All in One SEO Pack - settings and description. How to install the All in One Seo Pack plugin What is all in one seo pack

Anyone who has been involved in SEO optimization of their (or not quite their) website has come across the fact that each CMS has its own plugins that are responsible for generating meta tags necessary for search engines. In this article I will talk about the correct configuration of the All in One SEO Pack plugin for WordPress, as well as tips for further use.

Basically, website owners prefer the 2 most popular plugins for the WordPress CMS that help SEO optimize articles: the Yoast SEO plugin and the All in One SEO Pack plugin.

I discussed the Yoast SEO plugin in great detail in two previous articles. Therefore, if the All in One SEO Pack plugin is not to your liking, then you can use Yoast SEO. Here are two articles on setting up the Yoast SEO plugin:

During the article, I will go through in detail all the functions of this plugin, and at the end you will find a small test to consolidate the material of the article 😉.

What "All in One SEO Pack" "can"

Let's look at all the functionality of this plugin:

• Translated into 57 languages;
• Rewriting all headings and meta tags (description and keywords);
• Allows you to automatically generate the contents of meta tags;
• Import and export of plugin settings;
• Built-in file editor robots.txt And .htaccess;
• Advanced canonical URL for site pages;
• Supports SEO optimization of custom post types;
• Ability to connect Google Analytics from the admin panel;
• Ability to create an XML sitemap:
  • Scheduled;
  • With the possibility of excluding individual pages or an entire section;
  • Ability to set priority.
• Ability to create automatic Open Graph micro markup;
• Creation of automatic Schema.org micro markup;
• Flexible configuration and performance management of the plugin;
• Blocking bots that, in the opinion of the plugin, behave incorrectly, so that they do not add load to the site and do not slow down its work;
• Basic ability to import data from the All in One SEO Pack plugin;

Like the Yoast SEO plugin, this plugin has a paid version that includes features such as:

• WooCommerce integration;
• Function Manager;
• Video module XML Sitemap;
• Advanced settings for custom post types;
• Official support from the plugin developers.

And here the possibilities are all right. Now let’s quickly go through the installation of this plugin and move on to its configuration. Because there are a lot of settings there.

(video instructions) How to install the plugin?

For those who don’t know how to install this plugin, I recorded a short 3-minute video.

Video installation instructions

Basic settings of the "All in One SEO Pack" plugin

Let's look at the basic settings of the plugin. There are quite a lot of items, so we will consider them in blocks to make it more convenient for you to configure your plugin.

Block "Basic settings"

Let's go point by point, because there really are a lot of them here:

• "I enjoy this plugin and have made a donation"— those who have everything in order with the English language will understand that the meaning of this phrase is that those who have made a donation for the further development of the plugin need to check the box. It is optional, so it can be omitted;
• "Canonical URLs"— this item means that for the main pages there will be a link between the blocks And, which indicates that this page is the main one. Because duplicates may occur: if you write UTM tags for the same page, for example, then the search engine may consider that this is a duplicate. And duplicates, as you know, have a bad effect on further promotion. Therefore, we put a tick;
• "Disable pagination for canonical URLs"— as a rule, the site always has page-by-page navigation (with the exception of those methods of displaying news when news appears when scrolling down the page, as is implemented in social networks), due to which duplicate pages may also appear. Therefore, we also include this item;
• "Enable custom canonical URLs"— if you are not satisfied with which canonical URLs are formed for your posts, then you can enable this parameter and enter the necessary URLs yourself. But for novice webmasters, it is better not to use this item and leave it disabled;
• "Set protocol for canonical URLs"— here the protocol is set specifically for canonical URLs. It's best to leave it at "Auto" and let the plugin automatically detect your site protocol. What if you want to purchase an SSL certificate in the near future and forget to change the protocol for canonical URLs? Believe me, this will not have the best effect on the position of your site in search results;
• "Use default title"— a theme (template) can be installed on your website, which generates headings at your discretion. It is unlikely that these headings will be correct moving forward. Therefore, we leave this option disabled so that the plugin can generate its own headers, which we will talk about a little later;
• "Use Schema.org markup"— micro-markup for a site is a very fine-tuning, which is very individual from template to template. It is better to disable this option, because it will show errors in the markup validator. Before engaging with Schema.org micro markup, it is best to study this article: ;
• "Keep an event log"— as you understand, there are no plugins that work without errors. From time to time, glitches occur because the CMS is updated, third-party plugins may conflict with this plugin, and so on. And if you enable this item, you will be able to view the logs (event log) of this plugin when errors occur. This is an indispensable thing for developers. But, if you are a novice webmaster, then you should not burden your CMS by enabling this setting, because anyway you will not fully use it. Therefore, we leave this item disabled.

