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Yoast SEO

Yoast SEO is in good shape.

Active installs

10M+

Rating

4.8★

wp.org · 27820 reviews

Downloads / 30d

11.7M

Momentum

-6%

30d vs the 30d before

Against 2231 tracked SEO plugins: health 98 vs 65 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.8★ vs 3.8★.

What we found

5 strengths
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Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.

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Trusted by users. 27820 reviews averaging 4.8★ on wp.org, a durable reputation.

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No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.

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Support threads get resolved. 100% of recent support threads are resolved.

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Readme is easy for AI assistants to quote. All 8 readiness checks pass: a plain summary, a real FAQ, named audiences and integrations, quotable structure. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania. Run the free AI visibility scan →

Downloads, last 2 years

From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.

120.8K2 Nov 2026

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