control.

* **WordPress REST API**
Manage your SEO metadata with WordPress REST API. Great for headless WordPress installations.

* **Advanced Robots Meta SEO Settings**
Granular controls for no index, no follow, no archive, no snippet, max snippet, max video, etc.

* **RSS Content for SEO**
Stop content scraping from hurting your SEO rankings.

* **Full Site Redirects**
Merging websites or switching domains? Full site redirect makes it easy to switch domains without losing SEO rankings.

* **Smart Meta Title & Description**
Automatic SEO generation, dynamic SEO smart tags, include Emoji, add shortcodes, and more features to stand out in search results.

* **Smart Breadcrumbs**
Add Breadcrumb navigation to improve user experience and boost your SEO rankings. Comes with full SEO JSON+LD support.

* **Automatic Image SEO**
Helps your images rank higher by autogenerating image title, clean SEO image filenames, and more.

* **Advanced SEO Canonical URLs**
Prevent duplicate content in SEO with automatic canonical URLs.

* **SEO Cleanup / Manual SEO Penalty Removal**
Domains Report feature in Link Assistant automatically removes all links for specific domains with just one click. Huge time saver when doing SEO cleanups.

* **Link Opportunities Report**
See better internal link opportunities with our smart algorithm. Easily add internal links with just a few clicks.

* **Robots.txt Editor**
Manage and customize SEO robots.txt files in WordPress.

* **Crawl Quota Management**
Crawl Cleanup feature manages your search engine crawl quota and index your important content faster.

* **Title and Nofollow for SEO**
Easily add title and nofollow to external links.

* **Headline Analyzer**
Analyze your page / posts headlines to improve CTR and SEO rankings.

* **Competitor Site SEO Analysis**
Use competitor SEO analysis to outrank them with better SEO optimization.

* **SEO Code Snippets**
Integration with [WPCode plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-headers-and-footers/) for SEO code snippets to further customize every aspect of your SEO.


### WordPress SEO Integrations ###

* **Google Search Console Integration**
Connect with Google webmaster tools and Google Search Console to see SEO insights (like content rankings, keyword rankings, page speed insights, post index status, etc) directly in your WordPress dashboard.

* **WooCommerce SEO**
Improves your WooCommerce SEO rankings. Easily optimize WooCommerce product pages, product categories, and more for best eCommerce SEO results.

* **Knowledge Panel SEO**
Improve website SEO appearance by adding social media profile links for Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Instagram, LinkedIn, Yelp, YouTube, and more.

* **Webmaster Tool Integrations**
Connect with all webmaster tools including Google Search Console, Bing SEO, Yandex SEO, Baidu SEO, Google Analytics, Pinterest site verification, and more.

* **Social Media Integration**
Facebook SEO, Twitter SEO, and Pinterest SEO with better website previews.

* **Google AMP SEO Integration**
Improve your mobile SEO rankings with Google AMP SEO.

* **Semrush SEO integration**
See additional SEO keywords with Semrush SEO integration.

* **OpenAI Integration**
Use ChatGPT to write SEO titles and meta descriptions to improve SEO rankings.

* **Microsoft Clarity Integration**
See visitor interactions with heatmaps and session recordings.

* **IndexNow Integration**
Instantly notify Bing and Yandex for faster SEO indexing.

* **Elementor SEO**
Better Elementor SEO for landing pages.

* **Divi SEO**
Better Divi SEO for landing pages.

* **SeedProd SEO**
Optimize SeedProd landing pages for SEO.

* **Open Graph Support**
Improve SEO rankings with open graph meta data.


### WordPress SEO Plugin Importer ###

Not happy with your current SEO plugin? We make SEO migration easy with our point-and-click automated SEO data transfer tool. We currently support SEO migration from following SEO tools:

* Yoast SEO Importer
* Yoast SEO Premium Importer
* RankMath SEO Importer
* SEOPress

We also support importing SEO redirects from the following plugins:

* Redirection Plugin
* Simple 301 Redirects Importer
* Safe Redirect Manager
* 301 Redirects Importer

Aside from that, our SEO migration tool also helps you with:

* Import / Export AIOSEO settings from one site to another
* Create SEO Settings Backup
* CSV Sitemap Import to Import additional pages to your XML Sitemaps


**Now you can see why AIOSEO is often rated the best SEO plugin in WordPress.**

Give AIOSEO a try.