We have looked at the first block. I wrote the descriptions of the items as briefly as possible, so that you only understand the meaning of each item and what it is intended for, and not blindly set the settings.

This entire block is responsible for setting up the main page:

• "Home page title."- this is nothing more than for the main page. If you do not write anything here and leave the field empty, it will use the site name that is specified in the WordPress settings;
• "Description of the main page."— this is the Description for the main page. If you do not write anything, it will be empty;
• "Home Page Keywords"— now many people don’t use keywords at all and promote their projects normally. Therefore, if you decide to enter keywords for the main page, then enter them in this field, separated by commas;
• "Use Static Front Page Instead"— this item must be checked if a static page is used as the main page.

Next comes the block " Setting up keys"and block" Setting up headers". Since the block " Setting up headers"is quite large, then I decided to combine these two blocks and at the same time split the second block into two parts. Therefore, first we will look at the first block and half of the block with the header settings:

Let's start from the first block" Setting up keys", because there is only one parameter:

• "Use Keywords"— that is, using this item you can enable support for keywords on pages and posts. If you have found a use for it, you can enable this item;

• "Rewrite headers"— here I want to immediately clarify what exactly the All in One SEO Pack plugin will overwrite, because you may get scared and disable this function. It rewrites the Title. You see it on search results and in the title of the browser tab. That is, this is NOT the name that you see on the page with your news. I recommend leaving this item enabled;
• "Capitalized titles"- I think this point is clear to you even without a lot of description. It means that the headings will begin with a capital letter; of course, we leave the clause enabled. But this item only responds to search page titles and tag pages;
• "Capitalized section headings"— and if you enable this item, then the headings of the sections will be capitalized. We also leave him;
• "Home Page Title Format"— here you can enter the format of the title of your main page of the site. If you click on this item, a small tooltip will open where you can see other variables that can also be used to form the title of the main page. By default, this is just the page title without any extra characters, so you can leave it as is;
• "Page Header Format"— as you know, CMS WordPress has different types of posts: pages, posts, and so on. And this item sets the format of headings specifically for pages. The default format is: "page title | site name". You can also leave it at default and not touch anything;
• "Post Header Format"— just as you described the process of generating headlines for pages, it can also be generated for posts (these are ordinary news on your site);

And now the second part of this block" Setting up headers":

• "Category Heading Format"— CMS WordPress has pages with categories. So for these pages here you can set the heading format. If you click on the question mark next to it, a description will open of what variables can be used here. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that here it is necessary to use other variables;
• "Archive header format"— this item is responsible for generating headers with an archive of CUSTOM post types. Because in the WordPress CMS you can create custom post types, and this plugin allows you to change the headers;
• "Date archive header format"— in addition to regular archives, there are also headers for archives by date. In this field you can set how the title will be generated for these pages;
• "Author Archives Heading Format"— also for each author who writes articles, a separate page with his articles is created on your website. You can also set the title format for this page. This is done in this field;
• "Tag Header Format"— for each article you can set an arbitrary number of tags. And then these tags are displayed in the sidebar or in each article. That is, each tag has its own page. And the title for this page can be set in this field;
• "Search Page Title Format"- this field, I think, does not need description. The WordPress CMS has a built-in search function, which means there is a special page for this. So for this page you can change the header output format here;
• "Description format" is the Description meta tag for each article. Here it is better to leave everything as is, so that in the future we can enter our own descriptions for each article;
• "404 Page Title Format"— this page, as many people know, is shown when some page that the visitor wants to go to is simply not on the site. At this point you can specify what will be in the title. It is also better to change the English text to Russian. For example, change "Nothing found for" to "Nothing found for the request: ";
• "Format for navigation"- this field can be removed altogether. You can replace the word "Part" with "Part", but this is at your discretion.

• - if you have already studied and
• "SEO for these post types only"- and here we can tick off the items that you need. By default, “Posts” and “Pages” are enabled, which is really enough;
• "Enable advanced options"- One of the advanced options here is that you can enable custom titles for your posts. But I don’t recommend doing this; it’s better to leave it as is.

