Lightweight SEO plugin: titles & meta, XML sitemap, redirects, schema, local SEO and optional AI — all local by default, nothing phones home.
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Set manual SEO titles and descriptions, manage homepage metadata and use the built-in WordPress XML sitemap with privacy-conscious defaults.
Opens a page's SEO title and meta description to the REST API for users who may edit that page, and prints them when no SEO plugin is active.
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Write SEO titles and meta descriptions with AI in bulk. Saves them straight into Yoast SEO, Rank Math or All in One SEO. Free plan included.
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AI SEO title and meta description generator for posts, pages, products and categories, with snippet score, live preview and bulk generation.
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See the SEO title and meta description every page really outputs, find what is missing, too long or duplicated, and fix it from one screen.