=== Quick And Easy SEO TOOL === Contributors: OrbitingWeb Tags: seo, robots meta tag, robots noindex tag, rel prev and next tag, custom meta description, custom title tags Requires at least: 4.1 Tested up to: 4.8.1 Stable tag: 1.2 License: GPLv3 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html A fully configured SEO plugin to make your blog 100% SEO friendly - blocks indexing of duplicate pages, allows custom title/meta description tags and more. == Description == Quick And Easy SEO makes your blog 100% SEO friendly by fixing all the known SEO related issues with the newer versions of wordpress. The plugin comes pre-configured, so all you need to do is activate it. But if you want, you have the option to manually configure the options to suit your needs. This plugin only adds the most important functionalities that are required to make your site SEO friendly. All unnecessary stuff is omitted. = What does the plugin do? = What the plugin does can be divided into the four parts as follows: = 1.) Adds Robots meta tags = Adds the Robots Noindex/Follow meta tag to the following pages: * Adds Noindex to search and 404 pages. * Adds Noindex to all date archives - daily, monthly and yearly archives. * Adds Noindex to author archives. * Adds Noindex to media attachment pages. * Adds Noindex to tag archives from page 2 onward. * Adds Noindex to category archives from page 2 onward. * Adds Noindex to homepage archives from page 2 onward. = 2.) Adds Next/Prev Rel tags to archive pages = Adds the *rel='next'* and *rel='prev'* tags to all paginated archives and to single posts where pagination is present. * Add rel='next' and rel='prev' tag to all archive pages (date, category, tag, author, homepage) including custom taxonomies. * Add rel='next' and rel='prev' tag to paginated single posts (Posts paginated using the <!--Nextpage--> tag) This tag tells Google that these pages are part of a paginated sequence. [Here's what Google has to say about these tags](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1663744?hl=en) = 3.) Removes unwanted tags from wordpress head section = Wordpress by default adds a lot of tags in the head section that are unnecessary. This plugin removes some of these tags. The tags removed include the following: * Next/Prev tag from single post pages * Shortlink tag * WLW tag * WP Generator tag * Regular feed and comment feed tags * XMLRPC tag = 4.) Adds custom title tag & meta description tag meta boxes = Adds custom title tag and meta description tag meta boxes for all single posts, pages and custom post types like Woocommerce pages. Using these boxes, you can easily add custom title tags and meta description tags for your posts and pages. = 5.) Adds canonical tags for archive pages = Wordpress automatically adds canonical tag for all single post pages. Therefore, the plugin adds Canonical tags only for the archive pages. This includes the homepage archive pages. For more in-depth information about the plugin, please visit: [https://orbitingweb.com/blog/quick-and-easy-seo-tool/](https://orbitingweb.com/blog/quick-and-easy-seo-tool/) == Installation == = Manually installing the plugin = 1. Download the plugin zip file from Wordpress.org 1. Upload the zip file of the plugin by logging into your wordpress dashboard and going to 'Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin'. 1. Click on the 'install' now button. 1. After the installation is complete, click the 'Activate' button. 1. Once activated, go to 'Settings > Quick And Easy SEO' to configure the plugin settings. The settings are already configured, so you can change them if need be. = Installing from Wordpress dashboard = 1. Login to your wordpress dashboard and go to 'Plugins > Add New'. 1. Search for 'Quick And Easy SEO' and click on the 'Install' button. 1. Once the installation is complete, click on the 'Activate' button. 1. Once activated, go to 'Settings > Quick And Easy SEO' to configure the plugin settings. The settings are already configured, so you can change them if need be. 1. Check your HTML source to see if all tags are being added properly. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Does the plugin add canonical tags? = Yes, the plugin does add canonical tags, but only to archive pages (eg: category pages). This is because, WordPress automatically adds canonical tags to all other single post pages. = Does the plugin fix all SEO related issues with WordPress? = Yes, the plugin fixes all known SEO issues. It does not try to fix things that are already fixed and does not attempt to add functionalities that are an overkill and not required in most cases. = Will the plugin slow down my site? = Not in the least. This plugin only adds the bare minimum tags required to make your site SEO friendly and hence is very fast. = Has the plugin been tested with multi-site? = No, the plugin has not been tested with multi-site. = What makes this plugin stand apart? = The fact that it was built with simplicity in mind and is extremely simple to configure and manage. == Screenshots == 1. Settings to add Robots meta tag to search, 404 and archive pages. 2. Option to choose the type of tag you want to add and if or not you want to add the tag from the 1st page of 2nd paginated page onward. 3. Settings to remove unnecessary meta tags from wordpress head section. 4. Settings to add/remove rel='prev' and rel='next' meta tags to paginated pages. 5. Settings to add the custom tile tag and meta tag boxes to wordpress admin panel. Boxes are added to single posts, pages and custom post types. 6. Custom title tag and meta description tag boxes. == Changelog == == Upgrade Notice ==