Now let's move on to the second block "Display Settings":

• "SEO for custom post types"- if you have already studied and, then you know that Yoast SEO has a special preview window for each article and page. So this is exactly what this option in this All in One SEO Pack plugin is responsible for. This block is available when writing each article in the admin panel;
• "Show SEO settings for custom post types"— also put two checkboxes: “Posts” and “Pages”;
• "Display menu in admin panel"- this point, again, is at your discretion. Do you need just such an item in the admin panel above each page and post on the site? I always didn’t really like this admin panel, and I prefer to do everything through the site’s control panel. But if you actively use this admin panel, then you can leave this item;
• "Show menu in top bar"— but it is advisable to leave this item, then the menu of this plugin will always be at the top in the control panel of your site. It’s very convenient when you go there all the time. Because all plugins most often appear at the bottom of the control panel menu.

To make it faster, let's analyze, again, two blocks" Webmaster verification" And " Google Settings":

• "Google Webmaster Tools"— the developers of this plugin decided to make work with confirmation of rights to Google WebMaster more comfortable. When you register with Google WebMaster, you are given several options to choose from to confirm that this is indeed your site. And one of them is a special code that can be inserted into this field. But most often, it’s easier to just go into the source code of your theme and insert a meta tag between the blocks . If you have not yet registered with the Google WebMaster service, then this item will be useful to you. Below there is a corresponding field for Bing;
• "Pinterest verification"— a similar situation with this service. But, unfortunately, it is not very popular in RuNet.

• "Profile on Google+"— here we enter the address of your Google+ profile to confirm the authorship of your site. Previously, the author could be displayed in an extended snippet in search results, but that was a long time ago and Google removed this feature;
• "Disable Google+ profile"— at this point you can disable the output of data from your Google+ profile;
• "Display site links in search box"— in addition to the main results of your site, you can also display additional links from your site to the most popular pages. Leave this item, then in the search results, your site, for certain queries, will be shown on a larger scale;
• "Set Preferred Site Name"— using this item, you can specify in the micro markup which site name is best used by Google. But, before setting this parameter, . But, I want to note that the data will be output in JSON-LD format;
• "Advanced authorship settings"— if you enable this item, then in the future you will be able to choose on which page you can enable Google+ authorship;
• "Google Analytics ID"- Well, this point, like the point with confirmation of rights to Google WebMaster, was made for convenience. That is, you don’t have to “run” into the code and look for a place to insert the analytics code from Google. Or you can only enter the identifier of your analytics in this item. But this is more suitable for those who are not very familiar with code and are afraid of doing something wrong.

We will also divide the next block “” into 2 parts, because there are many points here:

• "Default NOINDEX"— you can initially prohibit indexing, for example, pages on the site. And then only the records will be indexed. To prevent anything on your site from being indexed, simply check the appropriate box;
• "Default is NOFOLLOW"— using this item you can prevent the search bot from following links on the page. Typically used in conjunction with the points above;
• "Default NOODP"— this feature is also present in the Yoast SEO plugin. Using this function, you can prohibit taking the description of your site from the DMOZ directory. Because it happens that when adding a site, moderators themselves write down its description, but it is not always what we wanted;
• "Default NOYDIR"— this item is responsible for the same parameter as the item above, but only for the Yahoo directory. That is, by installing it, we prohibit taking a description from the Yahoo directory for your site;
• "Use noindex for categories"— we “tell” search engines that they should not index the pages of our site’s sections;
• "Use noindex for date archives"— similarly to the previous paragraphs, we prohibit search engines from indexing pages with archived dates on our website. Can be enabled to eliminate duplicates;
• "Use noindex for author archives"— by setting this item, we prohibit indexing pages with an archive of authors on your website. Can be enabled to eliminate duplicates;
• "Use noindex for tag archives"— you can do the same with tags, that is, prohibit pages with tags from being indexed. You can set this item if you do not want pages not to be included in the search engine index;

And now let's move on to the second part of this block" Indexing settings (noindex)":

• "Use noindex for search page"— there is no search page as such. After all, it is generated depending on the user’s request, that is, depending on what key phrase he entered. Therefore, we include this item to avoid duplication of content on your site;
• "Use noindex for 404 pages"— page 404 is also closed from indexing, including this item;
• "Use noindex for paginated pages/posts"— if you divide your articles into several pages (which is a little strange), then you can enable this item to prevent duplication of your content on the site;
• "Exclude a site from the Open Directory Project"— unlike the previous point, where it was possible to exclude only certain types of posts and pages, here you can include the NOODP meta tag on the entire site. We turn it on and no longer worry about the fact that the description can be used from the DMOZ catalog;
• "Exclude site from Yahoo! Directory"— just like in the previous paragraph, here you can include the NOYDIR meta tag on the entire site, and not just on certain types of posts.

