Simply SEO provides everything you need for on-page SEO without the bloat of larger SEO plugins.

Features:

• Custom SEO title per post/page
• Meta description with automatic fallback to content excerpt
• Meta keywords support
• Canonical URL override per post
• Robots control (noindex/nofollow) per post
• Custom social media image (Open Graph / Twitter Cards)
• Configurable title format with placeholders
• Default fallback image for social sharing
• Full Gutenberg editor integration
• Classic editor support
• Enable/disable per post type
• Search and 404 page robots settings
• Clean, WordPress-native UI
• No external requests
• Lightweight and fast

Archive & Taxonomy SEO (New in 1.0.2):

• SEO fields for categories, tags, and custom taxonomies
• Custom title and description per taxonomy term
• Social image per taxonomy
• noindex/nofollow control per taxonomy

Schema.org / JSON-LD (New in 1.0.2):

• Automatic structured data output
• WebSite schema with search action
• Organization schema on homepage
• Article schema for blog posts
• WebPage schema for pages
• CollectionPage schema for archives
• BreadcrumbList schema for navigation
• Rich snippets ready

Breadcrumbs (New in 1.0.2):

• Shortcode: [simply_seo_breadcrumbs]
• Template function: simply_seo_breadcrumbs()
• Schema.org markup included
• Customizable separator and home text
• Automatic hierarchy detection

URL Redirects (New in 1.0.6):

• 301 (permanent) and 302 (temporary) redirects
• Easy-to-use admin interface
• Enable/disable individual redirects
• Hit counter for tracking redirect usage
• Prevents redirect loops
• No database tables – uses WordPress options

Available Placeholders for Title Format:

• %title% – Post/page title
• %sitename% – Site name
• %tagline% – Site tagline

Shortcode Attributes:

• separator – Separator between items (default: ›)
• home_text – Text for home link (default: Home)
• show_home – Show home link (default: true)
• show_current – Show current page (default: true)

Example: [simply_seo_breadcrumbs separator="/" home_text="Start"]

Development

The Gutenberg sidebar panel source code is located in the src/ directory.

To build from source:

1. Install dependencies: npm install
2. Build for production: npm run build
3. For development with watch mode: npm run start

The compiled output is placed in the build/ directory.