SEOPress Setup

1. Procedure Title

Name of the Process: SEOPress Setup

2. Purpose

Brief Description: Establish a standardized process for SEOPress Plugin Setup and Configuration.

3. Scope

Involved Areas: Website SEO

4. Responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Webdev: Responsible for setting up the SEO plugin.

5. Definitions and Key Terms

Glossary: 

SEO – SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is the process of optimizing a website or online content to improve its visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs). The goal is to increase organic (non-paid) traffic by making the content more relevant and accessible to both users and search engine algorithms.

SEOPress – SEOPress is a powerful and user-friendly WordPress SEO plugin designed to help website owners optimize their sites for search engines. It offers a wide range of tools and features to enhance on-page SEO, improve website performance, and drive organic traffic. SEOPress is a popular alternative to plugins like Yoast SEO and All in One SEO.

6. Procedure Details

6.1. Preparation and Prerequisites

• SEO Press Plugin
• Website Assets

6.2 Timeline for Task Completion

• 15 Minutes – 30 Minutes per website

6.3. Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Click SEO on WordPress Dashboard

TITLE AND METAS

1. Click on “Titles & Meta’s”
   

    

2. Set Separator to “|”

3. Click on Archives

4. Set Author & Date Archive to No Index
   

5. Click on Taxonomy set Categories and Tags to no index

6. Set Search Archive to No Index.

7. Click Save Changes

8. Advanced
   

 

XML – HTML Sitemaps

1. Click on XML – HTML Sitemaps

2. Enable XML Sitemap then Save Changes
   

3. Post Types

   1. Include Pages

   2. Include Post
      

4. Taxonomies 

   1. Uncheck Categories

   2. Uncheck Tags

5. HTML Sitemap

   1. Leave as is, do not change anything.

SOCIAL NETWORKS

1. Knowledge Graph

   1. Disable Person or Organization – Set to None
      

   2. Fill up the rest of the fields .

2. Social Accounts

   1. Add Social accounts on each platform if available then save changes
      Social Profiles links can be found on Wireframe

3. Facebook open graph

   1. Enable Open Graph Data

   2. Select Default Image add Logo

   3. Enable Apply this image to all your og:image tag

   4. Save Changes
      

4. X Card

1. Enable Twitter Card

2. Enable Use Open Graph if no Twitter Card is filled

3. Default Twitter Image Add Logo

4. Save Changes

5. Skip the remaining Platforms

Instant Indexing

• Connect with SEO Team for the API
  
• Then after connecting the API Save Changes.

 

PRO

1. Redirections / 404

   1. Enable 404 Monitoring

   2. Enable 404 Log

   3. Redirect 404 = Custom Url = Homepage URL

   4. Status code of redirect = 301

   5. Disable guess redirect url

   6. Save Changes
      
      

2. Local Business

   1. Disable
      

 

3. Structured Data Types

   1. Enable Structured Data Types

   2. Upload Logo

   3. Save Changes
      

4. Robots.txt

   1. Enable Robots.txt

   2. Enable robots.txt virtual file

   3. Save Changes

   4. Add this code update only the specific website URL

User-agent: *

Crawl-delay: 5

Disallow: /wp-admin/

Disallow: /?s=

Disallow: /search

Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Sitemap: https://www.website.com/sitemaps.xml

 

5. RSS

   1. Disable comments RSS feeds

   2. Disable post RSS feeds

   3. Disable extra RSS feeds

   4. Disable all RSS feeds

6.4. Tools and Resources

• SEOPress Setup SOP

7. Quality Control and Evaluation Metrics

Improve website SEO score

8. Exception and Problem Handling

SEO Press plugin error 

• Make sure both SEOPress and SEOPress Pro are up to date.
• Raise tickets on SEOPress in case there is a technical  issue related to the plugin.

9. Documentation and Record Keeping

Documentation Requirements: SOP Google Drive

10. Procedure Review and Update

Review Frequency: Every 6 Months for new edits and revisions