Yoast SEO is one of the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) plugins for websites with CMS (Content Management System) WordPress. This plugin is very popular with statistics of more than five million active installations and downloaded more than 320 million times. In addition, this plugin has many useful features for bloggers in optimizing website rankings on search engines. Easy configuration and use make this plugin much in demand. WordPress by default does not provide tools for managing the SEO section. For example, meta title, meta description, page index settings, sitemap, and so on.

Yoast SEO offers all of those features if you have it installed. Interested in trying Yoast SEO on your WordPress website? If so, you can follow the guide below to install this plugin.

Note: In this article, Yoast SEO installed is the free version. If you are interested in digging deeper, maybe later you can upgrade to the premium version.

Install Yoast SEO Plugin in WordPress Here are the steps to install the Yoast SEO plugin:

1. You need to login to the WordPress dashboard first. Fill in the email and password form, then click Login.

2. Select the WordPress Management menu, select the Sites sub menu. Scroll down until you find the WordPress Login button. Click the button to enter the WordPress dashboard.

3. On the WordPress dashboard, select the Plugins menu. Then, select the Add New sub menu to install a new plugin. Next, type in the search field “Yoast SEO”, press Enter. Yoast SEO will appear in the search list. Click Install Now to install it.

4. After the installation process is complete, click Activate to activate the plugin. If the plugin is activated successfully, a message “Plugin is activated” will appear.

5. On the WordPress sidebar, a new menu will appear with the Yoast icon + SEO text. Click the menu to enter the Yoast SEO Dashboard tab. Tab ini dapat memberikan informasi tentang masalah SEO situs web Anda.