=== 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: 6.8
Requires at least: 5.4
Requires PHP: 7.2
Stable tag: 4.8.7
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 help you optimize your posts for SEO by automatically generating SEO titles, meta descriptions, FAQs, key points, social media posts, and more.

> <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 Content Generator** 
Save time by automatically generating SEO titles, meta descriptions, FAQs, key points, social media posts, and more using our [AI Content Generator](https://aioseo.com/features/ai-content-generator/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin 'AI Content Generator').

* **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').

* **Site Audit**
Get a detailed report of SEO issues for all posts and terms on your site, discover why these issues are important and how you can fix them.

* **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).

* **LLMs.txt Generator**
Generate an llms.txt file to help AI engines discover your site's content more easily so your content can rank in AI search results.

* **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.

* **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.

* **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.

* **Avada SEO**
Better Avada SEO for landing pages.

* **WP Bakery SEO**
Better WP Bakery SEO for landing pages.

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

* **SiteOrigin SEO**
Better SiteOrigin SEO for landing pages.

* **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 4.8.7**

* Updated: Hardened API routes to prevent unauthorized access.
* Updated: Added support for tracking breadcrumb setting changes in SEO Revisions.
* Updated: Added support for WooCommerce GTIN field to Product schema.
* Updated: Added support for .avif images to Image Sitemap and Image SEO addon.
* Updated: Review limit for Product schema can now be modified via a new filter hook.
* Updated: Use site URL instead of home URL for llms.txt to handle WP installs in subdirectories.
* Updated: Remove all user meta when AIOSEO is uninstalled.
* Updated: Improved performance of Cornerstone Content filtering.
* Fixed: Product shipping details schema clearing cart content in rare case where logged-in user adds a product to the cart and then edits a product in the admin panel.
* Fixed: ProfilePage schema sometimes invalid due to incorrect author URL.
* Fixed: Hide AIOSEO custom link fields inside the Edit Link modal in WPBakery visual builder to prevent plugin conflict.
* Fixed: AIOSEO Settings not successfully saving before post is published in WPBakery visual builder.
* Fixed: The SEO title and description were not persisting if the post content is too large.
* Fixed: Theme conflict with Neve where the EDD Checkout block does not show if Run Shortcodes is enabled.
* Fixed: Breadcrumb block not updating when changing the post title.
* Fixed: If WooCommerce brand is selected as primary category, it is now correctly used in the URL.
* Fixed: Headline Analyzer layout breaks when entering very long headlines.

**New in Version 4.8.6.1**

* Updated: Prevent potential plugin conflicts due to the loading of dependencies multiple times.
* Updated: Local SEO render options for Opening Hours are now hidden when feature is disabled.
* Fixed: Loading spinner for SEO Revisions in sidebar menu not aligned.

**New in Version 4.8.6**

* New: Site Audit - Get a detailed report of SEO issues for all posts and terms on your site, discover why these issues are important and how you can fix them. 🔨
* Fixed: Multisite subsite requests to Search Statistics server sometimes fail due to missing license.
* Fixed: Rare PHP error when breadcrumbs cannot be determined for non-standard pages.

**New in Version 4.8.5**

* Updated: Author SEO (E-E-A-T) addon and Writing Assistant data are now fully removed when uninstalling the plugin.
* Updated: Product Schema now favours WooCommerce brand field over its own custom field.
* Updated: PHP version notices are now only shown to Administrators.
* Fixed: Breadcrumbs taxonomy preview now correctly refreshes when user toggles between using the default settings
* Fixed: WooCommerce Brand smart tag not correctly converted to expected value in previews.
* Fixed: AIOSEO Details column now correctly reloads after quick-editing a post.
* Fixed: Image URLs are no longer forcefully converted to lowercase in the Image Sitemap.
* Fixed: Focus Keyword now saves correctly again for Divi built posts.
* Fixed: Image SEO no longer breaks Divi built posts in rare cases.
* Fixed: Multisite subsites no longer incorrectly inherit the "Block AI Crawlers" and "Block Crawling of Internal Site Search URLs" setting values from the main site in the network. 
* Fixed: Notifications no longer contain encoded HTML entities
* Fixed: Default options for new redirects not localized.
* Fixed: PHP error in rare cases when breadcrumb link is a WP_Error.
* Fixed: PHP error due to plugin conflict with MasterStudy LMS.

**New in Version 4.8.4.1**

* Fixed: PHP error for multisites when AI credits don't manage to update correctly.