So, the last block on this page " Advanced settings"We will also divide it into two parts and consider each of them in more detail.

All in One SEO Pack is one of the most recognized and deservedly best plugins for search engine optimization of WordPress sites, which at the time of writing has been downloaded more than 17 million times, which characterizes it as a very powerful plugin designed to help beginners start competent search engine optimization of their sites .

Simply installing the All in One SEO Pack plugin will certainly not help you optimize your site. In order to get the most out of it, the plugin needs to be configured correctly. There are a lot of settings, but strictly speaking, for a beginner you can leave most of them as they are. This article describes in detail the process of setting up the plugin and describes most of the functions of the All in One SEO Pack.

All in One SEO Pack plugin settings

basic settings

Leave the main settings as they are. There is no need to configure anything additional here.

In the settings on the main page you will see three fields: Home Page Title, Home Page Description And Home page keywords. You need to be very responsible about filling out these fields, as this is a very important step through which you introduce your site to the world and tell what it is about.

Firstly, In the “Home Page Title” field, write the name of your site and a short, enticing description. You must keep it to a maximum of 60 characters.

Secondly, In the “Home Page Description” field, write a description of your site. Here you will have to be content with a maximum of 160 characters.

For example, if your site is about mobile phones, you could write something like this: On our website you can find reviews of mobile phones, descriptions of their capabilities and detailed instructions for their use. Comparative reviews of mobile phones are also presented here.

Third, In the “Home Page Keywords” field, write 6-8 keywords that readers will use to search for your site based on the home page. Separate keys with commas.

For example, if you are writing about mobile phones, write: cell phone reviews, mobile technology, cell phone comparisons, cell phone instructions and tips.

Keywords don't really influence search results, but as I said, you can specify 6 - 8 keywords. You should not repeat them when optimizing WordPress categories and .

Here I did not activate “Translate categories into keys” and “Translate tags into keys”. If your categories or tags are open for indexing, you can select these options. It’s better to generate keys to records yourself, but if you’re not sure you understand what you’re doing, check the box.

Templates for your page and post titles. In the updated version of the All in One SEO Pack plugin, the configuration of the “Header Settings” section is good without additional settings, so if you are new to this, do not try to change anything here.

By default, the plugin is able to work with any type of post. So leave the first item enabled. Select additional options if you plan to work with more than just posts and pages.

This block is only responsible for displaying the All in One SEO Pack plugin settings menu. You can choose where to show them: in posts, on pages, in the admin panel. It all depends on where you want to display the settings: if you need them in the top menu, then activate the last option.

Webmaster settings

In the webmaster settings, enter your verification codes from Google, Bing and Pinterest. It is clear that the last two are not particularly relevant for our users.

Google services settings

When you search for something on Google, sometimes you see a photo of the author under the search results. This group of settings will help you show photos under your posts in search results. But you must have a Google + account and a verified Google authorship.

Paste your Google+ profile URL into the Google+ Profile field.

The All in one pack plugin supports Google analytics. Paste your Google analytic code into the “Google statistics ID” field, the code should look something like this – UA-XXXX.

Indexing settings (noindex)

It is not easy for beginners to understand the meaning of this title. No indexing means that none of your pages or posts will ever be indexed by Google. If you check the box next to "Use noindex for categories," "Noindex for tag archives," or other archived items, Google won't index any of it. By checking these boxes, you can avoid duplicate content. You can uncheck “Use noindex for categories” or “Noindex for tag archives” if you want these items to be indexed.

You can also use the noindex/follow plugin for better control over indexing.

Additional settings

In Advanced Settings, the first option, called “Generated Description,” is enabled by default and is responsible for generating descriptions. Be sure to check the box next to the next option - “Remove description from multi-page pages”, since if you write long posts and divide them into two pages, the extra description on the second page will be deleted.

Leave all options as default.

Update your settings.

Additional modules

This section presents activated modules that, as conceived by the authors, can further improve your site. One of them is enabled by default. You can activate the other two yourself. Once activated, the corresponding settings for each module will appear in your menu.

A page where you can configure some performance parameters.

Greetings! I have long wanted to write this article, but something always got in the way. But I gathered all my strength and made the most of myself. Therefore, today we have as promised setting up All in One Seo Pack plugin for the popular WordPress engine.

I looked through many articles in TOP, everything is somehow boring and monotonous. There are comments why they are considering only setting up this plugin; there are also additional modules in it that can replace some plugins. Therefore, I will try to fully open all the capabilities of this plugin.

What can All in One Seo Pack do?

