FV Simpler SEO

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 88% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 17068261

   7.3y ago

   I was looking for something that would just let me change the META information of each page, and not do a bunch of other stuff that wasn’t needed, and which would slow down my site. This does it, and perfectly. It also adds Twitter/OpenGraph cards, if you want that. I did. It works beautifully, and you can assign the image using the “featured image” section on each page/post. Thank you for making this extension!

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2. ★★★★★ valaki11

   7.7y ago

   I installed this plugin one year ago and after that, I want to delete it but, when I delete it the plugin destroyed my page. I sent few emails for support, no support! 🙁 This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by valaki11.

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3. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   9.3y ago

   Finally i found lightweight and simple SEO plugin. Thank you for your hard work.

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4. ★★★★★ vera76

   9.6y ago

   works great, easy to use

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5. ★★★★★ wp_ntnguy

   10.1y ago

   I was looking for a basic SEO plugin for WordPress. No bloatware. No adware. No nagging. This plugin is simple to use, simple to set up and works great.

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6. ★★★★★ marcodimitri1

   10.8y ago

   Great plugin I’d like it

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7. ★★★★★ dauidus

   11.0y ago

   I used to use some other well-known SEO plugins for small projects, but found myself repeating to my clients that only 2 settings were really important for them to add to each page/post: title and description (I use another plugin to automatically add keywords based on content). I even went so far as to hide some settings in other plugins with css or javascript to get clients to stop fiddling with them. This plugin solves those problems for me, and seems to keep up with other SEO plugins I’ve used (for small projects). Now, it is my go-to solution for giving my clients an easy, no hassle SEO solution they can understand with no direction. I only request that the author add support for custom post types – then, it would probably be my go-to solution for all client projects.

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8. ★★★★★ Tanganjika

   11.3y ago

   I tested a lot of SEO and rich snippets plug-ins, but this gets the job done most efficient.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.9.7 Updating wp_postmeta meta_key values to match All in One SEO Pack: _aioseop_description => _aioseo_description _aioseop_keywords => _aioseo_keywords _aioseop_title => _aioseo_title Basic JSON-LD support Security: Fix for 1.9.7
2. — Version 1.9.6 Publishing post without meta description shows a modal popup asking the user to enter the meta description Change meta box to high priority New Setting: Date Archives Description New Setting: StatCounter: Use full-featur 1.9.6
3. — Version 1.9.5 StatCounter – no longer using the tracking pixel by default as it won’t capture the referring page in modern browsers and the standard tracking code has no impact on page load speed StatCounter – updated the tracking cod 1.9.5
4. — Version 1.9.4 Google Analytics 4 support 1.9.4
5. — Version 1.9.3 Bugfix – avoid breaking Widget previews Settings – Better editing of Header/Footer tracking codes Tested with WordPress 6.2 1.9.3
6. — Version 1.9.2 Fixes for Gutenberg 1.9.2

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 FV Simpler SEO <= 1.9.6 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-22 CVE-2025-68579 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.9.6 Patched in 1.9.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 53 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 29 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 605 days in tier
2. 2023-04-05 4K+ → 3K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• SEO Friendly Images 20K+ installs · 3.2★ · 3 shared tags F
• Simple SEO 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• SEO SIMPLE PACK 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Meta Tag Manager 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• SEO Ultimate 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
• Head Meta Data 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A

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FV Simpler SEO: 2K+ active installs, 4.6★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fv-all-in-one-seo-pack