Want to unlock more SEO features? [Upgrade to AIOSEO Pro](https://aioseo.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'All in One SEO for WordPress').

### Credits ###

This plugin is created by [Benjamin Rojas](https://benjaminrojas.net/ 'Benjamin Rojas') and [Syed Balkhi](https://syedbalkhi.com/ 'Syed Balkhi').

### Branding Guideline ###

AIOSEO&reg; is a registered trademark of Semper Plugins LLC. When writing about the WordPress SEO plugin by AIOSEO, please use the following format.

* AIOSEO (correct)
* All in One SEO (correct)
* AIO SEO (incorrect)
* All in 1 SEO (incorrect)
* AISEO (incorrect)

== Changelog ==

**New in Version 4.7.6**

* New: BuddyPress Integration - You can now granularly control your SEO settings for all Activities, Groups and Members in BuddyPress. We've also added full sitemap support, new DiscussionForumPosting schema and many more features to optimize your BuddyPress content for search results.
* New: Author SEO Improvements - We have added new fields to the user profile for Awards/Spoken Languages and the Author Bio URL so you can link to any custom author page that you like!
* New: Google Web Stories Integration - Optimize your web stories with AIOSEO just like any other content type and automatically generate new AmpStory schema.
* Updated: We now output a meta tag for the author in the source code of each post that supports authors.
* Updated: All Author SEO block labels are now filterable.
* Fixed: PHP notice due to loading translations too early in WordPress 6.7.

**New in Version 4.7.5.1**

* Fixed: XML sitemap not including terms in some cases due to DB error.

**New in Version 4.7.5**

* Updated: XML sitemaps now include parent terms without posts if they have any children with posts.
* Updated: Prevent incorrect parsing of dates when importing a CSV file for additional sitemap pages.
* Updated: Added "View in Google" link for keyword rows in Search Statistics.
* Updated: Removed sitemap ping on post publish due to Google's deprecation of the feature.
* Updated: Various improvements and bug fixes for SEO Email Reports.
* Updated: Various improvements and bug fixes for Keyword Rank Tracker.
* Updated: Added filter to show/hide title and description in AIOSEO Details column for post/term pages.
* Updated: Added filters to enable/disable hyperlinks for phone numbers and email addresses in the Local SEO business info shortcode/block.
* Updated: Semrush keyword integration now remembers the last country you've selected.
* Fixed: Conflict with Learndash Notifications plugin.
* Fixed: Conflict with Admin Notices Manager plugin.
* Fixed: AIOSEO Details column in Media Library for Image SEO addon no longer highlights irrelevant tags and updates title correctly.
* Fixed: Local SEO Map shortcode now renders correctly inside Elementor.
* Fixed: Multilingual sitemap does not use correct language code from WPML in rare cases.
* Fixed: Breadcrumb block now renders correctly when text contains ">" character.
* Fixed: TruSEO generates different results/score when switching between Visual and Code editors.
* Fixed: Consecutive sentence errors highlighting different text in Block Editor and Classic Editor.
* Fixed: Link format UI breaking for older WordPress versions from 5.3 to 5.9.
* Fixed: Priority score not updating for SEO Revisions when the user applies a score of 0.
* Fixed: Searching for non-English strings in redirects/404 log tables returned no results.
* Fixed: BuddyPress schema markup causing an error in Google Search Console.
* Fixed: PHP error due to unpacking an array with string keys.
* Fixed: SEO Preview URL character encoding.

**New in Version 4.7.4.2**

* Updated: Compatibility with WordPress 6.7.
* Fixed: AIOSEO metabox or setting pages sometimes not loading because WAFs or web server block JavaScript files from being loaded due to false-positives.

**New in Version 4.7.4.1**

* New: Writing Assistant + SEOBoost: Elevate Your Content Strategy! Integrate seamlessly with SEOBoost via AIOSEO to supercharge your WordPress content. Harness the power of AI to optimize your content, drive organic traffic, and outrank competitors.
* Fixed: Post Overview widget sometimes not loading on newer PHP versions.
* Fixed: Post Excerpt tag sometimes not listed in list of available smart tags.

**New in Version 4.7.3.1**

* Fixed: Link format causing block errors in WP 6.4.5 and below.

