In today’s WordPress plugin tutorial, you’ll learn how to optimize your WordPress site pages SEO using Yoast plugin with Elementor page builder in a simple, fast and effective way, making both plugins compatible.
Many people are using Elementor, and in the past, the Yoast SEO users who want to use the same page builder have difficulties doing that. Still, since the latest version of the Yoast SEO plugin, the process becomes more manageable, working directly into the plugin’s editor (frontend). Keep reading down so you can see the strategy to use Yoast on your Elementor editor.
Why Yoast SEO and Elementor Are Essential for WordPress SEO
Before we delve into the practicalities of using Yoast SEO in Elementor, it’s essential to grasp the empowering potential of these tools. They put you in the driver’s seat of your site’s SEO strategy, giving you the control and confidence to make impactful changes.
- Yoast SEO: One of the best WordPress SEO plugins, Yoast helps users optimize content for search engines with features like keyword analysis, readability checks, meta descriptions, and schema markup.
- Elementor: This drag-and-drop page builder is a game-changer for creating beautiful, responsive, visually appealing web pages without coding. It’s designed to be user-friendly, making it perfect for those needing more support with web design’s technical aspects.
By using Yoast SEO and Elementor together, you can create visually stunning pages fully optimized for search engines. This means your website will look great and rank higher in search results, driving more traffic to your site.
Installing Yoast SEO and Elementor on WordPress
Before using Yoast SEO with Elementor, you must ensure both plugins are installed and activated.
Step-by-Step Installation:
- Log in to your WordPress Dashboard.
- Go to Plugins > Add New.
- In the search bar, type Yoast SEO and click Install Now.
- Once installed, click Activate to enable the plugin.
- Repeat the process for Elementor by searching for Elementor Page Builder and activating it.
After installation, you can learn how to use Yoast SEO in Elementor WordPress to improve your content’s search engine performance to Yoast + Elementor Plugin.
Getting Started with Yoast SEO
Once you’ve installed Yoast SEO, it will appear on every post and page in the WordPress editor. Here’s how to start optimizing your content for SEO with Yoast.
Key Features of Yoast SEO:
- Focus Keyword: The main keyword or phrase you want to rank for.
- SEO Title & Meta Description: The title and description appear in search engine results.
- Readability Analysis: Suggestions for improving the clarity and structure of your writing.
- Internal Linking: Recommendations for linking to other content on your website.
- Schema Markup: Structured data that helps search engines understand your content.
Setting Up Yoast SEO is a Breeze: Configure General Settings: Go to Yoast SEO > General in your dashboard and follow the configuration wizard to optimize your site’s basic settings.
Guided Focus Keywords: For each post or page, Yoast SEO provides a helpful box at the bottom of the editor to set a focus keyword. This tells Yoast what word or phrase you’re targeting.Now that the basic setup is complete, let’s explore the exciting integration of Yoast SEO with Elementor.
Using Yoast SEO in Elementor
Firstly, please create a new page in Elementor and optimize it with Yoast SEO, follow these steps: Open the Pages overview screen and click the Add New button. The Page editing screen will open to use Yoast and Elementor Plugin.
Secondly, click the Edit with Elementor button. You will be on the Elementor page editing page. Once in the Elementor editor window, build the page as you usually would. Moreover, If you need help, watch the video on how to create pages in Elementor.
Finally, to access the Yoast SEO sidebar, click on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) in the top left corner.
Note: You can also click on the cogwheel icon in the bottom left corner to reveal a menu that will give you access to Yoast SEO. Finally, select Yoast SEO on Elementor from the menu.
When you’ve clicked the hamburger menu, you can select the Yoast SEO menu item. Alternatively, when you’ve clicked the cogwheel icon, you can choose the Yoast SEO tab. Selecting Yoast SEO will give you access to the Yoast SEO sidebar. Use the settings in the Yoast SEO plugin sidebar to optimize your content.
Yoast SEO analyzes all the content blocks you use in Elementor. The analysis is the same as in the regular block editor or classic editor in WordPress. So, all the Yoast features and options are available in the Yoast SEO sidebar in Elementor.
Extra Benefits
The integration is both for the free and premium Yoast plugins, giving you access to the SEO and readability analysis tools, Google preview, related keyphrases with SEMRush, as well as many other Yoast SEO premium features, such as Internal linking suggestions, the option to set synonyms and related keyphrases, and the social previews can be found in this sidebar.