**New in Version 4.8.4**

* New: AI Content - Use our new smart AI features to automatically generate FAQs, Key Points, social media posts and more, that perfectly fit your articles. 🤖
* New: LLMs.txt File - The new llms.txt file helps AI engines discover your site's content more easily so your content can rank in AI search results.
* Updated: Index Status Report now fetches index data from Google on-the-fly when it is missing or expired.
* Fixed: Image SEO addon no longer incorrectly encodes HTML in captions.
* Fixed: PHP notice when trying to format price of products in Product schema where no price is set.
* Fixed: Added back missing $crumb param to aioseo_breadcrumbs_template filter hook for compatibility.

**New in Version 4.8.3.2**

* Updated: Defined purpose of SEO title and meta description so WPML can adhere to character limits when auto-translating these fields.
* Fixed: Breadcrumbs schema error when homepage crumb link is disabled under Breadcrumb settings.

**New in Version 4.8.3.1**

* New: Custom Breadcrumb Trails – Create custom breadcrumb trails for all your posts and terms to granularly control how they are displayed.
* New: Added multilingual sitemap support for Weglot.
* Updated: Breadcrumb schema markup is now directly tied to your visual breadcrumb trail.
* Updated: Deprecated Bad Bot Blocker feature has now been fully removed from the plugin.
* Updated: Image Sitemap now stores locally hosted images as relative URLs in order to facilitate seamless site migrations.
* Updated: AIOSEO autoloaded option no longer stores SEO Analyzer results in order to improve performance.
* Updated: Improved performance by no longer storing Writing Assistant's country and language data in user metadata.
* Updated: Minor performance improvements for General, HTML, and RSS sitemaps by removing unnecessary fields from database queries.
* Updated: Added additional caching to prevent sites from sending redundant concurrent requests to AIOSEO servers to check for new updates.
* Updated: Added support to TruSEO for Elementor's Optimized DOM feature.
* Updated: Added support to import post/term level redirects from the Rank Math SEO plugin.
* Updated: Added support for Bluesky and Threads to Social Networks settings.
* Updated: Unified the “Last Modified Date” checkbox design across WooCommerce Products and Classic Editor posts.
* Updated: Improved UX for the AIOSEO Overview widget by showing TruSEO scores for all posts, regardless of whether they have a Focus Keyword.
* Updated: “Keyword in URL” TruSEO check is now disabled when WordPress permalinks are not enabled.
* Updated: Improved sitemap validation to only allow “inherit” post status for attachments.
* Fixed: Dynamic backup for temporarily deregistered post types and taxonomies now works correctly again.
* Fixed: Add redirects bulk action within the 404 Logs tab now works correctly again.
* Fixed: Cache issue in multisite when sub-site is not network activated.
* Fixed: Additional Pages sitemap index no longer shows the image column.
* Fixed: SEO revision now shows the correct name for taxonomies other than category.
* Fixed: AIOSEO popup overlap in Divi.
* Fixed: News Sitemap title now outputs encoded versions of special characters (&, >, <, ‘, etc.).
* Fixed: When deleting the modified date for an additional sitemap record, it now shows as empty instead of invalid.
* Fixed: Sitemap would sometimes throw an error if another plugin/theme added content to the output, causing it to be parsed incorrectly.
* Fixed: TruSEO would sometimes not be able to read Elementor's post content.
* Fixed: Tumblr URL format in the social meta and schema markup are now always the same.
* Fixed: Book schema markup now correctly outputs the book format.
* Fixed: Fact Check schema now correctly outputs the claim author.
* Fixed: Google Rich Results Test link now appears again in the toolbar menu.
* Fixed: URL input validation no longer shows an error for empty values.
* Fixed: Improved Link Assistant's ability to handle large amounts of text by increasing the text size limit for paragraphs and optimizing how text content is processed.
* Fixed: SEO settings now properly update when switching between pages in the Elementor editor.
* Fixed: SEO Title and Meta Description compatibility with Astra Pro Site Builder and SureForms plugins.
* Fixed: Link Assistant Inner post report would sometimes fail to refresh.
* Fixed: Compatibility with LearnDash Notifications while using Redirect's Advanced 404 feature.
* Fixed: Resolved duplicate DB queries when loading notifications for the Notification Center.
* Fixed: URLs in the sitemap are now properly encoded for non-English languages when using WPML.
* Fixed: TruSEO settings not being updated depending on the content.
* Fixed: PHP deprecation warning for PHP 8.4 in Action Scheduler.
* Fixed: PHP warning for taxonomy sitemap indexes.
* Fixed: PHP warning when using Divi and custom schema markup.
* Fixed: PHP notice in Author SEO (E-E-A-T) addon due to translations loaded too early.
* Fixed: SEO Site Score widget sometimes not displaying results.

**See our [changelog on aioseo.com](https://aioseo.com/changelog/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=aioseo) for previous releases.**

== 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 ==

= 4.8.7 =

This update adds major improvements and bug fixes.