Yoast Test Helper

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

62 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 47 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

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 · 53% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 9 days ago and the previous band took 16 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 60K.

1. ★★★★★ npittet

   2.3y ago

   After migration, I had a problem with canonical URLs still pointing to the staging site. A quick ‘Reset Indexables & Migrations’ and everything was back to normal! Thank you for this indispensable tool.

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2. ★★★★★ cXD4931

   3.2y ago

   One week trying to find how to solve 404’s around content translated with WPML that Yoast was messing around with till I found that. Installed this plugin, made a reset on Yoast tables and plugins, made a new onboarding and a new optimization of the plugin (same process like when you install it for the first time) and everything solved in 15 minutes. And without losing any canonicals, titles, or descriptions. Thanks for this little plugin team Yoast!

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3. ★★★★★ pretobrazza

   3.9y ago

   Hi all, My the data optimization tool got stuck. After following the instructions from Jose V. @ Yoast, this plugin solved the problem instantly. Wonderfull tool! Thank you!

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4. ★★★★★ erniecom

   4.4y ago

   In order to automate things in a script the wp-cli support is missing

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5. ★★★★★ hawbsl

   5.5y ago

   Fixed yoast breadcrumb issue

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6. ★★★★★ brilpoetsdoekje

   5.8y ago

   Because it’s a test plugin.

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7. ★★★★★ Piotr Zalog

   6.3y ago

   This plugin has fixed my problems with breadcrumbs and broken links to category and pustom post type. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-broken-links-for-post-category-and-custom-post-type

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8. ★★★★★ hifi2007

   6.3y ago

   Had an issue with the latest update and saw error message in my focus keywords error was An error occurred in the ‘previouslyUsedKeywords-usedKeywords’ assessment this plugin should be used by default and integrated into the main version which would solve lots of issues

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.19 Release date: 2026-05-26 Enhancements: Adds a Logger panel to the Yoast Test Helper (Tools → Yoast Test) that replaces Yoast SEO’s NullLogger via the wpseo_logger filter and persists captured entries to either a custom D 1.19
2. — Version 1.18 Release date: February 1st, 2024 Enhancements: Adds a schema endpoint to any URL. Suffix the URL with /schema/ or ?schema and you’ll get only the Schema for that URL, pretty printed. Bugfixes: Fixes a bug where the DB ve 1.18
3. — Version 1.17 Release date: May 17th, 2022 Enhancements: Improves compatibility with the First-time configuration released with Yoast SEO 18.9. Other: Removes the obsolete Reset Configuration Wizard button. 1.17
4. — Version 1.16 Release date: April 19th, 2022 Enhancements: Adds a new tool to safely downgrade Yoast SEO, including reverting all run migrations and resetting the version number. The tool currently works only for the free version of t 1.16
5. — Version 1.15 Release date: October 19th, 2021 Enhancements: Add Indexable data to Query Monitor. Bugfix: Fixes a bug where not all the transients that hold unindexed counts were deleted when users hit the “Reset Indexables & Migratio 1.15
6. — Version 1.14 Release Date: April 28th, 2021 Enhancements: Adds the option to reset SEO roles & capabilities. 1.14

Translated into 11 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-10-24 60K+ → 50K+ down after 472 days in tier
2. 2025-07-09 50K+ → 60K+ up after 5 days in tier
3. 2025-07-04 60K+ → 50K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-07-02 50K+ → 60K+ up after 409 days in tier
5. 2024-05-19 40K+ → 50K+ up after 317 days in tier
6. 2023-07-07 30K+ → 40K+ up after 276 days in tier
7. 2022-10-04 20K+ → 30K+ up after 251 days in tier
8. 2022-01-26 10K+ → 20K+ up after 321 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).

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Yoast Test Helper: 50K+ active installs, 4.9★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/yoast-test-helper