SiteSEO – SEO Simplified

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Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 4% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

1. ★★★★★ propagatica

   5mo ago

   This plugin could compete with Yoast or Rank Math — but certainly not in its free version. It lacks many features that other plugins offer at no cost, such as Author Base, LLMs.txt, Redirections, or Structured Data. All of these, for example, are available in the free version of Rank Math. The plugin is popular mainly because many LiteSpeed and LiteSpeed Enterprise hosting providers bundle the PRO version as part of their hosting packages. It can also be attractive for SEO agencies, since the PRO plan at $249 — with no site limit — is cheaper than most competing plugins.

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2. ★★★★★ Ben N

   5mo ago

   The pro version is great. Love using it for my own website. Wouldn’t use anything else 🙂

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3. ★★★★★ richarddush

   9mo ago

   Great tool yet easy to use

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4. ★★★★★ HJ

   11mo ago

   works well

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5. ★★★★★ Juan Akbary

   1.0y ago

   Excellent plugin… works just as expected

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6. ★★★★★ focusdigi

   1.1y ago

   This plugin is extremely basic and will get the basic things done, but lacks many features expected of a modern SEO plugin — particularly their “pro” addon which is a joke

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7. ★★★★★ jorge1992

   1.3y ago

   Excellent plugin… works just as expected

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8. ★★★★★ stitch23red

   1.3y ago

   It seems to do what it claims to do. I don’t think the 1-star review was deserved. Perhaps this will offset it. 🙂

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4.0 [Feature] Added AI Abilities Pro feature [Improvement] Made compatibility with WPML plugin [Bug-Fix] There were issues with external and internal links in SEO analysis, this has been fixed. 1.4.0
2. — Version 1.3.9 [Pro-Improvement] Added pagination support for the HTML sitemap. [Improvement] Made compatibility with the Divi 5 page builder. [Bug-Fix] Fixed an issue where gtag was being enqueued twice. [Bug-Fix] Fixed an issue with 1.3.9
3. — Version 1.3.8 [Pro-Feature] Added SEO Quick Settings options. [Pro-Feature] Added Advanced Redirect feature. [Pro-feature] Added External Links Manager feature. [Bug-Fix] Fixed missing Gutenberg blocks issue caused by block category o 1.3.8
4. — Version 1.3.7 [Feature] Added support for keywords meta tags [Improvement] Improved SEO analysis and scoring. [Improvement] You can now easily remove social tag images from the metabox. 1.3.7
5. — Version 1.3.6 [Pro-Feature] Introduced the SEO Alert feature. [Pro-Feature] Added support for custom Author base. [Pro-Feature] Introduced Podcast feature. [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue in the Local Business schema. 1.3.6
6. — Version 1.3.5 [Pro-Feature] Added a Schema importer, user can now import schema from URL, HTML, or JSON. [Pro-Improvement] Added modification date support for the global Article schema. [Bug-Fix] A function that required PHP 8+ has be 1.3.5

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

1. Medium · 4.3 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Post Meta Disclosure ↗
   2025-11-18 CVE-2025-13085 Improper Authorization Affects <= 1.3.2 Patched in 1.3.3
2. Medium · 5.3 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.2 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated Settings Reset ↗
   2025-11-18 CVE-2025-12814 Improper Authorization Affects <= 1.3.2 Patched in 1.3.3
3. Medium · 4.3 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Plugin Settings Update ↗
   2025-10-31 CVE-2025-12367 Improper Authorization Affects <= 1.3.1 Patched in 1.3.2
4. Medium · 6.4 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Broken Regex Expression ↗
   2025-08-26 CVE-2025-9277 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.7 Patched in 1.2.8

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

Translated into 8 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-25 400K+ → 500K+ up after 145 days in tier
2. 2025-08-02 300K+ → 400K+ up after 84 days in tier
3. 2025-05-10 200K+ → 300K+ up after 43 days in tier
4. 2025-03-28 10K+ → 200K+ up after 368 days in tier
5. 2024-03-25 9K+ → 10K+ up after 2 days in tier
6. 2024-03-23 8K+ → 9K+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2024-03-21 7K+ → 8K+ up after 3 days in tier
8. 2024-03-18 6K+ → 7K+ up after 2 days in tier

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).

• SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A
• Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• SureRank SEO – Meta Tags, Social Preview, XML Sitemap, Schema & Open Graph 400K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A

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SiteSEO – SEO Simplified: 500K+ active installs, 4.0★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/siteseo