Basic settings:

1. Setting up meta tags for website pages, including the main page;
2. Connecting your blog to Google Webmaster, Bing, Pinterest (the network is developing quite quickly);
3. Connect to Google+. Your avatar will be shown in search results;
4. Automatically generate meta-data for your pages, posts, etc., if you don’t want to fill them out manually;
5. Setting up indexing of your blog;
6. Use, to avoid;

Other modules:

1. generate sitemap();
2. Creation and configuration of the Robots.txt file;
3. Integration with social networks Facebook, Twitter and Google+;
4. Checking the system for performance;

You can leave all other settings as default, as they were immediately specified.

Now the plugin All in One Seo Pack, ready to use. You can go to any post or page and see an additional tab at the bottom “ SEO Tools" Here you can enter title, description and keywords, you can see what your snippet will look like in search engine results. All settings are made at your own discretion.

At this stage, we have sorted out the basic settings. If something is not clear or there are doubts somewhere, write in the comments and we will figure it out together and solve the problem.

The second stage is setting up additional modules for your WordPress resource.

Setting up other modules of the All in One Seo Pack plugin.

Few people use these modules at all, but I use them often. This plugin can do a lot of work and make SEO optimization even better.

1. Generating a site map(sitemap.xml). I have already touched on this topic earlier, so let’s go to the article “” and read. You can also see in the article how to activate and disable these modules, so I won’t focus on this.

2. We can do it without any problems create a Robots.txt file. As soon as you activate this plugin and go to the tab, you will see the finished file. You can find out how to work with it in the article: “”. As a rule, in WordPress, this file is generated automatically, so the module is convenient because you don’t need to go to an ftp client, but you can change it right here.

But if you accidentally deleted it, you can specify the path where to save this file “Directory Path” and click “Save Robots.txt File”. The Robots.txt file will be automatically created and placed in the specified location, usually the root of the site.

4. C speed it's simple.

We go to the module and set the limit, the more the better, in my case the maximum is 250MB. This is necessary for the blog to work perfectly with a large number of requests.

The response time, don’t touch it, let it be by default. We change it only if you have, you can set it to 30 seconds or 1 minute.

We enable forced recording so that other plugins cannot change the meta data.

Huh, seems to have covered everything I wanted.

Setting up the All in One SEO Pack search engine optimization plugin from Michael Torbert is one of the first necessary actions with which the site begins to work after. Despite the existence of many other similar plugins, I prefer All in One SEO Pack due to its flexible configuration and regular updates.

The basic functions available in the free version are enough to configure the site for better indexing by search robots. It is possible to create a dynamic sitemap.xml file, which is automatically updated every time a new page appears on the site. It is possible to exclude from indexing duplicate pages inevitably generated by the WordPress engine itself. It’s impossible to list all the possibilities at once, so let’s move on to its step-by-step setup.

Step-by-step setup of All in One SEO Pack for WordPress

This All in One SEO Pack setup guide is intended for those new to search engine optimization (SEO). It is assumed that you know little about how search robots see your site, and do not know how to correctly remove duplicate pages from the index and write meta tags. We will go through each section of the settings of this plugin and analyze each item and option. If you have not yet downloaded and installed this plugin, now is the time to do so.

• You can find it here.
• And here .

After successfully installing the plugin, go to the tab that appears “ SEO Tools» in the main menu of the WordPress admin panel.

At the very top of the page, plugin developer Michael Torbert and the Semper Fi Web Design team offer to sign up for the WordPress secrets, tips and hacks newsletter and receive a free e-book “5 SEO Tips for WordPress” (in English).

basic settings

The first block of settings in the list is “Basic”.

Thanks for the plugin, I made a donation. If you check it and then save the changes using the “ Update settings", you will see this pop-up window:

Thus, this item simply says thank you for your support, even if you did not provide this support :) If you purchased the Pro version of this plugin, you will see a field for entering the license key here.

Canonical URLs. This is a very important settings item from an SEO point of view. Checked by default, and I recommend that you do not uncheck it. Canonical URLs protect against Google penalties for duplicate content or having multiple URLs pointing to the same content.

No Pagination for Canonical URLs. As you can see, not all names of settings items are translated into Russian. This option was added for those users who want to remove pagination from canonical URLs. Typically, canonical URLs for pagination pages are displayed like this: http://example.com/page/2. This option removes /page/2 from the URL. I checked this option because for SEO it is better to completely close pagination pages from indexing (more on this below).

Show title by default. Disabled by default. You may need to enable this option if your theme or other activated plugin conflicts with the All in One SEO Pack per tag entry