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WordPress SEO by Yoast


This recipe shows how to set up the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin.

Time: 30 minutes

Directions:

Open WordPress and navigate to SEO from the left-hand side.

Add URLs for your social profiles under SEO > Social.

Enable XML sitemap functionality under SEO > XML Sitemaps. Click the button next to “You can find your XML Sitemap here” to see your sitemap URL.

Add your sitemap URL in Google Search Console under Crawl > Sitemaps then the Add/Test Sitemap button.

Change the Post Types under the “Titles & Metas” area for Posts and Pages to remove extraneous information from your page titles:

  • Old: %%title%% %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%
  • New: %%title%%

yoast titles

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