Simple SEO — WordPress SEO Plugin
by David Cole · WordPress.org page · Website
Simple SEO has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 194,857 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 6, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Simple SEO at a glance
Is Simple SEO well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Nonce Security!
- Generates META tags automatically
- Works out-of-the-box. Just install!
- You can override any title and set any META description and any META keywords you want!
- Google Analytic 4!
- Google Webmaster Tools!
- Bing verification & Yandex verification!
- Twitter and Facebook customization!
- Quickedit SEO titles and descriptions!
- Import Yoast SEO data!
- Import Rank Math SEO data!
- Import All In One SEO data!
Simple SEO reviews and ratings
33 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Superb
I've been using SEO plug ins since they first became a thing! So far so good with Simple SEO. No bloat is excellent I could well stick around.
David Saunders -
User friendly and effective SEO tool
Thank you for the easy to use and simple tool. Best regards
tunccelik -
be-aware.
Very sketchy experience with this plugin, be-aware.
ezten -
Super Plugin
TOP Plugin
swissvista -
Open Graph Bug
I discovered your Wordpress plugin Simple SEO and love it. It's simple and practical. But one thing is really odd and need to be fixed quickly! Why is the Open Graph URL tag for the post homepage the URL of the first post??? So "og:url" should be "domain/" (cannot put full domain because of forum restrictions), but it is "domain/post1/". This doesn't make sense, It would be fantastic, if you could fix this bug. Thank you so much! 5 stars if fixed
Nikogenia -
Simple & lightweight SEO plugin
Simple, lightweight & effective SEO plugin! @author / @devloper Please keep this up! Do not add complicated or additional components. Please always have it as simple and lightweight as possible. Thanks guys!
Aqeem
Where Simple SEO ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Simple SEO appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best SEO Plugins | #62 by tag, #18 in search | #19 | – |
| Best Sitemap Plugins | #56 in search, not tagged | #96 | – |
Simple SEO alternatives
Plugins that solve the same problem, ranked by how closely they overlap with Simple SEO.
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SmartCrawl SEO 10,000+ installs · 4.8 -
GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO 30,000+ installs · 4.6 -
Slim SEO 70,000+ installs · 4.7 -
ThinkRank 10,000+ installs · 4.8 -
All in One SEO 2 million+ installs · 4.7
Details
Allows the modification of META titles, descriptions and keywords for all pages and posts. Also allows for default setting for of META title, descript …
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Simple SEO competes in
Tags
- meta
- meta description
- meta keywords
- meta title
- seo
- Version
- 2.0.36
- Last updated
- Aug 6, 2026
- First published
- Feb 15, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 4.6.2
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Simple SEO FAQ
What does Simple SEO do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Simple SEO offers Nonce Security!, Generates META tags automatically, Works out-of-the-box. Just install!, You can override any title and set any META description and any META keywords you want! and Google Analytic 4!.
How many active installs does Simple SEO have?
WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs for Simple SEO as of September 7, 2026.
Is Simple SEO still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 6, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Is Simple SEO free?
Simple SEO is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Simple SEO rank among SEO Plugins?
Simple SEO is #19 in the WordPress.org SEO Plugins ranking.