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SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
300,000
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs
30
Days since the last release
Group median: 12
4.8
out of 5, from 1,246 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
100.0%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 68.2%
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What is SEOPress and who is behind it?
SEOPress is a WordPress plugin in the “SEO” field, made by Benjamin Denis. It has been listed in the directory since 22 Aug 2016, so for 10 years. It is the only plugin by Benjamin Denis with at least 10,000 installs. With 300,000 to 399,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 30 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“WordPress SEO plugin with AI SEO metadata, schema, XML sitemap, redirections & Search Console. Privacy-first, white-label SEO. Now AI-ready.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was SEOPress last released?
The last release of SEOPress came 30 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.
How many installs does SEOPress have?
SEOPress had 300,000 to 399,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 88 plugins had a higher band and 50 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 300,000 means at least 300,000 and at most 399,999.
Which WordPress version is SEOPress tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.0, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.
How does SEOPress compare with its group?
The group holds 399 listed plugins. 64.9% of them had a more recent last release than SEOPress; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | SEOPress | Group, 399 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 30 | median 12 |
| Rating | 4.8 (1,246) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 100.0% | 68.2% |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 47.6% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | most often 7.4 (41.6%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | wp-seopress |
|---|---|
| Author | Benjamin Denis |
| Active installs | 300,000 to 399,999 |
| Last release | 30 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Rating | 4.8 out of 5 from 1,246 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 6 of 6 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 22 Aug 2016 |
| Total downloads | 20,203,916, updates included |
| Tags | ai-seo, google-search-console, schema, seo, xml-sitemap |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| ai-seo | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| google-search-console | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| schema | 15 | 6 | 8 |
| seo | 60 | 9 | 26 |
| xml-sitemap | 11 | 7 | 9 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2016
SEOPress has been listed since 22 Aug 2016. Of the 200 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2016, 87.0% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
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|---|---|---|---|
| ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO | 100,000 to 199,999 | 10 days before the reference date | 4.1 (35) |
| Cloudflare | 200,000 to 299,999 | 46 days before the reference date | 3.5 (180) |
| IndexNow Plugin | 100,000 to 199,999 | 63 days before the reference date | 3.2 (47) |
| LuckyWP Table of Contents | 100,000 to 199,999 | 499 days before the reference date | 4.9 (885) |
| Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP | 100,000 to 199,999 | 1 day before the reference date | 4.5 (252) |
| SEO SIMPLE PACK | 100,000 to 199,999 | 98 days before the reference date | 4.6 (14) |
| SiteSEO | 500,000 to 599,999 | 14 days before the reference date | 4.0 (9) |
| SpeedyCache | 600,000 to 699,999 | 65 days before the reference date | 4.4 (30) |
Do you maintain SEOPress?
If you maintain SEOPress, 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): SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/wp-seopress/
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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