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Plugin Request: WordPress SEO by Yoast

Added by Chris Caruso over 11 years ago. Updated over 11 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority name:
Normal
Assignee:
Category name:
WordPress (misc)
Target version:
Start date:
2012-09-21
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Deployment actions:

Description

I would like to request that the following plugin be considered for addition to the Commons in the next release:

WordPress SEO by Yoast
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/

I would like to use this for the ARC site: http://research.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

After launching the new ARC Distinguished Fellowships, we are getting okay direct and referral traffic, but search traffic is quite low. We would like the ability to assign meta tags at the individual page level, create Google XML sitemaps and implement Google's rel=”author” tags, among other features to improve our search engine rankings.

If successful, I would also like to use this plugin with the new blogs that the Program Social Media Fellows are creating.

I have evaluated other WordPress SEO plugins, and although it is not the most popular, Yoast's seems to have the most robust features and methodology.

Thank you,

Chris Caruso

Actions #1

Updated by Matt Gold over 11 years ago

  • Category name set to WordPress (misc)
  • Status changed from New to Assigned
  • Assignee set to Boone Gorges
  • Target version set to 1.4.6
  • Severity set to Normal
Actions #2

Updated by Dominic Giglio over 11 years ago

Boone,

Do you have any objections to adding this plugin? I've used it in the past, it's a rather large plugin that adds a lot to the admin interface but everyone seems to love it.

I can't think of any reason why we shouldn't offer this to Commons members. Unless there are SEO related features already implemented globally by the Commons that you feel may create a conflict?

If you agree, I can download it and commit it to free up your to do list.

Actions #3

Updated by Boone Gorges over 11 years ago

The plugin is fine with me, Dom.

Actions #4

Updated by Dominic Giglio over 11 years ago

  • Status changed from Assigned to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

I've added this plugin and pushed to 1.4.x branch in the repo.

Commit: https://github.com/castiron/cac/commit/8b41a6ae9a414ea427c9c6969c0dbf89f1335a21

I also added a reminder under the 1.4.6 heading of the Release-ACTION_REQUIRED-list wiki page to activate it and notify Chris.

Actions #5

Updated by Chris Caruso over 11 years ago

Thanks very much!

Chris

Actions #6

Updated by Boone Gorges over 11 years ago

Hi Chris - FYI, the release is live, so you can activate and configure the plugin whenever you'd like.

Actions #7

Updated by Chris Caruso over 11 years ago

Thanks again!

Chris

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