**New in Version 4.7.3**

* Updated: "?replytocom" query parameter for comment reply links now removed by default to optimize crawl quota.
* Updated: Added support for Salient WPBakery plugin.
* Updated: Added new filter to allow users to hide the WooCommerce shop page from the breadcrumbs trail.
* Updated: Improved performance of the SEO Overview widget.
* Updated: Various minor improvements and bug fixes for Keyword Rank Tracker.
* Fixed: Canonical URLs for term archive pages correctly include the paginated part in the URL again.
* Fixed: Headline Analyzer score removed from AIOSEO Details column in post list screen if the Classic Editor is active.
* Fixed: Local SEO sometimes not importing all data from other plugins.
* Fixed: Activating Pro license on secondary languages sections of WPML powered site no longer counts as a separate, additional activation.
* Fixed: Sitemap priority score couldn't be saved as 0.0.
* Fixed: Post meta import from other plugins not always importing the correct data.
* Fixed: Opening the Notification Center drawer would sometimes freeze the page.
* Fixed: Incorrect pagination and total item count in redirect logs when searching.
* Fixed: Encoded characters in source URLs for redirects were displayed when selecting posts or pasting in URLs.
* Fixed: Redirects compatibility with the TranslatePress Multilingual plugin.
* Fixed: Redirect target URL with hash is no longer saved with a trailing slash.
* Fixed: PHP warning when using the WPBakery page builder integration.
* Fixed: PHP warnings when importing redirects from SEOPress.
* Fixed: PHP warning after analyzing the site using the SEO Analyzer.
* Fixed: Multisite user query not using the correct table prefix.
* Fixed: EEAT reviewer dropdown sometimes not loading correctly.

**New in Version 4.7.2**

* New: SEO Email Reports - Get a weekly or monthly SEO performance report delivered to your inbox so you can dive into your top-performing pages and discover growth opportunities!
* New: Bulk CSV Import/Export - Due to popular demand, we've added support for importing/exporting your SEO data via CSV files so you can bulk-edit it in your favourite spreadsheet app and re-upload it to your site

**New in Version 4.7.1.1**

* New: Remove Category Base feature now available for free for AIOSEO Lite users!
* Updated: Added additional TruSEO Spanish transition words for more accurate analysis.
* Updated: The Overview dashboard widget is now hidden when TruSEO is disabled.
* Updated: Improved DB performance of sitemap terms last modified date query for large sites using MariaDB.
* Updated: Added filter to customize the Table of Contents block URL anchor prefix.
* Updated: Updated redirects log cleanup to run hourly for more efficient log management.
* Updated: Social meta image custom field option now supports ACF gallery fields.
* Updated: Local SEO locations block now supports hierarchical locations.
* Fixed: Permissions check for Redirects server test route.
* Fixed: Deactivation survey would sometimes not open correctly.
* Fixed: Schema now outputs the correct country code for South Korea.
* Fixed: Custom headers for Redirects are no longer applied in Divi/Elementor builder pages.
* Fixed: Headline Analyzer editor toolbar button not appearing in WordPress versions below 6.4.
* Fixed: Removed the Headline Analyzer score from the All Products screen for WooCommerce Products.
* Fixed: Dashboard widget now only displays posts eligible for page analysis.
* Fixed: HTML Sitemap URL validation for subfolder installations.
* Fixed: max-snippet tag is no longer removed when set to '0' in Global Robots Meta.
* Fixed: Incorrect TruSEO results for content written in hebrew.
* Fixed: Facebook article tags sometimes not rendered after page refresh.
* Fixed: Misplacement of graph data when deleting repeatable graph sections in Schema Generator.
* Fixed: Pre-Publish Panel edit icons sometimes not fully working correctly.
* Fixed: Duplication of meta tags conflict with WPBakery 7.4 SEO toolkit.
* Fixed: Date and Priority fields were not being imported correctly when importing CSV for Additional Pages for Sitemaps.
* Fixed: Publish and Last Modified dates were not being displayed correctly for multilingual posts in sitemaps.
* Fixed: Breadcrumbs trail with HTML tags in a post/page title not rendered correctly.
* Fixed: Redirect's logs and 404 logs bulk actions would deselect all items when opening the confirmation modal.
* Fixed: Addon updates sometimes not displayed on Plugins page.

