As we knew that optimizing SEO is mandatory for our high ranking. In WordPress it’s not that difficult to optimize SEO for the pages, posts, authors etc…. WordPress is totally based on Plugins except the simple and small Customizations. If we need to build our website, we will definitely use a Page Builder Plugin for doing such things.
Under the WordPress Dashboard, we will install a plugin called Yoast SEO. Using this plugin we can Optimize SEO for our pages, posts, authors, products, solutions etc… Yoast SEO Plugin is a really simple plugin to use. It will give us the panel under every page to optimize the SEO, and will tell us about the good and bad things around the page which we need to make it alright.
To Install a Plugin in WordPress follow the steps below:
- Login to WordPress Dashboard.
- Go to Plugins > Add New.
- Search for Yoast SEO Plugin.
- Install the plugin and activate it.
- Go to any post or page, scroll down to the SEO panel.
- Mention the keyword required.
- Write a short Meta Description.
- Follow the steps told by the plugin for high ranking.
- Set the social share images and links.
- Update the page. See it after couple of days on Google or Bing.
Images: Images have a big role in SEO. We have to add ‘ALT’ text which is the abbreviation of “Alternative Text”. You can find this by hovering on the image.
Featured Image: Every page or every post should have featured image which will show on the link bar of your optimized page. See below:
Featured Image will be shown as the image above. This will make visitors somehow understand about the topic from the screen without clicking the link. So must put an attractive image so visitors can click on the link.
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