Simply SEO - Complete Description
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Simply SEO provides everything you need for on-page SEO without the bloat of larger SEO plugins.
Features:
- Custom SEO title per post/page
- Meta description with automatic fallback to content excerpt
- Meta keywords support
- Canonical URL override per post
- Robots control (noindex/nofollow) per post
- Custom social media image (Open Graph / Twitter Cards)
- Configurable title format with placeholders
- Default fallback image for social sharing
- Full Gutenberg editor integration
- Classic editor support
- Enable/disable per post type
- Search and 404 page robots settings
- Clean, WordPress-native UI
- No external requests
- Lightweight and fast
Archive & Taxonomy SEO (New in 1.0.2):
- SEO fields for categories, tags, and custom taxonomies
- Custom title and description per taxonomy term
- Social image per taxonomy
- noindex/nofollow control per taxonomy
Schema.org / JSON-LD (New in 1.0.2):
- Automatic structured data output
- WebSite schema with search action
- Organization schema on homepage
- Article schema for blog posts
- WebPage schema for pages
- CollectionPage schema for archives
- BreadcrumbList schema for navigation
- Rich snippets ready
Breadcrumbs (New in 1.0.2):
- Shortcode:
[simply_seo_breadcrumbs] - Template function:
simply_seo_breadcrumbs() - Schema.org markup included
- Customizable separator and home text
- Automatic hierarchy detection
URL Redirects (New in 1.0.6):
- 301 (permanent) and 302 (temporary) redirects
- Easy-to-use admin interface
- Enable/disable individual redirects
- Hit counter for tracking redirect usage
- Prevents redirect loops
- No database tables – uses WordPress options
Available Placeholders for Title Format:
%title%– Post/page title%sitename%– Site name%tagline%– Site tagline
Shortcode Attributes:
separator– Separator between items (default: ›)home_text– Text for home link (default: Home)show_home– Show home link (default: true)show_current– Show current page (default: true)
Example: [simply_seo_breadcrumbs separator="/" home_text="Start"]
Development
The Gutenberg sidebar panel source code is located in the src/ directory.
To build from source:
- Install dependencies:
npm install - Build for production:
npm run build - For development with watch mode:
npm run start
The compiled output is placed in the build/ directory.