**New in Version 4.7.0**

* New: Keyword Rank Tracker - Track your most important keywords and add them to groups to see how your site is performing for key topics in Google search results.
* Fixed: AIOSEO Pro and all AIOSEO addon plugins should now auto-update correctly (if enabled) after a new update is released.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

Please visit our [complete AIOSEO documentation](https://aioseo.com/docs/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) before requesting support for SEO from the AIOSEO team.

= Who should use AIOSEO? =

SEO is essential for all websites. AIOSEO is perfect for business owners, bloggers, marketers, designers, developers, photographers, and basically everyone else. If you want to rank higher in search, then you need to use AIOSEO WordPress SEO plugin.

= Which themes does AIOSEO support? =

AIOSEO works with all WordPress themes. Simply enable AIOSEO to make your WordPress theme SEO friendly.

= Will AIOSEO slow down my website? =

Nope, AIOSEO will NOT slow down your website. We understand that speed is important for SEO, that's why our code is properly optimized for maximum performance. Remember, faster websites rank higher in search. Use AIOSEO for fast SEO improvements.

= Can I use AIOSEO on client sites? =

Yes, you can use AIOSEO on client websites.

= Are AIOSEO sitemaps better than default WordPress sitemaps? =

Yes, AIOSEO smart sitemaps are a lot more optimized than the default WordPress sitemaps. Once you enable AIOSEO, our XML sitemaps will override the default WordPress sitemaps, so you can improve your SEO rankings.

We also offer advanced SEO sitemaps such as News Sitemap, Video Sitemap, and RSS Sitemap.

Our SEO sitemaps come with granular control such as links per sitemap, enable / disable post types or taxonomies, include / exclude specific links from sitemap, add additional non-WordPress pages to sitemaps, customize sitemap priority & frequency for each section of your site, and more.

This is why experts rate AIOSEO as the best WordPress SEO plugin.

= Does AIOSEO help with SEO Verification? =

Yes. AIOSEO can help you with website SEO verification with various webmaster tools such as Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, Yandex, Baidu, Pinterest, and just about every other site verification you need.

= Why is AIOSEO better than other SEO plugins? =

There are many WordPress SEO plugins out there. Unlike others, AIOSEO WordPress SEO plugin is always reliable. Our SEO features are results focused (no bloat), and we offer exceptional customer support.

AIOSEO is the original WordPress SEO plugin, and it's trusted by over 3 million website owners.

= Do I really need an XML Sitemap? =

**Yes! XML Sitemaps help Google and other search engines to find all the pages of your website.**

An XML sitemap is a list of all the content on your website. The sitemap helps search engine bots to easily see all the content on your site in one place, The XML sitemap file is hidden from your human visitors, however search engines like Google can see it.

Without an XML sitemap, some of your web pages may never be included in Google search results, and won't get any traffic.

XML Sitemaps also help you tell Google which pages you DON'T want included in search results. This can help your SEO to prevent keyword cannibalization and duplicate content issues.

As part of your SEO strategy, **an XML sitemap can help you to improve your domain authority and unlock more traffic from Google, Bing and other search engines**.

AIOSEO can easily help you get your sitemaps listed inside Google Search Console so your content can start to get indexed today!

= Does AIOSEO integrate directly with Google Search Console? =

Absolutely! Our integration with Google Search Console allows you to monitor and maintain your website's presence on Google. With our direct integration, you can easily view important information about your website, such as the number of clicks, impressions, and the average position for each keyword that your website's content appears for in Google search results. You can also track your contents page speed using Google's Page Speed Insights directly inside your WordPress dashboard.

Additionally, AIOSEO can also provide you with data on the most frequently used keywords, the most popular pages on your website, and any crawl errors or security issues that may arise. By integrating with Google Search Console, AIOSEO provides website owners with valuable insights that can help to improve SEO and overall online visibility. With this integration, you can track your site's progress over time and make data-driven decisions that will help you achieve your SEO goals.

== Screenshots ==

1. SEO Content Analyzer (Gutenberg)
2. SEO Content Analyzer (Classic Editor)
3. SEO Setup Wizard
4. SEO Site Analysis
5. Webmaster Tools Connect
6. Social Media Integrations
7. Local SEO
8. Sitemaps
9. Search Appearance Settings
10. Robots.txt Editor
11. RSS Content Control
12. Headline Analyzer
13. Redirect Manager
14. Link Assistant

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 4.7.6 =

This update adds major improvements and bug fixes.