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Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
10M
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 1,000,000+ installs
10
Days since the last release
Group median: 8
4.8
out of 5, from 27,819 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
97.4%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 71.9%
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What is Yoast SEO and who is behind it?
Yoast SEO is a WordPress plugin in the “SEO” field, made by Yoast. It has been listed in the directory since 11 Oct 2010, so for 15 years. Yoast has 4 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 10,000,000 to 19,999,999 active installs it belongs to the 1,000,000+ installs group; its last release came 10 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Real-time SEO guidance, schema, and AI built in. Help search engines and AI systems understand your content. All AI tools included, no hidden fees.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Yoast SEO last released?
The last release of Yoast SEO came 10 days before the reference date; the group median is 8 days.
How many installs does Yoast SEO have?
Yoast SEO had 10,000,000 to 19,999,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, no plugin had a higher band and 2 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 10,000,000 means at least 10,000,000 and at most 19,999,999.
Which WordPress version is Yoast SEO tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.1, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 3.0% of the group.
How does Yoast SEO compare with its group?
The group holds 67 listed plugins. 58.2% of them had a more recent last release than Yoast SEO; 1.5% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Yoast SEO | Group, 67 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 10 | median 8 |
| Rating | 4.8 (27,819) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 97.4% | 71.9% |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 65.7% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | most often 7.4 (49.3%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | wordpress-seo |
|---|---|
| Author | Yoast |
| Active installs | 10,000,000 to 19,999,999 |
| Last release | 10 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Rating | 4.8 out of 5 from 27,819 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 38 of 39 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 11 Oct 2010 |
| Total downloads | 991,579,359, updates included |
| Tags | content-analysis, readability, schema, seo, xml-sitemap |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| content-analysis | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| readability | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| schema | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| seo | 60 | 1 | 26 |
| xml-sitemap | 11 | 1 | 9 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2010
Yoast SEO has been listed since 11 Oct 2010. Of the 77 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2010, 80.5% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| All in One SEO | 2,000,000 to 2,999,999 | 0 days before the reference date | 4.7 (5,201) |
| LiteSpeed Cache | 7,000,000 to 7,999,999 | 23 days before the reference date | 4.8 (2,764) |
| Rank Math SEO | 4,000,000 to 4,999,999 | 1 day before the reference date | 4.8 (7,496) |
| SpeedyCache | 600,000 to 699,999 | 65 days before the reference date | 4.4 (30) |
| XML Sitemap Generator for Google | 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 | 89 days before the reference date | 4.8 (2,233) |
Do you maintain Yoast SEO?
If you maintain Yoast SEO, you can link to this profile, for example from your readme or your website. Both snippets show this badge:
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How to cite
hafenstudios (2026): Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/wordpress-seo/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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